The Nigerian police have ordered an investigation into the alleged clash between their personnel and officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kogi State. SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that NDLEA operatives and officers of the Nigeria Police Force engaged had a scuffle over the arrest of a police inspector’s wife allegedly caughtContinue reading "Nigeria Police Detain, Grill Inspector After Wife Was Arrested Selling Marijuana Inside Station In Kogi"
Over N580Million Recovered From Detained Former EFCC Chairman, Bawa, Nigeria Secret Police, DSS Sources Say Amid Calls For His Prosecution Or Release
Nigeria’s secret police have retrieved over N580 million from the former Chairman of the anti-corruption body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, sources have revealed to SaharaReporters. Sources in the Department of State Services (DSS) which has detained Bawa since June told SaharaReporters on Friday that the former anti-corruption chief has coughedContinue reading "Over N580Million Recovered From Detained Former EFCC Chairman, Bawa, Nigeria Secret Police, DSS Sources Say Amid Calls For His Prosecution Or Release"
Nigerian Navy Intercepts 11 Stowaways From Adamawa, Delta, Others Onboard Ship Heading For Ghana
The Nigerian Navy Ship, Beecroft patrol team has intercepted 11 stowaways on board Gwangzhou Highway Panama ship en route Ghana. The Base Information Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, Sub-Lieutenant HA Collins, who made this known in a statement on Thursday obtained by SaharaReporters, said that the team while on routine patrol on Tuesday,Continue reading "Nigerian Navy Intercepts 11 Stowaways From Adamawa, Delta, Others Onboard Ship Heading For Ghana"
Supreme Court Fixes Monday To Hear PDP Candidate, Atiku’s Petition Against President Tinubu
The Supreme Court has fixed Monday October 23 for the hearing of the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Abubarkar Atiku, against President Bola Tinubu’s election. This was contained in a memo from the Supreme Court on Thursday. The Supreme Court Registrar, Zainab Garba,Continue reading "Supreme Court Fixes Monday To Hear PDP Candidate, Atiku’s Petition Against President Tinubu"
Tinubu Files Motions To Block FBI, CIA, Other US Agencies From Releasing Confidential Files In Database
President Bola Tinubu has moved to block records relating to him from being disclosed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and other United States agencies, according to a Peoples Gazette report. It was reported in September that from October, the FBI would start releasing approximately 2,500 documents relating to President TinubuContinue reading "Tinubu Files Motions To Block FBI, CIA, Other US Agencies From Releasing Confidential Files In Database"
Lagos Police Commissioner Removes Meiran Divisional Police Officer Over Extortion Of N200,000
The Lagos State police commissioner, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer of Meiran for ‘leadership dereliction and supervisory ineptitude’. One Ibrahim Saliu had accused some policemen attached to the Meiran Police Station in the state of extorting N200,000 from him on Saturday. According to The PUNCH the policemen detainedContinue reading "Lagos Police Commissioner Removes Meiran Divisional Police Officer Over Extortion Of N200,000"
Nigerian Senate Begins Confirmation Proceedings Of Olukoyede As Chairman Of Anti-Graft Agency, EFCC
The Senate has commenced proceedings for the confirmation of Chairman the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede. Olukoyede is currently at the National Assembly alongside with some of the management staff of the commission. President Bola Tinubu had asked the Senate to screen and confirm Ola Olukoyede as chairman of the EconomicContinue reading "Nigerian Senate Begins Confirmation Proceedings Of Olukoyede As Chairman Of Anti-Graft Agency, EFCC"
Gunmen In Military Uniform Assassinate Federal Polytechnic Registrar In Imo State
Armed men in Imo State have shot dead the Deputy Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi, throwing the community into panic. Obi was reportedly killed in Ezeala/Ezike autonomous community in Umuezeala, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state by gunmen operating under the guise of Biafran agitators. The deceased, popularlyContinue reading "Gunmen In Military Uniform Assassinate Federal Polytechnic Registrar In Imo State"
Biden Arrives On Solidarity Visit To Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed Biden on the tarmac, putting his arms around the US president who then clasped his hands around Netanyahu in a sign of the newfound bond between the two leaders. US President Joe Biden disembarks upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023, amidContinue reading "Biden Arrives On Solidarity Visit To Israel"
LPDC SUSPENDS LAWYER FOR FIVE YEARS OVER MISCONDUCT
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has suspended a lawyer, Olumide Tayo-Lawal from carrying on the trade or business of legal practice for a period of five years over professional misconduct. A five-man panel of the LPDC comprising Justices Dr. Ishaq Bello, Life Bencher; (Chairman) and Aisha Bashir Aliyu, CJ Nasarawa, Bencher as well asContinue reading "LPDC SUSPENDS LAWYER FOR FIVE YEARS OVER MISCONDUCT"
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