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Accra-bound flight loses two engines, returns to Abuja; investigations begin

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2024 0

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has launched an investigation into a serious incident involving a Fly Bird HS 125 aircraft, registration number 5NKAL. The aircraft, which was en route from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (DNAA), to Kotoka International Airport, Accra

Crime News

4year old Willow Dunn who died, investigation shows she died of child neglect

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2020 0

Police say the post-mortem of four-year-old Brisbane girl Willow Dunn revealed she had suffered “sustained mistreatment”. They are investigating whether Willow, who had Down syndrome, lived much of her four short years in neglect. “The post-mortem examination … revealed that at the time of her death Willow Dunn was experiencing serious malnourishment and

Foreign

Trump says U.S. investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing “needs to come clean” on what they know. The source of the virus remains a mystery. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]

News

How COVID-19 patient died at Ayinke House, LASUTH

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2020 0

The Institute of Maternal and Child Health (Ayinke House), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, has recorded a COVID-19 related death. Ayinke House is a 170-bed healthcare centre, upgraded on April 24, 2019, and domiciled at LASUTH, Ikeja. According to reliable source the patient was referred to Ayinke House from Alimosho General Hospital, and […]

News Nigeria

Tsav cautions NASS against interfering in Offa robbery investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2018 0

Former Lagos Commissioner of Police Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has cautioned the National Assembly against interfering in the ongoing investigation into the Offa Robbery case. This was contained in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday and made available to journalists in Makurdi. Tsav warned those concerned to stop meddling into the case, so the police […]

News Nigeria

SURE-P Funds: ICPC witness admits discrepancies during investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2018 0

Mr. Seidu Mohammed, Star witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in the ongoing trial of a United Kingdom-based Professor of Neurology, Reuben Oluwakinmilehin Obaro and his wife, Mrs Ayodele Olubunmi Obaro, a practicing nurse in the UK, has told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in […]

Business News

We investigated 534 cases, secures 4 convictions through Whistleblower -Adeosun

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2018 0

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that investigation on 534 cases out of a total 1,231 communications on the whistle-blower policy have been concluded with four convictions secured. Adeosun said that the ministry of finance undertook 791 investigations out of 1,231 tips the Ministry got, saying that 10 were presently under prosecution and […]

Headlines News

Senate Invasion probe: Police recover Kogi Govt House Staff ID card from vehicle

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

* Panel faults police over slow pace investigation * Omo-Agege declines comment *Ndume says incident unfortunate, gives security tips Members of the National Assembly ad-hoc committee on Tuesday faulted the Nigeria Police for its poor handling of the investigation of the April 18, 2018 invasion of the Senate Chambers and forceful retrieval of the mace. […]

News Nigeria

Customs to investigate Nigerian Breweries over smuggled foreign rice

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

…Intercepts 30 exotic vehicles, 5,516 bags of foreign rice, other items, arrests 14 suspects Following the recent interception of trucks belonging to Nigerian Breweries Plc used in the smuggling of bags of foreign parboiled rice, the Nigerian Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit said it has set up an investigation Committee to ascertain the culpability of […]

Headlines News

Corruption fight targetted at looters – Magu

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2018 0

…Calls for reforms in education sector The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has said that the Commission is not engaging in sectional fight in its bid to rid the country of corruption, rather, it is fighting only the corrupt persons and institutions in the society. Magu also […]

Crime News

Son hacks 83-year-old father to death in Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2018 0

Enugu State Police Command has commenced investigation into the alleged killing of a father by his son at Ojinato, a community in the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday that the incident happened on May 4. According to the statement, the suspect’s real name has not […]

Headlines News

N650m fraud: We did not coerce Jumoke Akinjide to write statements- EFCC

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2018 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday informed a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos that the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, and two others currently facing trial over alleged N650 million fraud were not coerced to write their statements while investigation into the matter lasted. An investigator with the […]

Business Headlines

Finance Minister suspends SEC DG, 2 others over alleged financial impropriety

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2017 0

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has suspended the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir H. Gwarzo, from Office, to allow for an unhindered investigation of several allegations of financial impropriety leveled against the Director-General. Adeosun said that the suspension was in line with the Public Service Rules (PSRs)

Education Headlines News

N23bn grant: Sharing formula tears varsity workers apart

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

.JAC faults FG’s template on percentage, insists on parity .ASUU disagrees, vows to go on strike in 24 varsities Serious crisis has hit 24 Nigerian universities following a disagreement between the respective university unions on the percentage sharing formula to be adopted in the disbursement of the N23 billion recently released to the institutions as […]

World

Aggressive’ dog foils park rapist attack on owner

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2017 0

The need to have a companion all the time manifested recently in Winnersh Berkshire, a large, suburban village and civil parish in the borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England, as a dog obstructed rapist attempt on its owner. Agency report said that Police is currently hunting for the attempted rapist who on Thursday, fled after […]

Business Economy News

Heritage Bank not under investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

Contrary to a social media reports, Heritage Bank Plc is not under investigation by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). People on social media had alleged that the operatives of the commission raided the head office of the bank in Lagos on Tuesday, claiming that an official of the bank was […]

Headlines News

‘Heritage Bank not under investigation’

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

Contrary to the social media report, the Heritage Bank Plc is not under investigation by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The social media had alleged that the operatives of the commission raided the head office of the bank in Lagos on Tuesday, claiming that an official of the bank was […]

News

Group calls for investigation of arrest of Peace Corps Commandant

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2017 0

The Civil Societies Organisations (CSOs) under the umbrella of Coalition of Concerned Minority Citizens for Equity, Justice and Good Governance as well as Benue Youth Advance Frontier and other civil society groups, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a committee with view to investigating the arrest and detention of the Commandant General […]

Headlines News

UK police launch fresh investigation into Ibori’s corruption case

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2016 0

The UK Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched fresh investigations into the original London Metropolitan Police case against officers involved in the James Onanefe Ibori corruption case. The Officers in the case were DC Peter Clark, DC John McDonald, DC Ben Irons, DC Mathew Hurding-Jones, DC David Cocks, DS George Simpson, DI Gary Walters […]