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15-Year-Old Boy Who Was Brutally Stabbed, Left To Die By Father Makes Stunning Recovery

Police in Festac Town, Lagos, receive a desperate call from a good samaritan who rescued a 15-year-old boy savagely stabbed and left to...

SERAP to Osinbajo: Improve safety and security of EFCC officials

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to “direct the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Kpotun...

Deposed Lagos monarch, wife to remain in Kirikiri prison for faking kidnap

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he deposed Baale of Shangisha/Magodo in Lagos, Chief Mutiu Ogundare, is to remain in Kirikiri Prison with his wife, Abolanle, a Lagos Magistrate’s...

Diezani Misery Continues: Forfeits Mansion, $2.7m to FG

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] former minister of petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke, has permanently forfeited a skyscraper property worth $37.5m to the federal government. A Federal High Court, sitting...

VIDEO: Grief, Rage As Gunmen Attack Catholic Church in Anambra

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]unmen have attacked the St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra, killing several people. An eyewitness said on...

Worsening security situation in Lagos: IGP Idris temporarily “relocates” to the nation’s commercial capital

Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris will be relocating to Lagos at least for two days amidst worsening crime situation in Nigeria’s former capital....

Poverty-stricken Calabar man sells 2-year-old son for just N150, 000

Apparently ravaged by the current economic hardship, 52-year-old Abraham Udoh, has sold off his two-year-old son for N150,000 in Calabar, Nigeria. Udoh bargained...

Sagay Seeks Maximum Punishment for SANs Frustrating Corruption Cases

Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption Professor Itse Sagay SAN has advocated “stiff punishment for counsel, particularly Senior Advocates, who have turned obstruction...

EFCC Recovers Over N328 Billion from Oando, Forte Oil, MRS, And Others

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recovered a total sum of N328, 988,296,990.62 from nine major oil marketers across the country....

Kola Aluko, The Crooked Playboy Who Courted Naomi Campbell, Threw a Birthday Bash for DiCaprio, and Rented a Yacht to Beyoncé

By PHILIP OBAJI JR. Kola Aluko is a big name in Nigeria’s oil industry, but in the United States, to the extent he’s...

Breaking: Court Clears Former Governor of Adamawa Ngilari of Corruption

An Appeal court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has acquitted former Adamawa governor, Bala Ngilari. The Appeal Court set aside the ruling of...

Finally, Ambode Sacks Lagos Monarch Accused of Fake Abduction

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has deposed the suspended Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare for faking his abduction...

U.S Crackdown on Visitors With Overstayed Visas

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Trump administration is planning to clampdown on visitors with visa overstays with a face scan for all US citizens traveling abroad, Per...

U.S Seeks to Recover Over $100 Million in Huge Kleptocracy Case Involving Diezani, Aluko and Others

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he U.S. government is seeking to recover more than $100 million in assets tied to international public corruption and a global money laundering...

U.S Police Arrests Oyekanmi, A Nigerian Prison Worker for Sexually Assaulting Inmate While on Duty

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]r Olukunle Oyekanmi, 41, a correctional officer was charged with sexually assaulting an inmate while on duty, according to officials in the State...

Heritage Bank Vehemently Denies Employees Involvement In Alleged N150m Fraud

Heritage bank said it vehemently denies the allegations, that three of its staff were involved in an N150million fraud in collusion with two of...