Two young Nigerians suspected to be on their way to joining the Islamic State (ISIS) terror gang were yesterday arrested at the volatile India-Pakistan border after scaling a barbed wire fence near the border . Alert Border Security Force (BSF) […]
A SUSPECT arraigned for contravention of Ondo State government’s ban on commercial motorcycle operation was shot yesterday after attempting to escape at a Chief Magistrate’s Court located at Olukayode House, Akure. The suspect was granted bail by the court, but […]
Justice Ibrahim Mairiga of the Kebbi State High Court has convicted Suleiman Ibrahim Musa, Bilyaminu Usman and Lawal Suleiman on a 16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, theft and criminal breach of trust brought against them by the Economics and […]
•Says ‘I’m not Thriller Endeavour’s director’ …Writes IG, DG SSS to investigate By Akeeb Alarape Immediate past Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has slammed a N500 million suit against Diamond Bank Plc and a national newspaper […]
• Suspected kidnapper of market leader charged From Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta Disturbed by the rising cases of ritualism in Ogun State, the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, yesterday ordered his men to shoot on sight any suspect. He gave this […]
A former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Haladu Hananiya, is in trouble for allegedly paying N150,000 for a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser SUV worth N13 million. Mr. Hananiya is alleged to have used his position […]
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Apo, has summoned the Deputy Comptroller of Prison, Kuje, Abuja, for refusing to produce detained former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday rejected a complaint by Senate President Bukola Saraki against a suit seeking to sack him and other principal officers of the Senate elected under the controversial Senate Standing Orders 2015. His counsel Sikiru […]
By Ejiofor Alike A major oil marketer, MRS Oil & Gas Company Limited, has kicked against the publication by First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB), which listed the firm as being indebted to the bank to the tune of N6.2 […]
Ex-federal agency chief may be declared wanted The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) yesterday said it had traced about $2.1million (N413million) seized at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to a former Executive Secretary of a federal parastatal. The commission […]