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EFCC arraigns ex-NBA chair, court registrar, for N60m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the duo of Shehu Mustapha, Registrar Litigation, Adamawa State High Court and Barrister Binanu R. Esthon, former Chairman, Nig…
Court sentence Nigerian undergraduate to 24 years imprisonment over N25m internet romance fraud
Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced an undergraduate student of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, Hope Aroke, to 24 years impriso…
NNAMDI KANU: Court set to decide bail
The ruling on a bail application for pro-Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu has been set for 29 January, one of the defence lawyers reporters. Kanu, who is facing treasonable felony charges, was brought to t…
Arms deal: Witness confesses to helping Metuh with $2m transfer
Two witnesses brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have told the court how the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, and h…
Abuja NNPC mega station on fire
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station at the Central Business District in Abuja has been gutted by fire.A member of staff at the mega station who preferred anonymity told th…
57 Shiites get 15years jail term for mutiny
A court in Bahrain on Monday added 15-year jail terms to the sentences of 57 Shiite inmates involved in a prison mutiny, a judicial source said. The inmates were convicted of rioting and mutiny follo…
Carbon monoxide kills mother, child after snow blocks car tailpipe
A mother and her 1-year-old child died Saturday night after the tailpipe of their car became covered with snow, poisoning them with carbon monoxide, police said.Officers responded to a 2000 Mazda par…
Nigerian Protest Police Killing Of Man In South Africa
Nigerians living in Gauteng Province of South Africa have protested the alleged extra-judicial killing of a 34- year-old man, Timothy Chinedu, by the police.Mathew Okafor, the Chairman of the Nigeria…
I make N300,000 monthly begging in Lagos - Drug Suspect
A suspected drug addict arrested by the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Command has disclosed that he made over N300, 000 monthly from begging in Ikeja.Kehinde Olatubosun, 56, from Ibad…
US, UK disown Biafra, say passport is invalid
The governments of the United States and the United Kingdom have said they do not recognise the passports being issued by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.The Natio…
Nigeria increases price of kerosene to N83 per litre
The Federal Government, weekend, finally removed subsidy on Kerosene.With the development, the product would now sell for N83 per litre from N50 per litre.The Petroleum Products Pricing …
Court adjourns hearing on Dasuki's application to stop trial
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja has again adjourned the trial of the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), this time until the 4th of nex…
N50 stamp duty: Salary accounts, self-to-self transactions exempted - CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria says the recently introduced N50 stamp duty for all deposit transactions will not be collected for Payments of salaries and wages as well as payments and deposits for self…
20 killed as Al-Shabaab gunmen storm beachfront restaurant in Somalia
This is the heartbreaking moment a man was overcome with emotion as he put his hand on his slain sister's corpse following a restaurant attack in Somalia.Twenty people were killed when a suicide car …
Kidnapped Delta Monarch killed in Edo State
The kidnapped king of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha North LGA of Delta State, HRM Obi Akaeze Ofulue III was found dead at Ekon in Edo state, after being reportedly killed by his abductors. The decease…
Court grants fresh N600m bail to Metuh
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, on the condition that he pays the sum of N300m with two sureties in l…
All you need to know about Lassa fever
Lassa fever is an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus.Nigerians must take special care as Lassa fever is common to West Africa and it is an endemic disease in Nigeria.The United States Ce…
15 Migrants Drown As Boats Capsize Off Greek Islands
At least 15 migrants including eight children drowned when their boats capsized off the Greek islands of Kalolimnos and Farmakonisi early Friday, a coastguard official said, as the refugee flow towar…
Mumbai police force feed thief with 40 bananas to retrieve gold chain
Police in Mumbai have resorted to an unusual method of getting a thief to hand over the goods - by force feeding him more than 40 bananas in an attempt to retrieve a gold chain which he had swallowed…
Buhari won't spare Jonathan if ex-president is proven corrupt
According to the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, anyone including former President Goodluck Jonathan that is found guilty of corruption will be made to fac…