A 25-year-old unemployed man, Hassan Isiyaku, was on Monday docked in a Kado Grade I Area Court in Abuja for alledgely snatching a cell phone and N10,000 at a bus-stop. Isiyaku of no fixed address is charged with joint act…
Shocking as a team of operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who were on duty monitoring the presidential and national assembly elections was on Saturday, February 25, 2023, attacked by political thugs near Chief’s palace in Bwari…
By Ogaga Ariemu The official of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has commenced Dawaki, Gwarinpa polling units. NewsDirect observed that Polling units at Dawaki, primary school, Dawaki Extension, News Engineering have commenced ballots sorting and counting at 5:45 pm. The…
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, granted an interim forfeiture of 14 properties in Lagos, Abuja and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, linked to the Kogi State Government. The judge also ordered the…
Ten scavengers comprising six adults and four minors were on Wednesday docked in a Grade I Area Court, Karu, Abuja for alleged wandering and constituting nuisance. The police charged Ahmed Saleh,22; Salisu Yahaya, 20; Nura Munir, 20; Kabiru Ashimu, 20;…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a 38-year-old man, identified as Salman Umar Hudu, in Abuja. Hudu was arrested in a hotel on Tuesday for impersonating the Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. In a statement by the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa over the passing of his father, Abraham at 88. The president, in a condolence message by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja also…
The police have detained the presiding pastor of House on The Rock in Abuja, Pastor Uche Aigbe, for carrying an AK-47 to the pulpit. The Intelligence Response Team, IRT, under the Force Intelligence Bureau, FIB, took Aigbe into custody. The…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will today in Abuja champion the campaign of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The APC candidate is holding two rallies in both Kebbi and the Federal Capital…
The minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Haija Sadiya Farouq, has been accused of frustrating N-power volunteers over the non-disbursement of loans A group known as N-Power Volunteers in the Federal Capital Territory Chapter disclosed this to…
