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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gwarimpa, Abuja, has ordered that former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, remain in Kuje Correctional Centre until December 18, when a ruling will be delivered on his bail application. Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan gave the order on Monday after hearing arguments from both the ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered N37.44 billion and $2.353 million in 2025 through asset seizures and forfeitures, marking one of its strongest annual performances since inception. The Chairman of the Commission, Musa Aliyu, SAN, disclosed this on Sunday during the ICPC’s End-of-Year Engagement, send-off ceremony for retiring ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over N96.5 million to victims of ponzi schemes in Enugu State. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Oyewale said the step was in line with the anti-graft agency’s commitment to combating economic and financial crimes and ensuring restitution for ...
The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a motorcyclist, Godonu Lowe for allegedly killing his wife and attempting to flee with her corpse concealed in a sack. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, made this known on Thursday in a statement issued in Abeokuta. Odutola explained that Lowe was arrested on Wednesday at about 1:05p.m ...
The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad), has renewed its call for a transparent and independent investigation into his death and urged two key witnesses — Mr. Tajudeen Olusola David and Mrs. Tajudeen Bosede Blessing to testify in court. In a statement signed by the family head, Omolayo Aloba, and Mohbad’s father, Joseph ...
…as FG vows swift rescue Panic and grief have gripped the community of Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State after bandits, operating in large numbers, attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) at dawn on Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, and abducting 25 female students. The attackers ...
An Akure resident, Mr. Tairu Jamiu Ajefunbi, has accused members of his extended family in Ogun State of abducting his children and subjecting them to harmful traditional practices, including forced ritual initiation and female genital mutilation (FGM), which he alleges led to the death of his six-year-old daughter. The disturbing allegations have intensified concerns about ...
The Department of State Services has dismantled what officials describe as a high value arms supply network believed to be behind a series of violent attacks in Yelwata, Plateau State, and other troubled parts of the North, following the arrest of a key suspect, Musa Abubakar, during a targeted operation on November 12, 2025. According ...
A Delta State indigene, Mr. Lawrence Thompson, has reportedly fled his hometown of Ilabor Igbodo Village in Ika North-East Local Government Area, following threats to his life stemming from a bitter local political dispute. Mr. Thompson, born on August 16, 1977, disclosed that he was forced to abandon his home on November 5, 2025, after ...
By Obasola Olatunde The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted more than 14,440 kilogrammes of skunk in coordinated operations across six states and arrested a wanted Lagos based drug baron believed to be a major player in the country’s cannabis distribution network. The largest single recovery 11,135kg of processed skunk was made on November ...
The Nigerian Police Force has declared Modinat Motunrayo Yahya whose photograph appears above wanted in connection with an alleged Homosexual offence. Modinat, who is believed to be 29 years of age, is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by a Magistrate Court in Lagos State.According to the Police reports, She was declared wanted after ...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Obinna Kingsley Anijiofor to nine years imprisonment for offences bordering on stealing and the issuance of dud cheques. Anijiofor was arraigned on February 10, 2025, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
The Oyo State Police Command has declared one Mr. Adisa Hammed Olalekan wanted over alleged involvement in a criminal case linked to homosexual activity. According to a statement issued by the Command, Mr. Adisa, who resides at No. E9/169B, Bus Stop Gate Road, Oke-Adu, Ibadan, was invited for questioning on 16 August 2024 and again ...
The camp of former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of launching a politically motivated campaign against him, following the agency’s recent decision to declare him wanted on social media. In a statement signed by Mr Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and ...
The public is hereby notified that BABATUNDE Ganiyu Olusunmade whose photograph appear above is wanted by the Nigeria Police Force. (FCID) in alleged case of homosexual, Murder, thuggery, Breach of Public Peace. The offfences was committed at EXTREME LOUNGE AND BAR . No 1,Orelope street, off Iju-Ilogbo Road, Ota Ogun state.on 27th of October 2025 ...
By Obasola Olatunde Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have rescued 86 abducted victims and arrested 29 logistics suppliers linked to Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Borno State, following coordinated clearance operations along the Buratai Kamuya axis of the North East. According to a statement on Monday by Sani Uba, the media information officer ...
A man identified as Mr. Ben Emeka Ukeje has reportedly escaped from the custody of the Nigerian military, sparking an intensive manhunt by security operatives across the South-East region. Ukeje, who was arrested on August 7, 2024, was being detained at the 82 Division Military Barracks in Enugu State following allegations by the Nigerian government ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, llorin A multi-media journalist with the lmage Merchant promotion,(IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, Salis Manaja, who was kidnapped on October 13, ha regained freedom after a 10 days in captivity. This was made known by the founder, IMPR, Mallam Yushau Shuaib while speaking last weekend in llorin on the sidelines ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a self-acclaimed estate developer, Christopher Abiola Oladunjoye, alongside Augustine Ikechukwu Agodi and Ovie Goru, before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, over an alleged fraudulent transaction involving ₦1.8 billion. The 33-year-old Oladunjoye and his ...
The Nigerian Army says a soldier, Lance Corporal Akenleye Femi, who allegedly killed his wife and committed suicide. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, Capt. Stephen Nwankwo, made this known in a statement on Monday. Nwankwo said the incident occurred on Oct. 11 at the Corporals and Below Quarters at ...
By Idowu Adebomi, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned one Wale Ogunleye, 33 before a Magistrates Court for allegedly stealing 124 Pigs worth N12,400,000 belonging to one Philip Arogundade. The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant and others at large, acting between 2022 and the year 2025 in ...
Nigeria and Qatar have strengthened partnership in the area of combating illicit drug trafficking with the symbolic exchange of instruments of ratification between the two countries by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) and the Qatar Ambassador Ali Bin Ghanem Al- Hajri. The ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has smashed two major cocaine cartels responsible for six United Kingdom-bound consignments of the illicit substance, arresting the kingpin, Alhaji Hammed Taofeek Ode, and five other suspects. The agency said the breakthrough was achieved through a series of intelligence-led operations conducted across Lagos and other states over a ...
