Identity of classmate who knocked down flying officer Arotile revealed

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has unveiled the identity of the secondary school classmate who knocked down Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. Ibikunle Daramola, air force spokesman gave the name of the man as Nehemiah Adejoh and also disclosed that he and two other civilians were at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna to visit […]

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How 130 VIP Twitter accounts were hacked

The giant social medium, Twitter, said hackers “manipulated” some of its employees to access 130 accounts in a high-profile attack on the social media company, including those of Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Posts trying to dupe people into sending the hackers Bitcoin were tweeted by the official accounts of […]

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Suspend Akpabio, set up panel to probe NDDC ―SERAP asks Buhari

A not-for-profit organisation in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to set up a presidential investigative panel to probe corruption allegations in the Niger Delta Development Commission. The organisation also urged the President to suspend the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and all those involved in […]

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Kidnappers who buried 3 victims alive in Nigeria arrested, corpses of victims exhumed

Corpses of three kidnap victims have again been exhumed in Rivers state, this time, from a forest in Bera, Gokana Local Government Area (LGA) where suspected killers led the police. Following months of detailed investigation, two suspected cultists, Barididum Danaa, a.k.a ‘kill and bury’ and his accomplice, Prophet Nkpe, both members of the dreaded Degbam […]

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Hushpuppi moved to California for his trial

Suspected Nigerian fraudster, Ramoni Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has been transferred from Chicago to California, weeks after hiring top Chicago lawyer, Gal Pissetzky of the Pissetzky & Berliner law firm as his attorney. US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indited Hushpuppi of funding his extravagant lifestyle from “hundreds of millions of dollars” from business email compromise frauds and other scams. […]

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New Acting Clerk to Nigeria’s National Assembly appointed

Architect Amos Olatunde Ojo has been appointed as the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) by the National Assembly Commission (NASC). Prior to his recent appointment, Amos Ojo was the Secretary, Procurement, Estate and Works (SPEW) in the National Assembly. Executive Chairman of the NASC, Engr. Ahmed Kadi Amshi who announced his appointment in a statement released […]

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Police arrests serial killer, herbalist, in the Akinyele killings

Following the manhunt launched by the Oyo State Police Command to apprehend the culprits in connection with killings at the Akinyele axis of the state, the suspected serial killer of the innocent victims has confessed on how he was able to catch on his targets. While parading the suspected criminals at the police headquarters, Eleyele, […]

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Human rights legend, US congressman, John Lewis, dies

The son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 80. “It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce […]

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Suspected killer of the Lagos Gokada CEO, arrested in US

Tyrese Devon Haspil, an aide of 33 year-old Gokada CEO, Fahim Saleh, has been arrested in New York, United States, for his gruesome murder. According to New York Times, the 21 year-old Haspil, has been accused as the person who carried out the gruesome dismemberment of Saleh, an American tech millionaire, doing business in Nigeria. […]

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Suspected female cultist says she slept with 10 male cultists at initiation

Blessing David, a 19-year-old girl and suspected member of a cult known as the Marine Girls has recounted how she slept with 10 men before being initiated into the group. Blessing who made the confession while being paraded alongside 15 armed robbery suspects, six cultists, three kidnappers and four murder suspects at the headquarters of the Edo […]

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Court refuses to order permanent forfeiture, returns houses seized by EFCC to Saraki

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) application to seek the final forfeiture of two houses belonging to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki in Ilorin to the federal government, was struck out by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday July 16. The court on Thursday reversed its order of interim forfeiture of the […]

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Buhari warns his Ministers, MDAs and CEOs not to disrespect NASS

In a statement on Thursday, the President, Muhammadu Buhari has warned ministers and all heads of departments and agencies to, at all times, conduct themselves in ways that will not undermine the National Assembly as an institution, its leadership and members. According to the statement released by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]

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Reps Committee issues warrant of arrest against Pondei, NDDC acting MD

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have issued a warrant of arrest against the acting Managing Director of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, who walked out on them on Thursday July 16. Pondei and his team were at the House to […]

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Using Police to raid Joi Nunieh’s home at 4.00am is cowardly and shameful ―Fani-Kayode

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to the police invasion of Joi Numieh’s home which took place as early as 4:00am on Thursday morning. Mr. Fani-Kayode, in two separate tweets, referred to the incident as cowardly and shameful. He commended gov Wike for freeing and saving her. “Sending armed policemen […]

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Kidnappers arrested in Nigeria, decomposing corpse of their victim found (Graphic photo)

Rivers State Police Command have arrested two alleged notorious kidnappers in a sting operation carried out on Tuesday July 14. Decomposing corpse of their victim who a N1m ransom was paid for after being kidnapped on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Woji, Port Harcourt, was recovered by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the state […]

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Appeal Court validates Oyo councils chairmen’s sack

The judgment of an Oyo State High Court which restrained the Oyo state governor and government from dissolving local government councils in the state, was on Wednesday July 15, set aside by a Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan. Justice Haruna Tsammani who presided over the case, said the case was initiated on mere speculations and […]

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