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Two Electricity Workers Electrocuted in Delta
Photo: PPRO Bright Edafe Two electricity workers with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), including an interim worker, have died after being electrocuted in two different Delta State communities on Friday. The incident occurred amidst torrential downpours across the state on Friday. Niger Daily news learnt that the incidents occurred…
Read More »Police bust kidnappers hideout in Ondo, discover underground pit
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have discovered a suspected kidnappers’ hideout concealed within an abandoned, unfinished building in Epinmi Akoko, located in Akoko South East Local Government Area. Inside the structure, officers found a deep underground pit believed to have been used to hold victims…
Read More »Benue: NYSC Relocates Corps Members from Crisis Zones
By Deborah Nnamdi The Benue State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Veronica Garba, has confirmed that corps members stationed in areas affected by unrest have been safely relocated to family houses in Makurdi. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Wannune, Tarka…
Read More »FG concludes case in Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism trial
By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Government on Thursday formally closed its case in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is facing charges related to terrorism and treason. The government’s lead counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, announced the testimony and cross-examination of…
Read More »EFCC nabs ex-Plateau Speaker, 14 others for laundering, seizing N2.5bn official vehicles
By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Sule, along with 14 ex-lawmakers, over alleged involvement in money laundering and abuse of office. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale announced the arrests in a statement…
Read More »Woman seeks divorce over husband’s alleged irresponsibility
By Deborah Nnamdi Sherifat Bamidele on Wednesday approached an Area Court in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, seeking the dissolution of her marriage to Suleiman Popoola over claims of irresponsible conduct. Bamidele informed the court that she married Popoola according to Islamic rites in March 2024. She alleged that her husband failed to…
Read More »FECAFOOT slaps Geremi Njitap with 5-year ban, major fine
Cameroonian football legend Geremi Njitap has been suspended from all football-related activities for five years and fined 10 million CFA francs by the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT). According to FECAFOOT’s official statement, the disciplinary action stems from an incident that occurred in Bouaké, Ivory Coast, on the day of the…
Read More »Nigerian Navy apprehends suspected oil thieves, seizes crude-laden boats in Delta
Three suspected pipeline vandals have been arrested by an anti-crude oil theft unit from the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos, operating under Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta. The suspects were intercepted along with six boats loaded with crude oil during a sting operation carried out in the early hours of…
Read More »Tinubu arrives Benue, visits survivors of the Yelewata attack
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, ahead of his visit to the Yelewata community, in the Guma Local Government Area of the state. The President arrived at the Nigeria Air Force Base Airport in Makurdi at about 12:58 pm on a condolence visit over…
Read More »Alleged N13.83b fraud: EFCC arraigns Ponzi scheme director Precious Williams
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate, has charged Precious Williams, a director of Glossolalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelegend Nigeria Ltd, in connection with an alleged N13.8 billion Ponzi scheme fraud. The arraignment occurred before Justice S.I. Mark at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt,…
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