Ondo: Akure monarch threatens to curse troublemakers in domain

The Deji of Akureland,  Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo, has threatened to curse whoever would want to cause violence before, during and after the Ondo election. The Akure monarch, who condemned the…

Policemen tortured, brutalised me over N50 checkpoint bribe – Enugu lawyer

An Enugu-based legal practitioner, Nwanneka Agwu, has allegedly been brutalised by some personnel of the Enugu State Police Command. The lawyer, in a petition to the Inspector-General of Police and…

Ebonyi man remanded for alleged rape of 15-year-old sister-in-law

The police in Ebonyi State, on Wednesday, arraigned a 39-year-old man, Mboyi Eche, for allegedly raping his sister-in-law. The suspect, we gathered, is married to the 15-year-old victim’s elder sister and…

Diezani slush funds: EFCC withdraws charges against ex-bank ED

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday discontinued criminal charges against a former Executive Director, First Bank, Dauda Lawal, who is being prosecuted for alleged money laundering. In the…

Officials embezzled COVID-19 funds, workers didn’t get promised palliatives –NLC

THE Nigeria Labour Congress has alleged that many workers did not get the COVID-19 palliatives promised by the Federal Government, stating that the money for the programme was misappropriated. The…

#EndSARS: Naira Marley and missed chances

Amidst the renewed clamour of police brutality and the imperative of reforms, popular singer Azeez Fashola (Naira Marley), announced a civil protest for Tuesday via his Twitter handle. On Monday…

79 million Nigerians extremely poor in 2018 –World Bank

Nigeria has the largest poor population in sub-Saharan Africa, with 79 million extremely poor in 2018, the World Bank said in a new report on Wednesday. The country accounts for…

Four arraigned for N38.5m contract scam

The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Joseph Nworhabiko, aka Joseph Azunda, and three others before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State…

Judges can fall into temptation over poor pay – Senate

The Senate on Wednesday lamented the poor remuneration of judges in the country. The upper chamber of the National Assembly  warned  the development could make them to compromise or become…

Court jails Rivers hacker for defrauding bank N26.9m

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday sentenced a hacker, Eric Obulo, to one-year imprisonment for hacking into the database of a commercial bank and…