The President of Electronics International Market, Onitsha in Anambra State, Mr. Izuchukwu Okoye, has challenged the Federal Government to show more interest in the fight against piracy given its destructive tendency to the economy. Okoye who made the call when he spoke with newsmen
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Calabar The legal adviser to the Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Barrister Mannix Orog Nyaim, has been arrested by National Drugs Law Agency (NDLEA). Also in NDLEA custody is a police officer whom it was alleged had been aiding the Unical man to clear way for the contraband drugs to be taken to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. The inauguration took place today at about 2.18pm inside the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. This is following the retirement of Justice Mahmud Mohammed at the attainment of the mandatory 70 years’ retirement age. […]
Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday adjourned till Dec. 6 hearing on the plea bargain process between Olunike Afolabi and the EFCC in the ongoing N8 billion CBN currency scam case. Afolabi, Kolawole Babalola, Adeola Olaniran, Philip Togun and Adewale Ademola along with others had since 2015 been standing trial […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says all looted funds recovered by it are paid into the consolidated revenue account of the Federal Government. The commission made this known on its Twitter handle, @officialefcc in response to a question from one of its followers. In a tweet to the commission through the handle @asantoo11a, […]
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 30-year old woman, Peace Chukwuemeka, for stealing a month-old baby from her mother. It was alleged that Chukwuemeka drugged the mother of the baby before stealing the child. The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Murtala Mani, said this while speaking with journalists on the activities of the […]
The EFCC, has arraigned Pastor Nimi West and his company, Nimak & Company Nigeria Limited before Justice U.N. Agumoh of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a four- count charge of obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of Twenty-Two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N22,400,000.00). West is alleged to have […]
Facebook user Kingsley Anayo Ojimadu is accusing the Kwale Police Division, in Ndokwa West LGA, Delta State, of being responsible for the death of his younger brother. Late Chinedu Joseph Ojimadu died in a ghastly motor accident along Ibusa/Warri expressway on October 6th. What he wrote after the cut… “My kid brother Joseph Chinedu Ojimadu […]
Allegheny County Police say they have now also charged the father of 17 month old Andre Price III in connection with the child’s death. The charge is due to the fact that he didn’t really put any effort into saving his children after his baby mama, Christian Clark threatened to kill them. He didn’t call the […]
Yesterday a Kano State Magistrate court presided over by Jibrin Muhammad acquitted the five men suspected of killing an Igbo Trader, Mrs. Bridget Agbahime who was accused of blasphemy. Reno Omokiri has reacted to the development on his twitter page.
According to the Facebook user, Youths in Kenya now visit a place in Westland Nairobi where they sleep in coffins as part of a ritual to make money. The post has been shared over 900 times. See the full picture below..
After it appears that the Iraqi forces have edged closer to the hideout of the Jihadist militant group, the ISIS leader Abu Bakral –Baghdadi has urged suicide bombers to cause more havoc by attacking the unbelievers who are enemies of God. In an audio recording released, the terrorist leader who is believed to be trapped […]
West Ham and England footballer Andy Carroll, 27, was on Wednesday threatened at gunpoint on his way home from training while driving his £100,000 Mercedes -Benz G-Class. Just minutes after leaving West Ham’s Essex training ground, two bikers pulled up alongside the striker and then one of them pointed a gun at him. The striker, then immediately […]
As security agents continue the investigation of alleged corrupt practices in the judiciary, 10 gunmen yesterday stormed three courts in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, carting away case files and other sensitive materials. The gunmen, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the houses accomodating High Court 9, Magistrates Court and Upper Area Court, shooting
An Oklahoma County sheriff’s deputy, Eutt Sharp, 30, was arrested for first-degree rape over the weekend. According to reports, Sharp was arrested after the unidentified woman reported she was raped. The woman told authorities that they had consensual sexual relations in the past but that prior to Oct. 27, when the incident occurred, she had […]
Security operatives attached to a Polytechnic in Aba, Abia State foiled an attempt to murder a student. The suspects were paraded Monday, October 31, at Abia State Police headquarters in Umuahia. According to Abia Facts Newspaper, the alleged killers, said to be students of that same school reportedly confessed to the crime. They were having […]
The Kano State Hisbah Board destroyed bottles of beer it confiscated from members of the public. The photos were posted on the Board’s official Facebook page on October 12th. More photos after the cut…
Lagos State Police command has arrested a 33-year-old Victor Obano an hotelier for allegedly compelling young girls to work as prostitutes in his hotel. The suspect, it was learnt travels to places like Calabar, Akwa-Ibom, Edo State and some other states to lure young girls into the ‘dirty’ job It was revealed that Obano modus operandi promises […]
The Faggae Outpost of the Kano State Hisbah Board (Sharia Police) on Monday, said it has began the prosecution of 11 women who were found drinking, smoking and romancing with men who are not their husbands, vices which are contrary to the Sharia legal system. According to Malam Salisu Umar, the Commander, Special Services of […]
Social media giants Facebook has announced it will start allowing more “newsworthy” (nSFW) content on to its service even if those items break the rules. Facebook claims it will work with its community and partners to decide what is “significant” or “important” to public interest. The changes will be implemented using new tools and approaches […]
