Stephen Afolabi Opaso, a 19-year-old Nigerian student, was reportedly experiencing a mental crisis when a Winnipeg police officer shot him in his Canadian apartment on December 31, 2023. In a statement disclosing his death, the Winnipeg police described him as an armed male. They claimed that his erratic behaviour had led an officer to […]

  The current minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Bertha Edu for over few days now, has been caught in outrageous corruption scandal. This is after she requested the Accountant General of the Federation to pay N585m into private account. Edu, in a document that has gone viral on many social media platforms, personally signed the letter […]

  The viral list seen by The Nation enlisted some names of fake professors in some universities in the country. Checks by The Nation shows the report was published in December 2019 by Channels TV online platform and it resurfaced on social media platforms especially Whatsapp in January 2024. This report was credited to the […]

  By Ibe Pascal More than 50 Nigerians have been killed in the first five days of the new 2024 by terrorists, bandits and gunmen mainly in the northern region of the country. On the January 1, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa said he will rid communities that have been stifled of […]

  As 2023 ends today, Crimefacts.news bring you it’s top biggest stories that made huge impact this year. THE STORIES BELLOW: 1 IMSU management suspends lecturer who slapped female student Dr Desmond Izunwanne, a lecturer who slapped and assaulted a female student of Imo State University, IMSU, has been suspended. It was gathered that the […]

  Sometimes all was calm. The other times it was chiefly turbulent. But irrespective of the period of disruptions, the Nigerian oil and gas industry experienced a rollercoaster in 2023 with key policy revamps defining the sector in the year. The occurrences did not come as a surprise as the new administration of President Bola […]

  From 27 Rivers lawmakers defecting in one day, to a court sacking 16 legislators in one fell swoop in Plateau, the state houses of assembly, like hot-air balloons bumping without anchors, endured a frenetic ride in 2023. A few days after the general election, the Kogi assembly suspended nine of its members, including the […]

  The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) died at 67. Family and top government sources confirmed his demise on Wednesday morning. The governor died after a protracted battle with an undisclosed illness, even though reports said he was down with leukaemia. Akeredolu called for former president Musa Yar’Adua resignation in 2009 Then as […]

  From the missing submersible in the United States to the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquakes and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, 2023 has been a year of dizzying change and constant headlines. Here are some of the foreign headlines that sparked global conversations in 2023. JANUARY: NEPAL RECORDED DEADLIEST PLANE […]

  Nigerians witnessed a turn of events in 2023. Some of them shook the nation and its citizens to their core, while others ushered in the beginning of a new tide. Some of these events caused massive street protests, a social media outcry and a push-up on the inflation figures. FIJ highlights three such notable […]