A 29-year-old suspect, Ekperebuike Akadonye has been apprehended by the police for allegedly impersonating the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and defrauding his victim on the Internet.
Following his arraignment on allegations of abuse of office, former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has resigned his appointment as the Pro-Chancellor of FUNAAB.
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has returned an additional N30m to EFCC from money he received in Dasukigate, bringing the total amount of money he has returned to the commission to N134m.
Abiodun Edward, a member of a syndicate which specialized in impersonating staff of EFCC, in a bid to defraud unsuspecting victims, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
Four workers of a mining company, including a Chinese, were on Monday ambushed and killed by unknown gunmen in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
As service providers in Nigeria prepare to effect a hike in data tariffs on Thursday, December 1 in accordance with a directive by NCC, Nigerians are in no small measure lashing out at the government for its “insensitivity.”
Road users will have to ply alternative routes to their destinations between 3rd and 4th of December, as Lagos prepares to shut down several roads with its ‘Lagos Street Party’ at Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.
Olamilekan Yusuf, a 19-year-old boy, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining abortion drugs for his 14-year-old girlfriend.
Police in Enugu have obtained a suicide note left behind by a final year student of Agriculture Economics and a native of Awgu in Enugu State, Mr Tobechukwu Okeke, in which he apologised to his “fellow gamblers.”
The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday enforced death sentence for kidnappers in the state, however with a clause that “if their victims die in captivity.”
A 19-year-old suspect, Stephen John was on Tuesday remanded in Ikoyi prison for stealing offering money from a Catholic Church at Elegbata, Apongbon area of Lagos.
Lagos State is set to experience a total shutdown in what would be one of the liveliest yuletide celebrations in the state in a long time, with all roads leading to Ahmadu Bello Way on Victoria Island on December 3 and 4.
The Nigeria Police Force says a special intelligence team intercepted and killed 3 suspected armed robbers who were on a mission to attack an Arik plane on Monday following a tip-off.
The ill-fated British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane that crashed Monday night, killing almost all 81 people on board, was the same aircraft that transported Lionel Messi and other members of the Argentinian national team to Brazil almost three weeks ago.
Scores of people are feared dead in a “tragedy of huge proportions” as a British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane carrying 81 people, including members of Chapecoense, a Brazilian soccer team crashed Monday night.
A Civil Engineering student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Bukola Olugbon is demanding justice from the Nigeria Police following the shooting he suffered at the hands of a police officer identified as Abubakar Ahmed.
Students of Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) can now return to school as academic activities are set to resume five days after the fire incident that razed the Bakassi female hall.