Nigeria and Switzerland have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the return of $321 million looted by the former Nigerian military ruler, Sani Abacha.…
View More Nigeria sign MoU with Switzerland to return $321m Abacha lootCategory: Metro/Crime
Lagos Assembly wades into government-owned estates’ dilapidation
Worried by the deplorable state of Lagos owned estates, the State House of Assembly has set up a seven-man committee to address the situation. Speaker…
View More Lagos Assembly wades into government-owned estates’ dilapidationTrump says FBI’s reputation “in tatters’’
Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI on Sunday, issuing a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into…
View More Trump says FBI’s reputation “in tatters’’Explosion destroys missionary school in Abia capital
A huge fire from an explosion at Saclux Paints Industry in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on Sunday destroyed a missionary school building in the neighbourhood.…
View More Explosion destroys missionary school in Abia capitalAdamawa residents flee as gunmen kill four policemen
The Adamawa police command has confirmed the death of four of its men in a clash with gunmen in Numan local government area of the…
View More Adamawa residents flee as gunmen kill four policemenJonathan to Shettima: You frustrated Boko Haram war, failed to secure Chibok girls
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused Kashim Shettima, Borno state governor, of frustrating the war against Boko Haram during his administration. He said the governor…
View More Jonathan to Shettima: You frustrated Boko Haram war, failed to secure Chibok girlsI encouraged Malami to meet Maina abroad, says DSS DG
Director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, says he advised Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, to meet…
View More I encouraged Malami to meet Maina abroad, says DSS DGFalana sues FCDA for N100m over manhole accident
Lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has sued the federal capital development authority (FCDA) for N100million after claiming he fell into a manhole. Falana had said…
View More Falana sues FCDA for N100m over manhole accidentRapper DMX faces 5 years jail term over tax evasion
DMX, the US rapper best known for his taunting song “Party Up (Up in Here),” faces prison time after he pleaded guilty Thursday to evading…
View More Rapper DMX faces 5 years jail term over tax evasionI never reinstated Maina, says Oyo-Ita
Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of service, says Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms (PTFP), was never reinstated into the civil service. She…
View More I never reinstated Maina, says Oyo-Ita25 Nigerians die in the Sahara Desert: Libyan returnee
A Nigerian returnee from Libya has revealed that 25 compatriots, ferried from Nigeria to Libya by a trafficker identified as Charles, perished in the Sahara…
View More 25 Nigerians die in the Sahara Desert: Libyan returneeInterior ministry perm sec takes blame for Maina reinstatement saga
The permanent secretary, ministry of interior, Abubakar Magaji, has owned up to administrative lapses in the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team.Abdulrasheed…
View More Interior ministry perm sec takes blame for Maina reinstatement sagaNo traffic management agencies in 18 states— FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged state governments that have yet to establish their traffic management agencies to do so in line with…
View More No traffic management agencies in 18 states— FRSCSEC DG Mounir Gwarzo suspended by Adeosun
Minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun has suspended the director-general of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo. Adeosun said his suspension is to allow an…
View More SEC DG Mounir Gwarzo suspended by AdeosunEx-Bosnian Croat leader commits suicide in court
Ex-Bosnian Croat leader Slobodan Praljak has died after drinking poison at a UN war crimes court in The Hague: Croatia’s state TV He took the…
View More Ex-Bosnian Croat leader commits suicide in courtN2.9bn fraud: ‘Orji Kalu’s aide claimed Abia imported Okrika’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Tuesday that a former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House, Umuahia, Jones…
View More N2.9bn fraud: ‘Orji Kalu’s aide claimed Abia imported Okrika’Imported banana floods Abuja markets
Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well…
View More Imported banana floods Abuja markets‘I’ll give you documents that can fetch over N3trn’
Former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms AbdulRasheed Maina, says he is ready to reveal top secrets to President Muhammadu Buhari. In…
View More ‘I’ll give you documents that can fetch over N3trn’Seven protesters arrested over US police shooting of teen
Seven US protesters have been arrested at a demonstration over Connecticut authorities’ handling of the case of a teenager killed by police. The protesters were arrested on…
View More Seven protesters arrested over US police shooting of teen8 prison officers sacked for smuggling
The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has sacked eight junior officers for various acts of indiscipline including smuggling of prohibited items into prison yards for inmates.…
View More 8 prison officers sacked for smugglingYewande Oyediran husband killer gets away
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, to seven years imprisonment for stabbing her husband, Lowo, to…
View More Yewande Oyediran husband killer gets awayLulu-Briggs escapes assassination attempt
The Acting Chairman of Abonnema Council of Chiefs, Chief O.B Lulu-Briggs, yesterday, escaped an assassination attempt at his hometown, Abonnema, in Akuku-Toru Local Council of…
View More Lulu-Briggs escapes assassination attemptStop hostility against Nigerians, Monarch tells South Africa
With a large number of his subjects, mostly women, seeking solace abroad, the revered Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has appealed to South African Government…
View More Stop hostility against Nigerians, Monarch tells South Africa235 killed in Egypt mosque attack
At least 235 people have been reportedly killed in an attack that took place at The al-Rawda mosque in Egypt. The mosque, which is situated in…
View More 235 killed in Egypt mosque attack