Crime Facts

VeryDarkMan Releases Another Alleged Bobrisky’s Audio

Social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, has released another purported call recording of controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky. In September, Daily Trust had reported how VeryDarkMan shared an alleged audio of Bobrisky, claiming he bribed some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials with N15 million to drop the money laundering […]

Two brothers kill 60-year-old father in Kogi

Two brothers, aged between 15 and 19 years, have allegedly killed their 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. An eyewitness disclosed that the incident occurred over the weekend at approximately 8:30 a.m. when Dahiru Yusuf was stabbed to death by one of his sons. The […]

Tinubu asks Fubara to settle “your dispute“ in court

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. He urged the political actors and their supporters to settle their differences in court, saying, “Self-help has no place in a democratic system.” The President’s admonition follows reports of […]

Musawa: Nothing wrong being NYSC member while serving as minister

Hannatu Musa Musawa, minister of art, culture and creative economy, says she did nothing wrong accepting a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet while undergoing the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Musawa spoke on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme. During the chat, Musawa was asked how she became a minister […]

Dino Melaye Wins Six-Year Legal Tussle Against FG, IG

Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court in Abuja on Monday, discharged and acquitted former senator who represented Kogi West district in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, of the charges brought before him by the Federal Government. The legal battle began six years ago. In a post on X, Melaye said Justice Oriji cleared him […]

Court reduces bail to N5m for #EndBadGovernance protesters

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, granted a bail variation for five #EndBadGovernance protesters, reducing the bail amount to N5 million each. PUNCH Online reports that five of the ten #EndBadGovernance protesters, who were previously remanded in prison by the Federal Government, have struggled to meet the original bail […]

I paid N5m upfront to SAN for pardon, Bobrisky claims

In a newly released voice note, controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky claimed to have paid N5 million upfront to a Senior Advocate of Nigeria to secure a Federal Government pardon for money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bobrisky claimed the SAN demanded N10 million […]

NAFDAC Workers Down Tools Over Alleged Promotion Controversies, Welfare

The Senior Staff Association Of Statutory Corporations And Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have begun an indefinite strike over failure of the management to address certain issues regarding the welfare of its members. In the communique SSASCGOC/NAFDAC/COMMUNIQUE/VOL.1 issued […]

Fire Guts Section Of Eleme LG Secretariat In Rivers State

A section of the Eleme Local Government Council secretariat has been set ablaze. According to a phone conversation with former Ambassador Oji Ngofa who hails from Eleme, the newly elected chairman Brain Gokpa came to the council secretariat accompanied by his councilors and supporters but discovered that a few of the buildings in the council […]