admin154 students hospitalised over suspected drug reaction in Katsina
One hundred and fifty-four students of Government Science Secondary School, Batagarawa, Katsina State, were hospitalised following a suspected adverse reaction to praziquantel tablets administered to treat bilharzia. …
Tinubu defends Nigeria’s external loans
President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s borrowing from international institutions and banks, saying Nigeria needs sustained infrastructure investment to achieve its target of a $1 trillion economy by…
ICPC arraigns PFIPC’s Adeyemi afresh on 22 counts of ‘forgery, impersonation’
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday arraigned Adeniyi Adeyemi, director-general of the fictitious Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), on 22 counts of…
Death Toll In Spain Train Collision Rises To 30
A high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed at least 30 people on Wednesday, regional authorities told AFP in an updated toll as Spain reeled from its second such…
US arraigns Nigerian extradited from Benin Republic over alleged $100m tax fraud
United States law enforcement authorities have arraigned a Nigerian, Akinade Adedeji Raheem, over an alleged scheme to claim more than $100 million in tax refunds using stolen identities. Raheem,…
Police arrest fake lawyer after 11 years of practice in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a man, Ugwumba Enyinnaya, for allegedly impersonating a lawyer and practising for more than 11 years. The state Police Public Relations Officerzz,…
Flight attendant accused of using free flights for $25,000 scam
A 24-year-old American Airlines flight attendant from Brooklyn, New York, has been arrested for allegedly scamming an elderly woman out of approximately $25,000 and using the stolen money to…
37 miners died of suffocation in NSCDC custody — Investigative panel
The Federal Government’s Independent Investigative Committee probing the deaths of detainees in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger State has found that 37…
UNN, NYSC denied issuing Uche Nnaji’s certificates, investigator tells court
An investigator with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has told a federal high court in Abuja that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and…
EFCC arrests 14 Chinese, Nigerian over Ogun lithium plants
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 14 Chinese nationals and one Nigerian at four illegal lithium processing plants in…
2027: Anambra North Elders Forum Endorses Tony Nweze For Onitsha North, South Federal Constituency
With days and weeks counting for the 2027 general election, the Onitsha North and South Federal Constituency Elders Forum has endorsed the candidature of Hon Tony Nweze Nwora (TNN),…
Taraba Community Puts Death Toll From Binnari Attack at 50
The death toll from a suspected bandit attack on the Binnari community in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State has risen from the 10 initially reported by…
Lula wins fourth term as Brazil’s president
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth presidential term, defeating right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.7 percent of the vote in a closely contested election.…
NDLEA arrests South African woman with 36.65kg of cocaine in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested Qhina Beauty, a 34-year-old South African woman, with 36.65 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
How I steal ATM users’ PINs, defraud them – Suspect
A suspected fraudster has explained how he allegedly stole bank customers’ PINs by pretending to help them operate automated teller machines in Calabar, Cross River State. The suspect, whose…
