Bethram Ike Onyenechere is a trained engineer and one of the surviving veterans of the Research and Production (RAP) unit of the defunct Biafran Army. Trained by Europeans at the Government Technical College (GTC), Enugu from 1955 to 1959, Onyenechere specialized as a Turner Fitter and Machinist. He was known to have his way with […]
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the justice meted out to the police officer that killed a Nigerian in South Africa. In a statement by the Head of Media and Public Relations Unit of the Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in Abuja, she said ”We are glad that justice […]
A Kaduna State High Court has remanded one Alhaji Yusha’u Mohammed Kebbe in prison custody for alleged fraud in excess of N136.6 million. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had Wednesday, November 27, 2019, arraigned Alhaji Yusha’u before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on an eight-count charge, bordering on conspiracy […]
Police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has reported that a woman identified as Halima Juma, was arrested with 23 ATM cards allegedly tucked inside her private parts. According to k24TV the 23-year-old was suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards. She was arrested on Tuesday at a bank ATM […]
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested one Stanley Onoriode Ekemaye, described as a “notorious kidnap kingpin” who allegedly masterminded the abduction of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, a judge with the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal. Nwosu-Iheme was kidnapped on October 30 after being trailed from Ramat Park end of the […]
Pro-life and environmental groups in Nigeria have expressed dismay at the construction of a nuclear power plant in Akwa Ibom state saying that the construction of the Itu Nuclear Power Plant in Akwa Ibom by Russians represents a potential threat in the magnitude of a possible nuclear holocaust. In a statement signed by Dr. Philip […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested the duo of Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, a Deputy Controller (DC), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) and Hemeson Edson Edwin, also a DC, for allegedly giving exaggerated medical reports that led to a convicted internet fraudster, Hope Olusegun Aroke, who is serving a 24-year jail term, […]
A group, HelpAge International has called on parliamentarians from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to enhance protection for older persons in Africa. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr. Shem Ochola, the Head of Network Coordination and Development of the organization made the call during a high level conference on the […]
By Jennifer John Imo State Government will constitute its Committee on Prerogative of Mercy without delay. The state Governor, Chief Emeka Ihedioha disclosed this while speaking during the flag-off of the Reformation and Reorientation Programme for juvenile offenders at the Imo state headquarters of Nigeria Correctional Services in Owerri. The governor said he will do […]
The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter has raised serious concerns over the rising spate of mental health challenges in Nigeria describing it as a threat to society. The group has also linked the increasing cases of suicide across the country to the neglect of mental health issues in the country. Dr. […]
