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Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria briefly regained his freedom on Thursday night after he was released by the Department of State Services (DSS). It was learned that Emefiele who had been in DSS custody since June 9, was however picked up immediately by the anti-corruption agency Economic and FinancialContinue reading "EXCLUSIVE: Drama As Nigeria Anti-Corruption Body, EFCC Arrests Ex-Central Bank Gov, Emefiele Immediately After His Release By Secret Police, DSS"

The suspect, who is a neighbour to the family of the victim, disclosed that he killed the boy because of economic hardship. A 17-year-old secondary school student, Elijah Anthony, has explained why he killed a five-year-old primary school pupil, Dawon Pam, of Bukuru community of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The suspect,Continue reading "Teenage Nigerian Student Confesses To Abducting, Killing Five-Year-Old Boy After Collecting Ransom"

The spokesman for the Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, said this while reacting to the Supreme Court ruling on the petitions filed by his party, seeking the nullification of Bola Tinubu’s victory during the February election.  The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has stated that its candidate, Peter Obi, actually proved his case beyond reasonable doubtContinue reading "We Will Leave Tinubu For Masses’ Court; Let Nigerians Judge Supreme Court Ruling – Labour Party Campaign Council"

Nigeria’s recent dwindling economic fortunes which plunged the country into pervasive hardship and massive suffering of the less privileged across the country due to the removal of fuel subsidies and increasing inflation has called for the urgent need from the patriotic and well-meaning Nigerians, those who are well-to-do to dole out from their Rhombus andContinue reading "Lawmaker distributes food items to constituents amid the hardship. Our Correspondent"

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters on Wednesday. One Alhaji Tijani Yakubu has been reportedly lynched by irate youths on allegation of causing the disappearance of the male organ of one Emmanuel Danladi in Kabusa village, in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Commissioner ofContinue reading "Youths Lynch Nigerian Man Over Alleged Theft Of Manhood In Abuja Community"

The principal of the school, Mohammed Ibrahim, vice principal Nura Alfatiqa and one other staff member simply identified as Musa, reportedly brutalised the 16-year-old boy to death for being absent from school. Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a student of Al-Azhar Academy in Zaria, Kaduna state, has died after he was given 130 strokes of the caneContinue reading "Student Dies After Receiving Over 130 Strokes Of The Cane From Kaduna School Principal, VP"

The detained former Chairman of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been released by the Department of State Services. Bawa was released on Wednesday, 134 days after he was detained at the facility of Nigeria's secret police, DSS, without trial. Bawa was arrested and detained by the DSSContinue reading "Ex-EFCC Chair Bawa Released After 134 Days In DSS Detention"

Yerima said those of them who were pro-democracy activists in the trenches with the president to enthrone the nation’s fledgling democracy now have reservations about him. The National Leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, has said  that the President Bola Tinubu he knows as a “pro-democracy activist” is no longer theContinue reading "President Tinubu I Know Is No Longer The One In Seat Of Power – Arewa National Leader, Yerima Says"