Emir Muhammed Sanusi of Kano has again reiterated his stance that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) failed to remit billions of dollars to the federation account. Speaking through a piece he wrote for Financial Times, the Kano Emir stated that he can be suspended as Governor of
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Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 23 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Wednesday, a local officials has confirmed, making it the third deadly attack on civilians in the region in the last week. The attack took place near the town of Beni, an area in North Kivu province where more than […]
At least 14 people were killed in the attack on a hotel in Kabul on Wednesday night, a senior Afghan police official said. Six people were wounded in the gun attack on the Park Palace Guest House for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, said the police official, who declined to be identified. An American […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has uncovered alleged falsification of documents, involving 406 workers, who it alleges “have been benefiting financially from fraud.” The agency said the affected staff were involved in the procurement of fake appointment, promotion, conversion and upgrading letters. A statement, signed on Wednesday, by the General
The Delta state Police Command, have arrested a 21-year-old girl, who stabbed her brother to death on Tuesday, in Warri. State Police Public Relations Officer, CelestinaKalu, said that the culprit was arrested after she was held while trying to escape from scene of the crime adding that investigations into the case is ongoing. The incident, […]
Police nab perpetrators in three states Four of the 22 man robbery gang responsible for the bloody First City Monument Bank (FCMB) robbery which left three policemen and two civilians dead on March 12, 2015 have been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Comm and. The suspects identified as Duke Odogbo (38); the […]
The police in Lagos has arrested one Emmanuel Eto f or allegedly impersonating the National Chairman of th e All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The 19 year old suspect who is an ND 2 student of D elta State Polytechnic, Oghara was said to have created a face book account, using the name […]
Some drama took place on Tuesday at the ongoing trial of a Nigerian, Ofonime Sunday Inuk, accusing a couple of holding him in servitude for over 24 years in the United Kingdom . At the resumption of the trial at Harrow Crown court, Mrs Edet’s lawyer, Emma Akuwudike, told the court that the 39-year-old, never […]
Hundreds of people protested in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after a machete attack by suspected Ugandan rebels in which a local activist said at least six people were killed. Activist Teddy Kataliko told Reuters that seven other people were wounded and two missing after men with machetes and hatchets attacked […]
A Lagos State Magistrate Court, sitting in Ebute Metta, has ordered the remand in prison of Fatai Afobaje (a.k.a Alfa), who allegedly killed his friend, Rafiu Sulaimon, and shared his body parts. The Magistrate, A. O. Komolafe, said Afobajea should be remanded pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. The incident which attracted […]
Aliu Bello and Rafiu Rasaq were recruited to serve as security men for Mfe filling station, located along Iju Road , Ifako Agege. But barely four weeks after they resumed duty, they revealed their true identity. Daily Times gathered that both men mobilised their other gang members from far away Okene, Kogi State and robbed […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has convicted 8,637 drug offenders in the past five years. The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade, who said that the convictions will serve as a deterrence to drug traffickers, further disclosed that the agency had maintained an impressive annual average conviction of 1,727 since 2010. Spokesperson […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday appointed a new Justice for the Supreme Court. The new man, Justice Amiru Sanusi now raised the number of Justices of the Supreme Court to 18. The National Judicial Council (NJC) in a statement, confirmed the appointment. NJC’s Acting Director Information, Soji Oye said in the statement that Justice Sanusi […]
A secular blogger in Bangladesh, Ananta Bijoy Das has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh. This is the third time such deadly attack would occur since the start of the year. According to BBC, Bijoy Das was attacked by a masked gang wielding machetes in the city of Sylhet. Mr Das wrote blogs for […]
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37 prisoners have been granted unconditional release to 37 inmates from the five prisons in Ogun State. Six prisoners were set free at Ilaro, 11 at 0ba, 15 at Abeokuta, two at Sagamu and three Ijebu-Ode prisons. According to the Ogun State Chief Judge Justice Olatokunbo Olopade who granted their release, the exercise, which was […]
Ousted Former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges after a retrial in the capital, Cairo. His sons were given four years each in the same case which centres on the embezzlement of $14m (£9.3m) earmarked for renovation of presidential palaces. They had already been sentenced to […]
Suspected terrorists are among the inmates who escaped a prison in Iraq today, 9th of May during a riot that saw dozens of people die. The death toll at Khalis prison, in Diyala province, has not been confirmed but the Interior Ministry said 30 prisoners and six police officers were killed. Local police and medical […]
Uganda is seeking the extradition of the leader of an Islamist armed group responsible for the massacre of civilians in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a police spokesperson said on Thursday, according to dpa. Police officials have been sent to facilitate the extradition of Jamil Mukulu from Tanzania, where he was arrested […]
A UN tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of Swedish official Anders Kompass who was suspended for leaking a report to France about child abuse by French peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. The ruling of the internal tribunal was delivered on Tuesday and Kompass “has thus resumed his service”, a spokesperson for the UN human […]
