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East Amateur Boxing ChampionshipKaduna Governor Declares Bandits Deserve No Second Chance, Labels Them TerroristsPower Is Taken, Not Given, Says Wike as He Urges PDP to Gird for BattlePolice Clarify Viral Clip: ‘Individuals in Video Are Vigilante Members, Not Bandits’WHEN SCIENCE DECLARES WAR ON CRIME: ENUGU’S DNA FORENSIC REVOLUTION BEGINSGov Mbah to Criminals: “You can run, but can’t hide”Legal Giant’s Fall: Top Human Rights Lawyer Mike Ozekhome Suspended as SANTinubu Can’t Be Everywhere Fighting Crime, We’re His Foot Soldiers – OdodoIran Blames U.S. for Middle East Instability, Rejects Rubio’s Claims Ahead of Fresh Nuclear TalksSenate Advances Tinubu’s State Police Bill, Paving Way for Historic Security ReformUba Sani Emerges Key APC Strategist as Influence Grows Within Tinubu’s Political CircleNigeria’s Intra-African Trade Rises 21% to $9.02bn as AfCFTA Expands Export OpportunitiesCoal City University Denies Salary Arrears, Six-Month Strike Claims, Defends Handling of Student 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Trending News: Update: 10 rescued from Lagos building collapse (video)Many of our goods are getting bad as a result of this ‘ foreigner must go’ protests- Businessman residing in South Africa lamentsWe are doing everything possible to bring you people alive – Rescue team reassures lady trapped in Rivers building collapse (video)Denmark moves to ban Islamic call to prayer, says it has no place in the countryLPPC bars Ozekhome from using SAN titleSinger Lionel Richie cuts concert short after falling ill onstageEFCC to arraign U.S.- blacklisted terrorism financing suspectsRussian opposition leader jailed over anti-war social media postsUS court jails Nigerian social worker for stealing $17k in benefits from orphaned child with disabilitiesQatar midfielder Assim Madibo banned for 5 games after breaking the leg of Canada’s Ismaël Koné at World CupWoman nabbed after she walked into hospital with nurse’s uniform allegedly to steal baby (video)Moment actress Omeche Oko falls from bike on movie set, leaving her injured (video)SPORTGolden Eaglets to participate in China invitational tournamentXenophobia Crisis: 66 Nigerians Brought Back From South AfricaMr Ibu’s Family Speaks on Challenges Faced Since His PassingSouth Africa Joins List of African Nations With Victory at World Cup 2026‘State Police Can Help Protect Persecuted Christians in Nigeria ’ —US Congressman MooreOld Pipeline Infrastructure Blamed for Blast in Owaza CommunityInsecurity: CAN Calls for Enhanced Protection Measures in Oyo ChurchesReligious Leader Addresses Controversy Surrounding Comments on KwankwasoDelta Government Debunks Reports of Uduaghan’s DeathRights Activist Warns State Police Could Deepen Nigeria’s Ethnic DivisionsMan Receives 20-Year Jail Term for Sexually Assaulting 85-Year-Old womanNollywood Star Nancy Isime Opens Up on the Struggles of Life and Choosing Not to Be a MotherNollywood Star Omeche Oko Survives Horrific Bike Accident on Movie Set Days Before BirthdayAbia State Hosts Inaugural South East Amateur Boxing ChampionshipKaduna Governor Declares Bandits Deserve No Second Chance, Labels Them TerroristsPower Is Taken, Not Given, Says Wike as He Urges PDP to Gird for BattlePolice Clarify Viral Clip: ‘Individuals in Video Are Vigilante Members, Not Bandits’WHEN SCIENCE DECLARES WAR ON CRIME: ENUGU’S DNA FORENSIC REVOLUTION BEGINSGov Mbah to Criminals: “You can run, but can’t hide”Legal Giant’s Fall: Top Human Rights Lawyer Mike Ozekhome Suspended as SANTinubu Can’t Be Everywhere Fighting Crime, We’re His Foot Soldiers – OdodoIran Blames U.S. for Middle East Instability, Rejects Rubio’s Claims Ahead of Fresh Nuclear TalksSenate Advances Tinubu’s State Police Bill, Paving Way for Historic Security ReformUba Sani Emerges Key APC Strategist as Influence Grows Within Tinubu’s Political CircleNigeria’s Intra-African Trade Rises 21% to $9.02bn as AfCFTA Expands Export OpportunitiesCoal City University Denies Salary Arrears, Six-Month Strike Claims, Defends Handling of Student IncidentConcerned Citizen Urges Gowon to Convene National Prayer for Peace, Unity and Economic RecoveryLafarge Africa Rebrands as HBM Nigeria Plc, Signals New Era of Growth and InnovationCourt Fixes June 30 to Rule on Sowore’s Bid to Restore Bail, Set Aside Arrest WarrantBill Gates says he didn’t witness crimes but may have been in presence of Epstein VictimsRapper Kanye West’s July 4 show at risk of cancellation over past hate speechCourt fixes June 30 for ruling on Sowore’s bail applicationFrance detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreakInsecurity: Oyo state govt declares 16-hour curfew in 10 LGAsRussia says Nuclear weapons the ‘only’ guarantee against global warChild under the age of 12 euthanized in Netherland in first of its kind caseIran’s U.S. entry terms changed for final group gameUS court sentences Anambra LG chairman to five years imprisonment for $3.5m romance scamI don’t see the level of hunger Nigerians are complaining about – Presidential media aide, Bayo OnanugaState Police: Lawyer Oshoma Warns Against Giving Governors Excessive ControlMilitary Launches ‘Thunder Strike’ Exercise in BauchiFG, Enugu Join Forces to Tackle Youth Unemployment Through YEIDEP InitiativeFormer Vice President Speaks Out on El-Rufai’s Trial and Bail ConditionsCourt Session Begins as Sowore Arrives From Kuje PrisonOndo Government Ordered to Compensate Family Over Child’s DisappearanceNigerian Stock Market Extends Rally as Investors Gain N1.64 TrillionNigeria Rolls Out Model PPP Agreement to Counter $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure DeficitLagos Police intercept truck with military camouflage uniforms, illicit drugsIt Would Be Top”: Ronaldo Hints at Dream World Cup Battle with MessiCourt Urged to Admit Statements in Plot to Overthrow Nigerian Government TrialOk Movement Backs Obi’s Demand: Tinubu Should Resign for Ineffective GovernanceUS Sanctions Three Nigerian Bureaux de Change, Financier Over Alleged ISWAP Terror FundingNDLEA Begins Trial of Billionaire Businessman Ukatu, Two Others Over Alleged 322kg Tramadol TraffickingPRP Denies Reports of Selling Nomination Forms to Kwankwaso‘Peter Obi Needs Schooling on Democracy, Constitution’ — Presidency Condemns Resignation CallGovernors Push for Greater Authority Over Security OperationsCrisis Rocks ADC in Ogun State as Members File Petition Against ChairmanAhanotu Accuses Peter Obi of Abandoning His PeopleTroops Engage Kidnappers in Fierce Exchange, Rescue Two AbducteesKwara Poly Suspends Lecturer Over Flogging of Latecoming IJMB CandidatesPolice Confirm IED Blast in Lagos Commercial Hub, Victim HospitalisedSix Nations Secure Spots in FIFA World Cup Round of 32 with Perfect RecordsADC Candidates Reject Adamawa LG Election Results, Call for Fresh PollNaira Gains Against Dollar at Official Market After Four-Day SlumpNew U.S. Designations Target ISIS Money Movers: French, Syrian, and Nigerian Nationals Pose Global ThreatCONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO SEN. CHIEF IKEJE ASOGWA ON HIS VICTORIOUS EMERGENCE IN THE ENUGU NORTH SENATORIAL ZONE BY-ELECTIONBy-election Over, ENSSAA Announces Clampdown on Unauthorized Outdoor Advertisements Across Enugu StatePRP Denies Claims Kwankwaso Bought 69 Nomination Forms to Take Over PartyAngela Okorie Defends Burning Funeral Outfit After Backlash Over Alexx Ekubo BurialDSS Witness Tells Court El-Rufai Admitted NSA Wiretapping During TV InterviewGhanaian witch doctor says he will put a curse on Harry Kane ahead of England’s World Cup clash with Ghana“Missing a trophy for your child’s birth is worth it”- Media personality Solomon Buchi18 missing, 54 injured after factory explosion in QatarPeople in Africa are not starving – Elon MuskCourt remands activist and AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore in Kuje prisonRussian journalist who exposed Putin’s secret is found de@dSZA fumes after discovering 238 of her songs were allegedly used to train AI models, calls industry supporters ‘disgusting’Troops arrest two underage herders over illegal grazing in PlateauLassa fever de@th toll hits 214Insecurity undermining religious freedom in Nigeria – UN envoyBy-Election: Kano NDC Fires Back at Abba Kabir Yusuf Over Comments Against PartyFederal Government Seeks Continued Detention of Ibekwe in Terrorism CaseGovernor Umo Eno Offers Incentives for Useful Security InformationFormer Governor Makarfi Raises Alarm Over Nigeria’s Security ChallengesDeadly Attack in Plateau Leaves 20 Dead, Police Officer MissingJAMB Ends Direct Entry Into 100 and 200 Levels in Colleges of EducationTransfer: Several European Clubs Line Up to Sign Akor Adams From Sevilla FCPanic in Owo as Armed Men Attack Pastor’s Home
Thu. Jun 25th, 2026

JUST IN: Ex-Minister, Sarah Ochekpe, two others sentenced to three months imprisonment 

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment.

Ochekpe, who served as Minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People Democratic Party in Plateau state, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau State Coordinator of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Leo-Sunday Jitong.

READ ALSO Youth empowerment is the cardinal part of my govt – Uzodinma assures Imo youths , doles out 2700 smart phones and cars at the Hope for Imo concert 

The three accused persons had been standing trial since 2018 in a case of money laundering and conspiracy brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission amounting to over N450 million.

Details later…

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