The Federal Government has summoned the Burkina Faso envoy to Nigeria, Pascal Gouba over the alleged murder of 16 Nigerians who were on a pilgrimage to Kaolak, Senegal over a month ago. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, made this known on Thursday in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media, HMOS, Ibrahim Aliyu. Recall …

In a bizarre scene, a mobile police sergeant allegedly killed his suspected woman friend and later shot himself dead at a school premises in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased female friend, and mother of one, was simply identified as Tosin. According to sources, the incident, which happened early in the morning of Thursday near the gate of a …

A leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ali Madaki is in the custody of the Kano police command over illegal possession of firearms. According to TheCable, Madaki was invited for questioning by the police on Wednesday. Haruna Abdullahi, the police spokesperson in Kano, confirm the development on Thursday morning. Abdullahi said Madaki is still in police custody and …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it arrested nine persons for vote buying. In a statement on Saturday, the commission said the alleged vote buyers were arrested in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa Ibom, and Sokoto States during the presidential and National Assembly elections. “Four vote buyers were arrested by the Osun State Office …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has taken into custody one Hassan Ahmad in possession of N2 million cash allegedly meant for a politician in Gombe. In a statement in Abuja, ICPC’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua said the cash was in both old and new notes She said that the suspect was arrested on Friday by …

A 28-year-old man, Ekene Itodo, who allegedly obtained N1.2 million from three people under false pretences of securing jobs for them, on Thursday appeared at an Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Itodo is standing trial on five counts bordering on conspiracy, fraud and breach of peace. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Assistant …

A teenage girl was shot and injured in the thigh while running away from a man who attempted to sexually abuse her at a dam in Empandeni, Mangwe district of Zimbabwe. Empandeni Ward 1 Councillor, Bernard Tshuma said the girl, who is a Form Four student at Empandeni Secondary School, was in the company of her teenage sister when they …

The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that troops arrested three suspected terrorists at Damba community in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Valentine’s Day. According to the military high command, one of the arrested terrorists confessed to being one of the masterminds of the 28 March 2022, Abuja-Kaduna train attack. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major …

An Akure High Court, in Ondo State has assumed jurisdiction over the trial of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyelogun, and two others for alleged fraud involving the N2.4 million fund belonging to the Assembly. Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) …

Bandits who disguised as political thugs have kidnapped a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  ward chairman and a community leader at Danmahawayi village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to a native of the area, “when the bandits came at  about 11 pm on Sunday, they picked  Alhaji Bala Alhassan Marafa, PDP chairman of Dan Mahawayi Ward and …