EFCC nabs 75 suspected Yahoo Boys in Owerri
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 75 suspected internet fraudsters in separate sting operations in Owerri, Imo State. The anti-graft agency arrested 46 suspects on Monday, March 28, for alleged involved in computer-related fraud at different locations in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The suspects who are mainly students and job seekers between the ages of 18...
Corps member slumps, dies while watching football in camp
A National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member, Musa Momoh Tunde, has slumped and died while watching a football match at the Kebbi orientation camp. It was gathered that the corps member slumped while watching an inter-platoon football match, leading to his death on Friday, March 26. The deceased was a graduate of Public Administration at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State. Speaking...
Police secure conviction of 4 suspected armed robbers
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has secured the conviction of four arrested suspects before the Zuba High Court sitting at the Gwagwalada High Court Division, Abuja. The conviction of the four suspects, Tochukwu Uwalaka, Gideon Igbabo, Miracle Amaechi, and Jamil Abdulsalam, came after the conclusion of a case of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery filed against them by the Intelligence...
APC dead in Edo, exist through press releases ― PDP
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has become a dead political party in the state. The PDP said the APC has failed to provide the seriously needed perspective and constructive criticism that is expected of a viable opposition party in Edo State. The party stated that following the “spectacular failure that...
Buhari confident of APC victory in 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Abdullahi Adamu-led 79-member National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that emerged at the just concluded convention in Abuja, saying the unity of members put on display has put the party on a firmer footing for victory in the 2023 general election. The President, who returned to the convention ground at Eagle...
VIDEO: Portable sacks manager, promoter, DJ over money
Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, well known as Portable, has announced the sack of his entire crew members including his manager, promoter, and official Disc Jockey, known as DJ Spirit. Portable made this known via a video shared on his Instagram page on Monday. The popular singer said he took the decision to sack his crew members over their constant demand...
Abba Kyari loses bail application, NDLEA says he’s ‘flight risk’
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Monday lost his battle for bail. A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, declined to grant his bail application. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had placed sufficient evidence before the court to refuse the bail request. Justice Nwite also rejected bail plea of Kyari’s...
2 feared dead as gunmen attack Imo police station
Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network attacked the Obowo Divisional Police headquarters in Imo State on Monday. A source in the Imo community, who pleaded anonymity, said two persons were feared killed in the attack. The source disclosed that the attack started at about 2a.m. and lasted for about three hours. “We heard the...
2023: South-East PDP insists on Southern Presidency
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-East has aligned itself with the position of the Southern Governors’ Forum that the next president of Nigeria should come from the southern part of the country. The PDP South-East also directed that the existing zoning pattern in states and constituencies of the zone must be strictly adhered to. Briefing newsmen after the Zonal...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: Zelensky 'studying' neutrality Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenksy says Kyiv's negotiators are studying a Russian demand for Ukrainian neutrality, which Kyiv had previously rejected. Speaking ahead of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey, Zelensky says: "This point of the negotiations is understandable to me and it is being discussed, it is being...
