Nigeria Breaking News
The personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian Air Force (NPF) recently clashed at a checkpoint in Jeddo, Delta State. Clarifying the cause of the altercation in a post on X.com on Thursday, the state police spokesperson, SP Edafe Bright, stated that the incident occurred when policemen were transporting a suspect found …
The Akwa Ibom office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has made outstanding contributions to the growth of our democracy, being about the only one out of its 37 peers in the Federation to put two crooked professors in jail for electoral fraud. The convicted professors are Peter Ogban, professor of Soil Science, who …
ABUJA—A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the service of a fundamental rights abuse suit against the Nigeria Army and seven others, via substituted means; by placing the court documents on any newspaper with a wide circulation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Trial judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik made the order while ruling on …
Trial of some Chinese nationals, apprehended in December by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for employing Nigerian youths on identity theft and cybercrime activities suffers set back, yesterday, as defendants reject an interpreter. Justice Ayokunle Faji adjourned the the trial till March 4 and 5 to get a preferred interpreter. The defendants are …
A trending video is generating anger in Akwa Ibom State, as it shows policemen, suspected to be men of the Itam Police Division, assaulting a pregnant woman over enforcement of policy. Shared of Facebook by Mayor Sylvester, the post bemoaned the policemen’s action. In the video, they dragged the alleged vehicle insurance defaulter until she …
A Magistrate Court sitting in Oyingbo, Ebute Metta, Lagos, has remanded a suspect (names withheld) in Kirikiri Correctional Facility over the alleged defilement of his 9-year-old niece (names withheld), an incident reportedly committed in the Ayobo area of the state. The suspect’s arrest followed a distress call on social media from a popular comedienne and …
The Police Command in Kagi has apprehended two suspects for alleged robbery in Lokoja. In a statement on Friday, the spokesman of the command, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, said that operatives of the command apprehended the suspects on Thursday during a third-party insurance enforcement exercise in the state. He said the suspects (names withheld) were intercepted …
The United States Department of Justice has announced that Edwin Okoronkwo, a Nigerian citizen convicted of defrauding multiple Americans, will be deported upon completing his 75-month prison sentence. Okoronkwo carried out the fraudulent scheme alongside his wife, Julie Okoronkwo, who received a 25-month prison term for her role in the elaborate catfishing scam. According to …
The Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kehinde Hamzat, said FRSC officials have commenced a special operation to root out fake number plates nationwide. According to him, most fake number plates used to perpetuate evils in the country bear the tags of respected institutions such as the presidency, Nigerian Youth Council …
LAGOS—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, docked nine Chinese citizens before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged crimes of Cybercrime, love scam and security breaches. The nine Chinese alongside their company, Genting International Company Limited, were arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. Those arraigned before the court were: Su Dong Fu; Zheng Xian …