18 farmers killed in Taraba farms attacks
At least 18 farmers are believed to have been hacked to death by unknown assailants at Dan-anacha in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba in the early hours of Sunday….
Breaking: Hope dims for Nigerian big money crooks as new international tax policy takes effect next January, HSBC warns customers
Things will no longer be at ease for Nigerian politicians and business people who stash away stolen cash in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Caribbean and other tax havens…
Kano anti-graft agency recovers N1 billion stolen money
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, has recovered more than N1.150 billion cash of movable and immovable properties between 2015 and 2016. Malam Muhuyi Rimingado, the Executive Chairman,…
FRSC nets 9,056 traffic offenders in Cross River this year
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Cross River has so far arrested 9,056 traffic offenders this year, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, the State…
Muhammed Ali’s letter to Mandela auctioned for 7,200 Pounds Sterling
A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200. The typed letter, signed by the boxing…
Trump taunts China on twitter, says keep the drone you stole, No, we won’t, China retorts
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump continued to take jabs at China on Twitter on Saturday after Beijing agreed to give back an underwater U.S. drone it seized this week. “We should…
Rivers election and show of people power, by Ken Ugbechie
The people of Rivers State will now have the full complement of three senators in the National Assembly as well as ample representations in the State Assembly and House of…
Barrow must be sworn in January 18, ECOWAS insists
The West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would take all necessary actions to uphold the result of a Dec. 1 election in Gambia, where veteran President Yahya Jammeh…
Six Nigerians, South African admit to massive internet fraud in US
Six Nigerians and a South African have pleaded guilty to participating in a large-scale international online fraud  in the United States about 15 years ago. This was disclosed Friday by…
Police to subject alleged Wike election-rigging tape to forensic probe, investigate 70 electoral offences in Rivers election
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, in response to the statement credited to the INEC chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmud to the effect that there were seventy incidents that…