The Police Command in Enugu State has described as false the kidnap alarm raised by a father, Mr Frank Anioma, over his daughter, Miss Kosisochukwu Anioma. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Saturday in…
Army hands over alleged kidnappers to police in Taraba
The Nigerian Army has paraded and handed over to the State Police Command three suspected kidnappers nabbed at an army checkpoint in Taraba State. According to ThisDay newspaper, the suspects, a 37-year-old woman identified as Ruth Okoronkwo and her…

Probe of $9bn P&ID gas contract ongoing -EFCC Chairman, Magu
Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the agency has begun investigations into the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) gas processing deal. A British court had given P&ID the go-ahead to se…

48 groups petition UN, AU over Sowore’s arrest
At least 48 rights and press freedom organisations have petitioned the United Nations and the African Union over the detention of Omoyele Sowore. The activist, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elect…

NLC reveals why union accepted Buhari’s reappointment of Ngige as Labour Minister
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has explained why it has accepted Dr Chris Ngige’s reappointment as the Minister of Labour and Employment. NLC had earlier kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision, but Ngige was confirmed alongside 42 …

Buhari marks 400th anniversary of slave trade abolition with article in Washington Post
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the abolition of slavery in all modern forms in a opinion article he published in The Washington Post to mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. See the write-up…

Mr Nigeria among top 5 best talents at grand finale of Mr World in Philippines
The 24-year-old Mr Nigeria, Nelson Enwerem, late on Friday in Manila in the Philippines emerged one of the top five talents at the just concluded Mr World pageant. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the contest on ca…

‘APC will have Problems in 2023’ – Oyegun
John Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the ruling party will have issues in 2023 general election. The octogenarian stated this in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Friday, insisting the issues will arise be…

Maid arrested for stealing ₦1.6 million just six hours after employment
A 26-year-old housemaid, Franker Amaha, has stunned her boss after she fled with foreign currencies estimated at N1.6m six hours into her employment. The woman identified simply as Mrs Taiye of Masha area, Surulere, Lagos State, had engaged Amaha, w…

Nnamdi Kanu dares President Buhari - 'You will be disgraced, arrested during your visit to Japan'
Daring President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu said members of the group in the Republic of Japan had received orders from him to disgrace and arrest the President when he arrived the Asian country on Sunday. According to Kanu,…

WATCH VIDEO: FBI nabs more Nigerian scammers in Los Angeles
A video of some Nigerians indicted for Internet scam, aka, Yahoo, Yahoo, has been posted online. The video, tweeted by ABCNews via its official Twitter handle, shows American authorities in Los Angeles arresting nearly a dozen people. The arrest is …

Why I shunned PFN panel – COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo
The Founder and Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has said he shunned the panel set up by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to investigate the rape allegations levelled against him by a photographer, Bisola Dakolo…

PDP unmoved as tribunal sacks Dino Melaye
The Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Friday nullified Dino Melaye’s election as the winner of the February 23 Kogi West senatorial poll. In a unanimous judgment on the petition filed by Smart Adeyemi and his party, the All Progressives Congre…

Soldier dismissed for killing motorcyclist over ₦100 bribe
Nigerian Army has dismissed Lance Corporal Ajayi Johnson, who was accused of killing an okada rider, Chimaobi Nwaogu, at his community, Umuokereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. Johnson had, on August 7, allegedly killed Chimao…

Husband angry, as wife sells child for ₦500,000 in Imo
A woman whose name was given as Chinaza Ukaonu has been arrested by the Imo state police command alongside two nurses for allegedly selling her baby for N500,000. The Imo state police public Relation Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed thi…

Alleged N3 Billion Scam: Let me retire honourably - Oyo-Ita begs
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) steps up investigation into a N3 billion contract scam, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, has pleaded that the case against her be stepped down. The …

I leave IPOB leader’s threat to God and the law - Nwodo
National President of apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nnia Nwodo, says he has left the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to God and the law. Nwodo’s remark was contained in an open letter to Ndigbo…

Nigerian footballer Winfred Ndidi enrolls in university
Leicester City combative midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, is already planning for life after football by returning to school, Sports Extra reports. Ndidi in his spare time away from football is studying a business degree at De Montfort University, Leicest…

FBI, EFCC arrest more Internet fraudsters in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has begun a joint operation with the United State Federal Bureau of Investigation to clamp down on internet fraudsters. A total of 16 cyber crime suspects (Yahoo Boys) have been arrested in Abuja …

Kano begins free compulsory secondary education
The Kano State Government says it is set to begin free and compulsory basic and secondary education in the state for millions of out-of-school children, including the almajiri. The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, stated this in Abuja …

48 human rights groups petition UN, AU over Sowore’s detention
Forty-eight human rights groups and press freedom organisations have petitioned the United Nations and the African Union over the continued detention of rights activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of …

President Buhari set to travel to Japan
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Japan on Sunday (tomorrow) to attend the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development, the Presidency has said. The TICAD7 will take place in the City of Yokohama from August 28 to 30. The P…

Cultists invade two Rivers communities, kill six
Six persons were killed on Thursday in Kereke Bo-Ue and Nyokoro communities in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State when gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded the area. It was gathered that the gunmen belonging to a particular cult grou…

2019 BBNaija: ‘The Icons’ wins wager task
‘The Icons’ group of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, have won this week’s wager task. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the group has been on a streak as this is their third win in a row following their nomination task win and the prev…

Dino Melaye reacts to tribunal’s ruling against his senatorial election
The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has reacted to the Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal’s nullification of his victory at the senatorial poll. Melaye polled a total of 85,395 votes to defeat his APC …

Tribunal sacks Senator Melaye, orders fresh polls
Senator Dino Melaye has been sacked as the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District. The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Lokoja, Kogi State handed down the sack today and ordered a fresh election. Melaye was…

Nigerians always complain about govt but something is wrong with everybody -Ex-US Envoy
Andrew Young, a former ambassador of the US to the UN, says Nigerians are always complaining about the government but that ”something is wrong with everybody”. Young said this on Thursday at dinner organised by the Emeka Offor foundation for him in …

Minimum wage: Labour, FG to resume negotations today
Organised labour and the Federal Government will today meet to resume negotiation over the modalities for the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage. Labour, through the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, has been negotiating…

Despite protest by PDP members, Oyo Assembly screens 27-year-old Fakorede as commissioner
Scores of members of the Oyo State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday stormed the state House of Assembly complex to protest against the nomination of a 27-year-old man, Seun Fakorede as commissioner. It was gathered t…

EFCC arrests 10 suspected yahoo boys in Delta State
It was end of the road for 10 suspected internet fraudsters on Wednesday August 21, 2019, as they were arrested at their hideout in an early morning operation by Operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, E…

BMO mocks Obasanjo over FIRS indictment as tax defaulter
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has mocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for being indicted by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, as a tax defaulter. Recall that the FIRS had listed Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited, a company owned by …

Okorocha stole N1trillion – Ihedioha
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has accused former Governor Rochas Okorocha, of stealing N1trillion while in power. This was contained in a statement on Friday issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Steve Osuji. “Available records show that in …

Nwodo to Nnamdi Kanu: I won’t insult Buhari or call Nigeria a zoo
John Nwodo, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says he will neither insult President Muhammadu Buhari nor call Nigeria a zoo. In an open letter to Ndigbo, Nwodo denied the allegations labelled against him by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous …

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