The ICPC says it has uncovered two additional fake government agencies allegedly linked to Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi amid its investigation into the PFIPC scandal. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other…
The Kwara State Government has confirmed the release of victims abducted from Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area following the February attack. No fewer than 176 people…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly frozen an Osun State Government account domiciled with First Bank, just days before the state’s governorship election. The development comes amid…
A United States-based Nigerian basketball player, Daniel Adegboyega, has been charged with first-degree rape by forcible compulsion in Alabama. Adegboyega, 21, was arrested in July by the Jacksonville Police Department…
Panic broke out in Affa community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, after suspected gunmen invaded a Catholic church during Sunday Mass and abducted three people. The incident occurred…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, Maimunatu Idris, for allegedly attacking her boyfriend with a knife and severing his manhood during an incident at a hotel…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four police officers captured in a viral video allegedly making ethnically insensitive remarks and displaying unprofessional conduct during a stop-and-search operation along the…
Veteran broadcaster Kola Olootu has alleged that a roadside vulcanizer may have unwittingly or deliberately aided the killers of late National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) chieftain Toba Ijaya,…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for their involvement in the kidnapping of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government Area…
A Kuwaiti appellate court has upheld seven-year prison sentences for two Nigerian nationals convicted over an armed robbery at a money exchange office in Mahboula, with the court also ordering…
Popular Nigerian content creator and disc jockey DJ Chicken has been released from custody after spending about a week at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, expressing gratitude to Seyi Tinubu following…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it uncovered an alleged fake university operating from a three-bedroom apartment in Badagry, Lagos, rescuing 106 young people and arresting the suspected…
A High Court in Calabar found Apostle Ubong Bassey Etim guilty of murdering his 16-year-old daughter, Deborah Bassey, after falsely accusing her of witchcraft, and sentenced him to death by…
The anti-graft agency says Nigeria Immigration Service Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap is not under investigation, despite ongoing prosecutions and investigations involving some immigration personnel over alleged visa-related fraud. The Economic and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed as false a viral social media claim alleging that it is secretly recruiting new personnel. The anti-graft agency warned Nigerians to…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested and detained four police officers accused of extorting ₦53,000 from the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Bello Bodejo, National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, bail in the sum of ₦2 billion as he faces trial over an…
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a suspected kidnapping attempt in Ogbaru Local Government Area, arresting four suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate and recovering a firearm, live ammunition…
The Federal Government has arraigned three suspected kidnappers before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested popular Asaba-based content creator Ifeanyi Ogbonna, widely known as “Odogwu of Asaba,” over allegations that he raped a 20-year-old woman who later died.…
Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly presented himself as the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force after the Federal High…
The Nigeria Police Force is set to arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), before the Federal High Court in Abuja on…
Controversial Nigerian content creator DJ Chicken has reportedly been arrested after a viral video surfaced in which he allegedly made a threatening remark against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola…
Ghanaian social media influencer Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, has been extradited to the United States to face trial over allegations that he participated in an international romance…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama has remanded former Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Chairman Danladi Umar in Kuje Correctional Centre after he was…
Social media activist VeryDarkMan (Martins Vincent Otse) has shared the account of a businessman from Nepal who alleges he was defrauded of ₦1.6 billion during a business transaction he believed…
At least two residents have been killed after heavily armed gunmen invaded Rumuodogo 2 Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State during a late-night raid. The attackers reportedly…
The father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is standing trial over alleged forgery, impersonation and other offences linked to the disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has reportedly been…
Jim Obaze, the Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under former Governor Godwin Emefiele, has told a Federal High Court that…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, was arrested after allegedly failing to honour several invitations issued…
The immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has been arrested by security operatives over allegations of certificate forgery and handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices…
An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two men arrested by the DSS to death after convicting them for the kidnapping of an NYSC staff member. An Ekiti State High…
Ogun State Police say three suspects have been arrested over the killing of retired OGTV broadcaster Olakitan Oyesiku and her security guard, with the prime suspect allegedly confessing that the…
Three men, including a foreign national, have been sentenced to death after being found guilty of terrorism-related offences and arms proliferation. A High Court in Sokoto State has sentenced three…
The Ogun State Government has reportedly asked that TikToker Mirabel be directed toward rehabilitation rather than punishment following findings surrounding her rape allegation. The Ogun State Government has stated that…
The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has neutralised terrorists and destroyed a logistics vehicle during an operation conducted in Borno State. The operation targeted terrorist elements operating within the…
A married woman identified as Oluchi has reportedly been found in a hotel in Delta State after allegedly staging her own abduction and demanding a N50 million ransom from her…
The Nigeria Police Force says operatives successfully rescued the relatives of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, days after their abduction in Oyo State. The Inspector-General of Police has commended…
Fawaz Abdulkareem was convicted of murdering 32-year-old Daniel Manuel following a dispute at a flat in Vauxhall. A London court has sentenced a Nigerian man, Fawaz Abdulkareem, to life imprisonment…
Two suspected kidnappers were neutralised during an exchange of gunfire with police operatives involved in the rescue operation. Police operatives have rescued the sister of former Minister of Power, Adebayo…
The Ogun State Police Command says two suspects arrested in Ijebu-Ode are connected to an ongoing kidnapping and murder investigation involving two hostages in Edo State. The Ogun State Police…
A Benue mother has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of killing her teenage son weeks after he was allegedly arrested and released on bail. A fresh…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has reportedly cleared the way for the former Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company boss to face extradition proceedings in the United Kingdom. The Supreme Court has…
Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted Chukwuemeka Udezuka over the theft of more than ₦64 million. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced…
The suspects were arrested after a viral video showed armed men in military camouflage displaying rifles and communication devices. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned a University of Benin staff member over alleged salary duplication fraud amounting to ₦3.2 million. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested…
A Norwich Crown Court jury convicted 28-year-old Benjamin Katabana for the murder of UK-based Nigerian student Uchenna Okirie. A 28-year-old Congolese national, Benjamin Katabana, has been found guilty of murdering…
Anti-graft agency says the suspects are wanted in connection with alleged financial crimes linked to activities in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has…
Former Chelsea and Manchester City winger was reportedly arrested after his Lamborghini crashed into motorway barriers in Hampshire. Former England international and Feyenoord winger, Raheem Sterling, has reportedly been arrested…
Ogun police say weapons were recovered during a search operation carried out in the suspects’ residence. Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a father and his son…