A Nigerian who specialises in money laundering and other transnational crimes was over the weekend arrested for treason, subversive activities against government, Trans-border gun-running, heist, and other Transnational crimes. The man whose name was given as one Bashir Hadeja was arrested by the Nigeria police following intelligence reports on smuggling large catches of weapons along…
Okuneye Idris popularly known as Bobrisky has caused buzz online after posting himself having a romantic session with another man. Bobrisky, who has left Nigeria after his encounter with EFCC, Immigration and even correctional services in Nigeria, which started from his Naira mutilation charge. The self acclaimed mother of Lagos has also said he won’t…
The Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, has unveiled plans to establish an inclusive interim government, following the exit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Following consultations with all major political parties, a consensus has been reached to form a transitional government. General Waker-Uz-Zaman will now hold talks with President Mohammed Shahabuddin to finalize the…
Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa, has suspended Auwal Sankara, the state commissioner for special duties, over an alleged affair with a married woman. On Friday, the Kano state Hisbah board said Sankara was arrested at an uncompleted building over an alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano. Reacting to the allegation in a…
The Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone Ltd., Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju, says the company tackled over 27 million cyber attacks on its facilities during the 2023 General Elections. Adeyanju made this known, when the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Malam Jibrin Baba-Ndace, paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja. Adeyanju said that the organisation…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released protesters who were arrested for their various roles in the #EndBadGovernance protests recently. A source within the Service authoritatively confirmed to The Nation on Sunday, September 22, that the director general of the State Security Service, on 19th September 2024, directed their immediate release. According to the…
Several people were reportedly killed in an airstrike in Kakindawa village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Garba Umar, a resident of the area, told The PUNCH that the incident occurred on Saturday evening as local vigilantes were heading to assist neighbours in Tungar Kara village, which had come under attack by bandits. According…
A fire outbreak at the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) warehouse in the Idu industrial area of Abuja has destroyed tools worth billions of Naira intended for training beneficiaries of the N-Power initiative. The Minister of State for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, has ordered the formation of…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has arrived the Force Headquarters at the Federal Capital Territory to honour a police invitation. Ajaero was accompanied by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju and a group of workers. The police had invited the NLC leader over…
A man, Salmon, has approached Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, seeking that his 14-year-old marriage to his wife be dissolved on the accounts of constant complaints, nagging and violence by the latter. Salmon stated that Fadilah treated him with contempt and also denied him s3x. He added that she later told him…