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Abubakar Mahmoud emerges NBA president amidst controversy
Lawyers in Nigeria have elected Mr Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud (SAN) as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).Mahmoud was yesterday declared the winner of the 2016 election of the Nigerian Ba…
3 Nigerians executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking
Three Nigerian drug convicts and one local, were executed by firing squad on Friday (local time) in Indonesia.According to the Indonesian Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, Noor Rachmad,the …
Police Nab Girl, 18 for Selling 18-Month-old Baby for N300,000
The Enugu State police command has commenced investigation into the circumstances under which, one Miss Okike Ezinne, an 18-year-old girl from Isu Mbaneze in Ohaozara Local Government Area of E…
Female Prisions Staff Fired For Smuggling Alcohol, Banned Items Into Yard
A female prisons staff attached to Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, has been dismissed from the Service for smuggling alcoholic drinks into the prison yard.According to a statement by Pri…
GEJ is responsible for Nigeria's present travails; I have no regrets over prophecy of 'change'- Mbaka
In a homily message on Sunday at his Enugu Adoration Ministry, Controversial Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, again slammed former President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of having run a wast…
One killed in Plateau as soldiers face-off with protesting youths over murder of Monarch
There are tensions in Plateau state over the murder of a first class monarch, Lazarus Agai, who was killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in company of his wife, son and aide.According to reports, sold…
Katsina state rape victim feeds her one-day old baby to a dog
One Muhammad Bello, 45, a teenage girl and three others have appeared before a Chief Magistrates' Court in Katsina State for allegedly killing a newborn baby born out of wedlock and fed a dog with th…
Police Commission Approves Promotion of 22 AIGs, 29 CPs
Twenty two Commissioners of Police (CPs) have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs). Also, 29 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) have been promoted to their ne…
Nigerian troops kill 11 suspected criminals in Zamfara
Troops of 223 Battalion involved in a field training code named "Exercise Harbin Kunama"? have killed 11 suspected cattle rustlers in different forests in Zamfara State.They undertook the exercise as…
Zenith Bank did not sponsor Fayose's campaign- Bank MD
Contrary to claims by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, that his 2014 Governorship campaign was sponsored by Zenith Bank, the Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Mr. Peter Amangbo, has denied a…
I drove poll cash to Fayose's hotel- Bullion Van driver confesses to EFCC
As the Ekiti Governorship Campaign saga continues, a bullion van driver has now confessed to conveying the N1.219bn, which according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was deliver…
$200bn scam: EFCC seals First Group office in Abuja
As the all-out war against corruption declared by President Muhammadu Buhari scales up, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday shutdown the offices of The First Group Company.T…
Murderers of Abuja Preacher must be arrested- Senate
The weekend murder of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, preacher, Deaconess Eunice Mojisola Olawale, during evangelism in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, was on Wednesday, condemned by the upper …
Graduate labourer, one other killed at Abuja construction site
Two people have been killed and another injured at a construction site in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).The incident, which sources claimed was a landslide, occurred at about 4pm on Tues…
CAN condemns killing of female preacher, warns of religious war
The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), FCT Chapter, Rev Israel Akanji has condemned the murder of Mrs Eunice Olawale and described it as a barbaric act of wickedness.Akanji disclosed t…
Army will clear out all Cattle rustlers from N/West in a few days; and all vandals from S/South- Buratai
Residents of the North West have been assured by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, that in a few days, remnants of cattle rustlers and bandits who have been terrorizing their communiti…
10 killed in clashes between Fulani herdsmen and Farmers in Niger State
Clashes between suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers in two communities in Niger State, have resulted in the death of at least 10 persons.The clashes occurred at Bokuta village, Bosso Local Governme…
Six Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos
A Civilian Joint Task Force team arrested six suspected members of the Boko Haram sect at different locations in Lagos, over the weekend.The suspects, who all confessed to be indigenes of Borno State…
Ese Oruru's abductor, Yunusa, released on bail
After spending over 4months in Okaka Prison in the Bayelsa State Capital, Yenagoa, the man accused of abducting 14-year-old Ese Oruru from Bayelsa and taking her to Kano, Mr. Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yel…