President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has revealed how Junior Pope’s mother refused to believe her son drowned to death. Recall that the late actor died on April 10 along with four other team members while commuting…
NSCDC nabs 8 illegal private guards, recovers guns in Anambra
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra State have arrested eight illegal private guards in a recent crackdown on unlicensed private security guards in Awka, the state capital. State Commandant, Maku Olatunde who disclosed this…
British man accused of plotting arson attacks in London on behalf of Russia
A British man has been charged with plotting arson attacks on Ukraine-linked businesses in London after allegedly being recruited as a Russian spy. David Earl, 20, is accused of being the mastermind behind a huge fire on an industrial estate…
Police arrest 16 suspects for rape, kidnapping, others in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested sixteen (16) suspects in connection with raping, culpable homicide, kidnapping for ransom, motorcycle and phone snatching as well as armed robbery among other major crimes in the state. The suspects cut across six…
Jailbreak: FG pledges to relocate ‘a lot of correctional centres’
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Thursday that the government would relocate a lot of correctional centres to create better space, security, and infrastructure. Tunji-Ojo made the pledge when he visited Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, where 119…
Nigerian who relocated to UK in 2022 beat wife to death with skateboard
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has beaten his wife, Taiwo, to death with their son’s skateboard, Daily Mail reports. The couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022 and always clashed over alleged…
Oil theft: Navy intercepts 14 vessels, 90 boats, 74 suspects in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Navy said its personnel under the aegis of ‘Operation Delta Sanity’ have arrested 14 motor tanker vessels as well 90 wooden boats and 74 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta region in three months. The Chief of…
Customs intercepts 6,240 dynamites in Kebbi
Officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Kebbi State Command during the week intercepted a large cache of explosives believed to be dynamites numbering 6,240 along Yauri/Jega road and handed same to the Officers of the Department of State Service…
Imam tussle: Stakeholders seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention
Stakeholders and concerned Muslims have called on the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to intervene in the Imam tussle in the Ikeja Central Mosque. They said the governor’s intervention was imperative to avert violence in the state capital following the…
AGF warns treasury managers against corruption, fraud
Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) has advised treasury managers to guard against corruption, fraud and financial mismanagement by implementing strong internal control mechanisms. Madein said this at the training programme organised by the Chartered Institute…