The Police Command in Ebonyi State has declared 10 people wanted in connection with the murder of Chief Igboke Ewa of Umu-Ezekoha Community, Ezza North Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Onome Onovwakpoyeya, and made available to reporters on Monday in Abakaliki. According to the statement, the wanted people include …

Ahead of the 2023 census, the National Population Commission (NPC) has said it is ready to deploy technology that would make the exercise smooth and accurate. For this reason, it said it would train its staff adequately on the usage of the Personal Device Assistant devices to avoid hitches during the exercise, adding that the devices were being configured for …

The National Institute of Security Studies (NISS) is to collaborate with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to advance strategic collaboration that would enhance the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) towards improving national security. Speaking during a visit to the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja recently, the …

Kaduna-based Islamic scholar and cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has announced the death of his mother. It was gathered that his mother died on Sunday around 5.30 pm and preparations were in top gear to bury her at Unguwar Sarki Muslim cemetery in Kaduna. In a statement on his verified Facebook handle, the Islamic cleric said: “Inna lillahi WA inna ilaihi …

The mobile police sergeant, who allegedly killed his female friend and himself last Thursday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, reportedly told his colleagues that he was going to kill somebody and commit suicide that day. “But many of them didn’t believe him because he was doing very well as a police officer. He had two houses, one in Ilofa …

Media monitoring and intelligence have become increasingly important in the digital age. With the vast amount of information available online, media monitoring provides businesses, organizations, and individuals with valuable insights into clients’ media mentions, public opinion, industry trends, competitive media share, media sentiment and emerging issues. However, as the use of media monitoring and intelligence continues to grow, so do the ethical concerns surrounding …

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a former Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Prof. Adekunle Oloyede, to five years imprisonment for $1.2 million fraud. Justice Aderemi Adegoroye jailed the professor after finding him guilty on all six counts of false pretences, stealing and fraud contrary to the anti-graft laws of …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a businessman, Kingsley Celestino at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two travelling bags. Kingsley, a business class passenger on Qatar Airline flight was arrested at Terminal 2 of the MMIA last Saturday on his way …

The Lagos State Government has said Chrisland Secondary School will remain shut as it investigates the death of Whitney Omodesola Adeniran. Adeniran, a 12-year-old student of the school, was said to have slumped during her school’s inter-house sport on 9 February. Following the controversial circumstance surrounding the student’s death, the state government, through the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr …

A Nigerian midwife, Olukemi Akinmeji has taken her former employers, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) to court over racism she allegedly experienced at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent. She claimed a colleague at the hospital had joked that staff should ‘check their bags’ as she left. Akinmeji said the comments were parts of harassment she suffered during …