The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Ishaq Abubakar before Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi on 11 counts bordering on cybercrimes. The suspect was arrested by…
Some local hunters have nabbed three suspected kidnappers at their hideout near Ossra-Irekpeni communities along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway. The hunters and the chairman of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi, Joseph Samuel Omuya who stormed the forest late Wednesday after a…
The Nigerian Army has honoured 52 retired and retiring Major Generals and Brigadier Generals for their service to their fatherland at a maiden valedictory dinner held in Abuja. The retired Generals comprise 23 Major Generals and 29 Brigadier Generals, who…
Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says he has quit mediating for armed bandits following their declaration as terrorists by the court. Gumi had visited bandits in the forests in Zamfara and Niger states, taken medical services to them and has…
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun have come under fire for indiscriminately checking of mobile phones and laptops of residents of the state. They were also accused of arresting drivers without licenses and impounding vehicles without…
The recently released Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) annual prison census and survey of attacks on the press has listed Nigeria as one of Africa’s worst jailers of journalists. This is even as the country falls under the top 9…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday in Lagos commissioned Seaward Defence Boat III, also known as NNS Oji, built by the Nigerian Navy. The event marked the inauguration of some recently acquired platforms and the keel-laying ceremony…
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez vowed to return the Spanish giants to the pinnacle of European football after they crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat at Bayern Munich. Five-time European champions Barca were eliminated in…
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala opens the 2021 WTO Public Forum with a round table on Covid and trade, in Geneva, on September 28, 2021. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Nigeria’s former finance minister and current director-general of…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday became a father again, after his wife, Carrie, gave birth to a girl, Downing Street said. The “healthy baby girl” was born at a London hospital in the early hours and “both mother…
Indian farmers formally ended year-long mass protests Thursday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi abandoned his push for agricultural reforms, defusing one of the biggest challenges faced by his government. Thousands of people have been camped on the outskirts of the…