Lagos releases 16 inmates, deports two foreigners
The Lagos State Government has deported two citizens of Chad and released 16 other inmates as part of its correctional facilities decongestion exercise carried out yesterday. The Chief Judge of…
N33b Fraud: How ONSA funds were distributed among companies- Witness
A prosecution witness at the FCT High Court on Tuesday detailed how funds were transferred from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, to various companies allegedly…
ICPC arraigns El-Rufai ally, Amadu Sule in alleged ₦311b money laundering case
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a close associate of former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Amadu Sule, who is the Managing…
Insecurity: Edo begins moves to free AAU students
The Edo State Government, on Tuesday, began moves to secure the release of bona fide students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, who were remanded at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre over…
Atiku call for immediate release of 52 AAU Ekpoma students
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the arrest and alleged detention of 52 students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, demanding their immediate release. The arrests followed…
Terrorism financing: Court returns Bauchi commissioner’s case to CJ
Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, returned the case file of the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, to the Chief Judge…
Otti’s wife urges Arochukwu inmates to embrace positive transformation
The Wife of the Governor of Abia State, Priscilla Otti, has urged the inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Facility, Arochukwu, in Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state, to embrace…
EFCC returns recovered N802m to First Bank
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has handed over N802,420,000 recovered from a fraud suspect to First Bank Nigeria Plc, following a system glitch that…
Court admits more DSS witnesses, exhibits in Owo church attack trial
Two additional witnesses on Tuesday testified before the Federal High Court in Abuja in the ongoing trial of five men accused of masterminding the June 5, 2022, attack on the…
Ogun court denies Portable bail after arraignment
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was on Monday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Ota, Ogun State, over criminal charges including assault and resisting arrest. Confirming…