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JUST IN: Stella Oduah and eight others, arraigned over alleged fraud.

Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah and eight others have pleaded not guilty to a 25 count charge fraud-related offences. They were charged for...

Nigerian Army busts Ghanaian, truck driver, impounds truck load of smuggled ammunition from Mali in Ogun

The troops of 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, operating in 81 Division area have intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled ammunition from...

Breaking: Emefiele faces unlawful possession of firearms charge, may be arraigned next week

Suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is facing a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms before a Federal High Court, Lagos, according...

Narcotics: NDLEA busts importers, seizes 64,863kg of Nitrous Oxide in Lagos, Imo

Barely 24 hours after the Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, ordered a nationwide clamp down...

N2.9bn fraud: For the third time, ex-Imo Gov. Okorocha freed by court

Thrice prosecuted in court, thrice discharged is the political career trajectory of Ex-Imo Governor and serving Senator, Rochas Okorocha, as he was again...

Breaking: After 33 days in custody, DSS hauls suspended CBN Gov. Emefiele to court

After spending 33 days in its custody, the Department of State Services (DSS) has charged the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria...

Oil theft: Military, security company intercept massive Turkish vessel with150,000 barrels illegally sourced crude in Delta

The Nigerian military in partnership with Tantita Security Services Ltd says it has intercepted a massive Turkish vessel carrying 150,000 barrels of illegally...

Policewoman paid with her life, children for accommodating freshly divorced woman as she roasted them

Seized by a murderous rage, a newly divorced woman and squatter, has dispatched to the great beyond by roasting a policewoman and her...

Boyfriend bags life jail for raping his girlfriend

A Lagos boy, Eniola Ibrahim, is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping his girlfriend, an Ikeja Sexual Offences...

Hours after Reps cleared NNPCL, Kyari, of complicity in stolen crude, U.S. court to sentence, Ann Ramirez, wife of fraudster in crude saga

Barely 30 hours after Nigeria’s House of Representatives cleared the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd and its Managing Director, Mele Kyari and a...

Three women to die by hanging over kidnap, sale of three children

For kidnapping and selling off three children, three women are to keep a date with the hangman, an Akwa Ibom State High Court...

Ile-Ife hotelier, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, sent to hangman for killing varsity student, a lodger

After about 19-month long trial, the day of judgment finally came for Dr Ramon Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, who was...

Togolese man kills nurse-landlady in failed rape, farm hand also rapes, kills 80-year-old woman on her farm

A ghastly sexual crime has been reported in Ondo State involving a Togolese farm hand, who snuffed his landlady, a nurse in an...

Tragedy as EFCC operatives kill colleague during scuffle over suspect’s seized property

Some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have snuffed another officer in a bloody fight over some items collected from...

Woman abducts own daughter, demands N3m ransom from dad

A 25-year-old woman, Rahama Sulaiman, has been detained by the Kano State Police Command for reportedly kidnapping her six-year-old daughter and demanding N3...

Doctor hauled up in court for allegedly sedating, raping patient

The Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, a private health facility in Ilorin the Kwara State capital, Dr Ayodele Joseph, has been accused...