An Abuja-based Twitter user, @UncleDara_, has accused some policemen in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of allegedly stopping him twice in the week and questioning him for driving a 2009 Honda Accord Coupe. Tagging the Force Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday, the tweep stated, “Your men of the […]

The Rivers State Police Command has said a notorious cultist identified as Azunda Elechi was killed during a shootout with its operatives. The command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Thursday. Iringe-Koko said Elechi, a member of the Dey-Gbam cult group, was […]

A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Thursday, remanded three suspected members of an unlawful society called ‘IBILE,’ Jemilu Adamu, Babatunde Gbenga and Jimoh Idris, for alleged murder. Justice Yetunde Adesanya remanded the suspects after they took their plea. The defendants are facing two counts of membership in an unlawful society […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring has approved that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency can continue the disbursement of $700m from the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund. The House had on May 2, 2023, asked the NIMASA to stop its plan to disburse the sum from the Fund. Members […]

Telecommunication firms have issued Deposit Money Banks disconnection notice amid a disagreement over Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service debt running to over N120bn. According to telcos, banks owe them N120bn for using their USSD infrastructure for financial services. As a result, the telcos — MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile- have now stated their firm intention […]

JUST hours into his administration, President Bola Tinubu started feeling the heat from the gigantic burden of governance. The blowback from his aggressive removal of the petrol subsidy a month ahead of schedule manifested in high prices and a furious citizenry, and conflated with reports of N16 trillion worth of abandoned projects scattered across the […]

•Refineries’ production, input costs will raise price to current level – Kyari •NNPCL says 1.8 billion litres petrol available, queues won’t exceed Saturday •Reps demand relief, palliatives for Nigerians, want oil swap deal suspended The local production of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, by Dangote Refinery, Port Harcourt Refining Company and others in […]

Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons, will face either Ethiopia or Chad in the second round of the qualifying series for the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympics football tournament, The PUNCH reports. The Paris 2024 Olympics will hold from July 26 to August 11 in Paris. The Falcons, who missed the last three editions of the Olympics […]

No fewer than 11 suspected members of a militia group commonly referred to as Kalare Boys in Gombe State have been arrested by operatives attached to Operation Hattara. Policemen and operatives of other security agencies are attached to Operation Hattara working to ensure peaceful co-existence within the metropolis. According to a press statement made available […]

Eight persons were said to have died in a crash that occurred at Shadarki Village, along the Darazo-Bauchi Road in the Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Wednesday. Six other people sustained various degrees of injuries in the crash that occurred about 12km away from the Darazo Base of the Federal Road Safety […]