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N260m fraud: Ex-Zamfara varsity VC jailed 35 years
Justice logo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday secured the conviction of a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, Professor Magaji Garba. The anti-graft…
I killed my stepmother over N1m – Suspect
How we killed INEC staff – Suspect No fewer than 20 criminal suspects have been arrested and paraded by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, at the…
PRIMORG’s Constituency Project Tracking: Corruption Declining, Implementation Still Challenging Says ICPC
ICPC logo The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has reduced the incidence of corruption in the execution of constituency projects through its projects tracking…
Insecurity aggravating malnutrition in Nigeria — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has identified insecurity as one of the major factors fueling malnutrition in Nigeria. The global organization cautioned that the country’s development efforts would come…
NDLEA intercepts 1.1m Tramadol tabs in Kaduna, others Lagos, Kano
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had intercepted million tablets of Tramadol (225mg and 100mg) in Kaduna state. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi,…
Woman Stabs Husband To Death In Adamawa
Caroline Barka, a 20-year-old housewife, has been arrested by the Adamawa Police Command for stabbing her late husband, Barka Dauda, to death. Mrs Barka is a resident of Angwan Tamiya in…
Court Sentences Baba Ijesha To 16 Years Imprisonment For Assaulting Minor
The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in the Ikeja area has convicted and sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years…
Military destroys 109 illegal refining site, apprehends 24 oil thieves
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have discovered and destroyed 109 illegal refining sites and arrested 24 economic saboteurs within two weeks in the South-South region. This was made known by…
Police Order Investigation As Hoodlums Attack INEC Office In Enugu
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Abubakar Lawal, has ordered investigation into the attack at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east.…
Bandits kidnap another Catholic priest in Kaduna
Bandits in the early hours of Monday abducted Reverend Father Emmanuel Silas of the St. Charles Catholic Church, Zambina, in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chancellor, Kafanchan…