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 …

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Sunday stated that four persons have so far lost their lives barely some days after the disbandment of the Ebubeagu security outfit by the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki While briefing newsmen shortly after a marathon meeting with security chiefs at the Muhammadu Buhari Lounge of the Ebonyi International Airport in Ezza …

Gunmen attacked a police facility in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State early Saturday, killing three officers. “Anambra State Police Command have reinforced security in the Idemili North area of the state, following the attack on the Ogidi area command in the early hours of today 18/2/2023, where three police operatives paid the supreme price”, the spokesman …

A brother-in-law to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment. was sentenced to prison on Saturday,  by a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja found John Abebe, the younger brother of former First Lady, late Stella Obasanjo, guilty of the forgery of a document belonging to an oil company. Justice Mojisola Dada, however, allowed an …

A 20-year-old, Thomas Ya’u has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command for allegedly conniving with five others to abduct his mother and three others, and collecting N30 million as ransom. The command’s spokesman, Superintendent Mohammed Shehu told reporters in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday that the suspected boy informed the police that N10 million was paid by each …