By Ibrahim Shuaibu Kano State Police Command yesterday disclosed the arrest of a man who allegedly supplies various motorcycles to bandits in Zamfara State. The police spokesman in Kano, Mr. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told journalists yesterday that the suspect had […]
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered for immediate redeployment of CSP Francis Ani, the Divisional Police Officer, Onipanu Division of the Lagos State Police Command and some of his boys for the harassment and illegal […]
By Sunday Okobi A coalition of Yoruba people in Diaspora, Yoruba One Voice (YOV), has concluded plans to hold a webinar lecture on the current state of Nigerian federalism and what may become of it. In a statement issued yesterday […]
By Nimot Sulaimon Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, sentenced one Henry Mfon Asuquo, a military impostor, to eight years imprisonment. The defendant was charged on a two-count- impersonation and […]
Former Managing Director of an aviation fueling company, Star Orient Nigeria Limited, Dare Osamo, a lawyer and one other were, on yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos magistrates’ court sitting in Yaba for alleged theft of N1 billion. The defendants, Osamo, […]
By Moji Eniola/Ikeja Two online scammers, Tobiloba Ibrahim Bakare and Seun Sikiru Alimi were today sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $750,000 (N285m) and N120 million from KLM, Turkish Airline and British Airways. The sentences were summarily handed over […]
FIFA banned its former president Sepp Blatter until 2028 on Wednesday after handing him a new suspension of six years and eight months for receiving huge bonuses. Former FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke also had his existing suspension extended by the […]
By Sandra Umeh/Lagos The trial of Adeyemi Ikuforiji, former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, for money laundering, has been adjourned again. A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, adjourned the case till 19 May. Ikuforiji is […]
By Abankula Kidnappers in Ogun state have freed Oba Tajudeen Omotayo, who was kidnapped on Saturday in Imope, Ijebu North Local Government Area. Omotayo was Tuesday night after ₦5.5m was reportedly paid by his family as ransom. The kidnappers demanded […]
By Deji Elumoye Nigeria has felicitated with Greece on the occasion of its bicentennial independence anniversary coming up on Thursday, March 25, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on behalf of the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, sent […]