JUST IN: GUNMEN KIDNAP EX-DEPUTY GOVERNOR
JUST IN: GUNMEN KIDNAP EX-DEPUTY GOVERNOR A former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Prof Onje Gye-wado has been kidnapped by gunmen. Gye-Wado was reportedly abducted about 12:30 a.m. on Friday, when armed men broke into his home in Gwagi village of Wamba Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, and forcibly took him away. The […]
Ekweremadu: Obasanjo Writes UK, Begs For Leniency
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to the Chief court Clerk in London, United Kingdom over the trial of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu who was convicted of organ trafficking in the UK alongside his wife, Beatrice. Last month, Ekweremadu, his wife, and their doctor Obinna Obeta, were found culpable of […]
EFCC Arraigns Popular Ibadan Club Owner For ‘Defrauding Americans’
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned the owner of De Rock Club in Ibadan, Adepoju Sunday, alias SSG before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Oyo State. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Wilson Uwajeren. Uwajeren […]
Cleric, Twin Brothers, 25 Other “Yahoo-Yahoo boys” Nabbed For Internet Fraud
Cleric, Twin Brothers, 25 Other “Yahoo-Yahoo boys” Nabbed For Internet Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 28 persons including a cleric suspected to be “Yahoo-Yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin, by operatives of the EFCC Ilorin Zonal Command, followed intelligence […]
Organ Trafficking: Ekweremadu, Wife, Others Finds Guilty
Former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, wife and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. The 60-year-old politician, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain […]
Breaking: Boko Haram Establishes Recruitment Base In Niger Republic
The deadly Boko Haram terrorist group has reportedly established a recruitment base, Daily Post reports. The terrorists established the base in Dinallahi village located about 10 kilometres south of Diagorou in the Tillaberi Region of the Republic of Niger. The terrorists had already erected two hangars in the village with the intention of teaching young […]
2023 Gov’s Election: EFCC Operatives Arrests 65 Persons Over Voter Inducement
No fewer than 65 persons were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday, March 18, 2023, across the 28 states where governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were conducted for alleged voter inducement. Twenty of the suspects were arrested by operatives from the Ilorin Zonal Command while 13 suspects were nabbed […]
Amotekun Arrest Alleged Rapist, Herbalist
The Western Nigeria Security Network(WNSN) popularly known as Amotekun Corps Osun state chapter, has arrested a 24-year-old suspected rapist in Iwo, Osun on Friday. He was alleged to have been keeping a 16-year-old girl in his room for three days while having carnal knowledge of her. The Commander of the corps in Osun, retired Brig.-Gen. […]
Fraud: Head Of Service Ex Accountant Bags 21yrs Imprisonment
A former accountant in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Garba Abdullahi Tahir, has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for stealing N26.1 million meant for pensioners. He was convicted and sentenced by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]
I Developed High Blood Pressure after I caught my Wife having sex with a Relative —Husband
A businessman, Mr Justine Onu, has urged a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Joyce, alleging that he has developed high blood pressure because of his wife’s bad attitude. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the petitioner told the court that his wife […]