The Imo state police command on Tuesday, April 30, arrested a 31-year-old man, Micheal Uzondu, for unlawful possession of a locally made pistol.  The suspect, from Amimo in Ikeduru local government area, was arrested during an intelligence-led raid on a criminal hideout […]

The resumption of the Senate from its Easter and Sallah break on Tuesday, April 30, was almost enmeshed in rowdy session as senators literally fought over seats. The plenary commenced at about 11:00am after the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, arrived the chamber […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an interim order empowering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze 1,146 bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies.The agency claimed it was investigating them for unauthorised dealing in foreign exchange, money […]

The Legacy Group faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo state, has again threatened to work against the party in the forthcoming 21 September, governorship election, if their grievances were not addressed by Governor Godwin Obaseki. One of […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues will be cleared out by Wednesday, April 31. Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled ruling for May 20 in the application by alleged terrorists’ negotiator, Mohammed Tukur Mamu, seeking to be relocated from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Kuje Prison in Abuja.Justice […]

Gambia‘s former Vice President Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang has been appointed to lead a 40-member ECOWAS observer team to monitor the general elections in Togo. According to Dr Omar Touray, President of ECOWAS Commission, the team is to monitor the legislative and […]

By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Some commuters in Ilorin, the Kwara capital, have lamented the increase in transportation fares within the city, owing to the current fuel scarcity. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, […]

Former Benue Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, advised his former Kogi counterpart, Yahaya Bello, to surrender himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to defend his actions while in office. Yahaya Bello has refused to honor the invitation […]

A nonagenarian, Mrs Mary Adedayo Dada, who is the widow of the late Dr Timothy Ekundayo Dada has lamented deprivation of rents following the refusal by the United Bank of Africa Plc (UBA) to vacate their property situated at 39 […]