An Inspector of Police, Matthew Ahmen, who is a colleague of Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed female lawyer Bolanle Raheem, told a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday that they were conducting a stop and search when the incident happened. He said Vandi who was the leader of their…
Following widespread complaints from many parts of the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, extended by seven days, the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs. The exercise will now end on January 29, instead of January 22 as earlier scheduled. Since the collection of the PVCs started, the polity has been…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 47-year-old suspect, Ganiyu Yusuf, for allegedly raping a housewife in Ilorin in June 2021. Yusuf allegedly broke into a house at Oloje area, Ilorin, through the roof on June 1, 2021, overpowered and raped the only female occupant of the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former vice-chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba, and the bursar, Ibrahim Usman, of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, on eight counts bordering on theft and money laundering to the tune of N1 billion. The anti-graft commission disclosed this on its Twitter page Thursday. The duo were…
A pastor, Albarka Sukuya, has been arrested by Plateau State police operatives for allegedly staging his kidnap on several occasions to extort his church members. The suspect last week also set ablaze a Mercedes Benz and Toyota cars belonging to his senior pastors at ECWA Bishara 3 Jenta Apata premises, claiming one of them hates…
The Anambra State Government said it has commenced an investigation into the death of one late Ogochukwu Anene allegedly killed by her husband, Mr Wilson Uwadiegwu, over a loaf of bread. Mrs Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, made this known, yesterday, in Awka, while receiving the mother of the deceased,…
Edo State government, yesterday, said 20 people were kidnapped contrary to earlier reports of 31 people being kidnapped, in the Ekehen, Igueben Local Government area railway station attack, last Saturday. It was also revealed that seven of those kidnapped have been rescued. News updates from the Igueben incident, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris…
A Yola High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Danladi Tuesday sacked Senator Ishaku Abbo as the APC Senatorial candidate for Adamawa North senatorial zone for this year’s election. The court sacked Senator Abbo on the ground that he was expelled from the party by his ward in Mubi North local government area of Adamawa….
