The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 57-year-old Abuja-based businessman, Innocent Ozoemena Ezuma, over allegations that he defrauded a Ukrainian investor of more than $120 million in transactions involving mineral exploration and power projects. The businessman was […]
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The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered an alleged international visa fraud scheme involving over ₦50 million and rescued 11 Ghanaian nationals reportedly held against their will in Sagamu, Ogun State, after being lured to Nigeria with promises of securing […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has proposed sweeping reforms to the organisation of the Association’s Annual General Conference (AGC), calling for a more efficient, cost-effective and dignified conference experience for Nigerian lawyers. The proposals were contained in a […]
The Delta State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a fraud syndicate accused of impersonating government officials to defraud members of the public with promises of government appointments and other official privileges. The suspects, identified as Aghogho Okpogbodu, […]
The Ogun State Government has ordered a steel company in Sagamu to suspend operations following the death of one of its workers in an industrial accident. The directive was announced on Tuesday by the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry […]
The Nigerian Senate has passed two amendment bills aimed at strengthening local manufacturing and processing industries and improving professional procurement practices in the country. The bills are the Raw Materials Research and Development Council Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the […]
An Indian court has sentenced two Nigerian nationals and three other individuals to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in a drug case involving the seizure of 150 grammes of methamphetamine in 2023. The Additional District and Sessions […]
Osborn Umahi, son of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has joined his father in mobilising support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Photographs from a political gathering showed Osborn alongside his father and […]
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has defended President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, claiming that the administration’s decisions have pulled Nigeria back from the brink of an economic calamity that could have become inevitable if successive governments had continued to delay critical reforms. […]
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of attempting to undermine the political interests of Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The accusation comes amid growing […]