The U.S. government has stated that the naira devaluation rendered President Bola Tinubuās minimum wage increase useless as deteriorating poverty amid galloping inflation wracks millions of Nigerians. This was highlighted in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024, published by the United States Department of Stateās Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; and the Secretary General, Emmanuel Ugboaja will be questioned by the Nigeria Police Force on September 30, 2024. They will be grilled over petitions written against the NLC, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. Human rights lawyer and counsel for the NLC, Femi Falana, SAN, in…
Police have arrested a female prison officer after she allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate, it has been reported. Footage of the alleged incident was captured at the privately-run Five Wells prison in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The clip reportedly shows the woman performing a sex act on a tattooed prisoner before they move on to…
The Imo State Police Command has arrested Opara Evans (M) 35yrs, and Chinedu Stanley (M) 29yrs, for the unlawful possession and distribution of banned fireworks and explosives. According to the police, their arrest followed an intelligent surveillance operation carried out along Alaba Market and Relief Markets Owerri, where large quantities of the prohibited items were…
The Nigeria Police Force have reportedly arrested Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Ejimakor disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Monday, saying police arrested him, along others persons participating in the protest. He wrote: āWeāve just been arrested. Myself, Prince Emanuel and…
The controversy ignited by the allegations of preferential treatment given to Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, is yet to end, as the investigation panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, August 11, probed the veracity of the claim. At the Independent Investigative Panel on the alleged corruption,…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has formally charged Isaac Bristol, aka PIDOM, with six counts at the Federal High Court in Abuja, bringing an end to his 28-day detention without formal charges. According to court documents obtained by TRIBUNE ONLINE, PIDOM faces charges related to the transmission of classified government documents and spreading false information….
The trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), took a dramatic turn on Friday as Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered court proceedings to be temporarily relocated to the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters. The move was made to facilitate an on-site inspection…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an international organized criminal group (IOCG) operating between Nigeria, the UK, Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates. The agency arrested three of its leaders in Lagos after intercepting a cocaine consignment worth N5.3 billion, concealed in textile materials and local charms. The two-week intelligence-led operation…
The Southwest Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has foiled five kidnapping attempts and rescued nine victims in Ondo State within the past week. This was made known by the Ondo State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, during a parade of 20 suspected criminals at the Commandās Headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure, on…