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Attacks Against Albinos for Body Parts, Profit Must Stop, Says UN
“When I was sleeping in my house, four people came and started attacking me with machetes,” said Mariama Staford, an albino in Tanzania....
Court strikes out EFCC’s charge against Diezani
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Abuja division of the Federal High Court Wednesday struck out a charge indicting former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke to the illegal diversion...
Diamond Bank Accused of N572,000 Theft From Pensioner
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]enturies ago banks actually stored real money (gold) and gave their customers paper receipts which made transferring and transporting easier. Then as time went...
Gunmen kidnap 19 bus passengers in Rivers state
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]unmen kidnapped 19 bus passengers in Rivers state, police said on Friday, in the latest of a series of abductions in recent weeks....
Alleged corruption: SERAP asks Buhari to seek ICC arrest warrant for Diezani Alison-Madueke
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently “seek from the International Criminal Court an arrest warrant to...
Why suspended Babachir won’t return as SGF
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Muhammadu Buhari is set to announce that the administration is pursuing disciplinary action against suspended secretary to the federal government Babachir Lawal. Per...
Court rejects deposed Lagos monarch’s bail application, to remain in prison with wife
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by the deposed Baale of Shangisha, Mutiu Ogundare, seeking to vary his bail...
Notorious kidnap kingpin, Evans, 5 others arraigned in Lagos, plead guilty, remanded in prison
Notorious multi-billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans and five others were on Wednesday arraigned at an Ikeja High Court in Lagos several...
Former minister of petroleum Diezani loses N7.6b loot
The Federal High Court in Lagos Monday ordered the final forfeiture of N7.6billion allegedly stolen by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani...
N8B Frozen Account: Bola Shagaya Kicks, Says I Have Not Committed Any Crime
Billionaire business woman Bola Shagaya has described insinuation by the anti-graft agency that the funds in her bank accounts was proceeds of crime. She...
NPF declares Senator Misau wanted for forgery
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nigerian Police Force Sunday said that Senator Isah Hamma Misau, is a deserter from the organisation and that he will be arrested for...
Bribe Allegation: Senator Misau Left Force Dubiously – Police
BY AMOS DUNIA The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said the Senate Committee Chairman on Navy, Senator Isah Hamman Misau, was an ex-Police...
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...
