Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha, has said he is ready for probe over the statues he erected in honour of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma…
View More I’m for probe over Zuma, Johnson-Sirleaf statues, says OkorochaCategory: Metro/Crime
NDA: We’re still training female cadets’
Female combatants are still being trained by the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), defence headquarters said on Tuesday. In a PUNCH report quoted by TheCable, it was…
View More NDA: We’re still training female cadets’Reps probe $1.4m ‘shady contract’ at defence ministry
The house committees on defence, army and public procurement have been mandated to investigate the $1.4 million contract scandal in the ministry of defence. It…
View More Reps probe $1.4m ‘shady contract’ at defence ministryYour security aides will be back after Anambra poll- IGP tells Obiano
Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, says the withdrawal of the security aides attached to Anambra governor Willie Obiano was to prevent the re-occurrence of…
View More Your security aides will be back after Anambra poll- IGP tells ObianoIGP redeploys Anambra police CP, OC SARS, Obiano’s police aides
The Nigeria police high command has redeployed the Anambra State Police boss, Umar Abubakar. The high command also redeployed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)…
View More IGP redeploys Anambra police CP, OC SARS, Obiano’s police aidesIncredible: Nine ‘whistleblowers’ lay claim to five percent of Ikoyi cash
About nine individuals are currently laying claim to the commission mapped out to the person responsible for the information that led to the recovery of…
View More Incredible: Nine ‘whistleblowers’ lay claim to five percent of Ikoyi cashTragedy: Soldier commits suicide after killing captain in Chibok
There was confusion in the Chibok local government area of Borno state on Sunday after a staff sergeant identified as Silas Ninyo killed one K.…
View More Tragedy: Soldier commits suicide after killing captain in ChibokTension as Olubadan confirms chieftaincy title on Shittu
There was heavy presence of security agents, yesterday, as the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, installed the Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu as the Agbaakin…
View More Tension as Olubadan confirms chieftaincy title on ShittuAvengers threat: Amaechi, Sylva, Kyari responsible for botched PANDEF meeting- Clark
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has accused the Transport Minister, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, and Chief of Staff to…
View More Avengers threat: Amaechi, Sylva, Kyari responsible for botched PANDEF meeting- ClarkWike escapes death as Amaechi’s aides attack convoy
The feud between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi took another dimension yesterday as operatives of the…
View More Wike escapes death as Amaechi’s aides attack convoyNigerian Police reject ranking as world’s worst
The Nigerian Police Force(NPF) has gunned down the latest ranking by The International Police Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace, that puts it…
View More Nigerian Police reject ranking as world’s worst‘We don’t pay whistleblowers’ — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is not directly involved in the payment of whistleblowers. The commission said this in reaction to…
View More ‘We don’t pay whistleblowers’ — EFCCFresh recession inherent over Niger Delta militants’ attacks
As tension mounts in the Niger Delta over the move by militants to resume attacks on oil facilities, there is the fear that the country…
View More Fresh recession inherent over Niger Delta militants’ attacksCorruption: We fear no one but God- Ibrahim Magu
Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said that the commission has no other fear except the “fear of God”.…
View More Corruption: We fear no one but God- Ibrahim MaguWashington cop shoots man for performing sex act ‘wrong’
A 21-year-old escort in Washington USA, Marissa E. Wallen has shot a man in the back of the head for wrongly performing a sex act…
View More Washington cop shoots man for performing sex act ‘wrong’Falana to Buhari: Terminate the agony of El-Zakzaky
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has written another letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader, Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),…
View More Falana to Buhari: Terminate the agony of El-ZakzakyMan beats pregnant wife to death
An FCT High Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of 37-year-old man, Mathew Ankyoor, in prison for allegedly beating his eight-month pregnant wife to death.…
View More Man beats pregnant wife to deathWe’ve recovered N738b, says Magu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday through it Chairman Ibrahim Magu in Austria said it recovered loots totalling N738.9 billion or $2.9…
View More We’ve recovered N738b, says MaguGunmen open fire on Plateau villagers, kill 11
Eleven persons were killed and four others injured when gunmen opened fire on villagers returning from Rim-Dyem market in Riyom, Plateau State, Tuesday night. “The…
View More Gunmen open fire on Plateau villagers, kill 11Nigerians, condemn FG’s silence on death of 26 girls on Mediterranean Sea
As Italian prosecutors begin investigation into the death of 26 teenage Nigerian girls who died in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Italy on…
View More Nigerians, condemn FG’s silence on death of 26 girls on Mediterranean SeaFG to establish 6 stable crop processing zones
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said that the Federal Government would establish six crop processing zones in the country to enhance food security…
View More FG to establish 6 stable crop processing zonesItaly arrests Libyan, Egyptian over death of 26 Nigerians
Two men, one of them an Egyptian and the other a Libyan,have been arrested and charged in Italy as investigators look into the deaths of…
View More Italy arrests Libyan, Egyptian over death of 26 NigeriansBoko Haram insurgents attack Gulak
Reports say that suspected Boko Haram sect members have engaged the Nigerian army in Gulak town, the Headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa.…
View More Boko Haram insurgents attack GulakNiger Delta ‘militants’ kill British hostage, Ian Squire
Ian Squire, one of the four missionaries kidnapped in Delta state, in October has been killed by suspected militants. The BBC quoted the foreign and commonwealth…
View More Niger Delta ‘militants’ kill British hostage, Ian Squire