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Tinubu swears in Joash Amupitan as INEC chairman
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Professor Joash Amupitan as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging him to safeguard the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process and strengthen the institution’s capacity. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Thursday at the State House in Abuja, a week after…
Read More »INTERPOL, AFRIPOL bust $562m crypto ponzi network, arrest 83 across six African countries
A joint operation coordinated by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL) has led to the arrest of multiple suspects in Nigeria, including individuals linked to a global cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded investors in 17 countries of over $562 million.…
Read More »Police arrest murder suspect, nab cultist with gun in Delta
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a key suspect linked to the abduction and killing of a commercial motorcyclist in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer for the command, SP Bright…
Read More »Tinubu set to swear in newly confirmed INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan
The newly confirmed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has arrived at the State House, Abuja, for his official swearing-in ceremony by President Bola Tinubu. Amupitan arrived at the Villa on Thursday morning, dressed in a white agbada and a gold cap, exchanging pleasantries with…
Read More »Police arrest Sowore in court over #FreeNnamdiKanu protest
By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was reportedly apprehended on Thursday by armed policemen within the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja,…
Read More »Nnamdi Kanu dismisses legal team, takes over defence
The lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), has formally withdrawn from representing him in his ongoing trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Agabi announced on Thursday, informing the court that his legal team was stepping…
Read More »UK expands travel warning to Nigeria over tainted alcohol risk
File photo : Alcohol beverages By Deborah Nnamdi The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its travel advisory to include Nigeria and seven other countries on its list of destinations where travellers risk methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. The other affected countries are…
Read More »Nnamdi Kanu names Danjuma, Buratai, Wike, Umahi, others as witnesses in treason trial
By Deborah Nnamdi In a major twist in his long-running treason trial, the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has informed the Federal High Court in Abuja of his decision to open his defence — listing several top political and military figures as witnesses.…
Read More »Anambra police rescue two missing children after nine-month search
By Deborah Nnamdi The Anambra State Police Command has rescued two children, 14-year-old Sunday Aliya and 12-year-old Ebenezer Emmanuel, nine months after they were declared missing. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka, saying the children were found in Edo and…
Read More »US-based Nigerian woman faces life sentence for daughter’s death in hot car
By Deborah Nnamdi A Nigerian woman living in Texas, United States, Gbemisola Akayinode, is facing possible life imprisonment after being charged with the murder of her nine-year-old daughter, Oluwasikemi, who died from heat stroke after being left in a car for several hours. According to a report by ABC News…
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