Woman Bags Jail Terms for Money Racketeering in Lagos
March 17, 2024 The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday secured the conviction and sentencing of one Bose Lateef before Justice Deinde Dipeolu…
Fellow Nigerians: A plea to the poor killing the poor, by Ken Ugbechie
Today, I write to appeal to Nigerians; to importers, distributors, dealers and retailers of goods and services. I appeal to your conscience to take it easy on your fellow Nigerians…
Hair stylist, dispatch rider arrested for selling drug-laced chin-chin to students, parties
A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing…
How warring Delta youths killed 16 military personnel
A fatal communal crisis between the Okuama and Okoloba communities both in Delta State has led to the death of 16 military personnel on a peace mission in Okuoma community…
Anxiety as suspected soldiers abduct Editor in his Lagos home
Gunmen suspected to be soldiers on Friday abducted the Editor of FirstNews and former Kaduna Bureau Chief of The PUNCH, Segun Olatunji. He was picked at his home in the…
Military begins probe as 16 personnel on peace mission attacked, killed in Delta community
March 16, 2024 The troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State While on peace mission to OKUOMA community in BOMADI LGA of Delta State were…
At least 34 migrants missing off Tunisia, two die after boat sinks
March 16, 2024 At least 34 migrants were missing and two died after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian national…
Slain Nsukka lawyer: NBA disagrees with Kogi police account
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nsukka Branch, has disagreed with the account of  the Police Command in Kogi on how its colleague, Mr. Elias Ugwu, was allegedly killed on March…
Man, 35, nabbed for sneaking into female varsity hostel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, says it has arrested one Muhammad Munzali, 35, for allegedly sneaking into a female hostel at the Skyline University,…
Ex-governor heads new Almajiri commission
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of retired Brig. Gen. Lawal Ja’afaru-Isa as Executive Secretary of the new National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. This is contained…