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The Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, accused some officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, of being on the payroll of some international drug barons barely hours after the NDLEA declared the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, wanted for alleged drug trafficking. Trouble started around 1pm when the ... Read More »

An online publisher Bara Ogidi has denied the allegation that publisher of Pointblanknews.com, Mr. Jackson Ude and former spokesman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr Timi Frank used him to blackmail and attempted to extort money from the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Simbi Wabote. According to Ogidi, at no time has he ... Read More »

The Nigerian government has approached the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, asking it to discontinue the suit filed against Dr Ramon Adedoyin, the owner of the Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State, where a murdered postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke, had lodged. In the court document obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, the Nigerian ... Read More »

… Falana Vows To Pursue Justice Free Of Charge The family of Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who was murdered at Hilton Hotel and Resorts on November 6, 2021, has hired human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) as the family lawyer. This was contained in a letter dated February 3, signed by ... Read More »

The Nigerian football federation has retained Augustine Eguaveon as the super eagles coach following his outing with the team at the ongoing African Cup Of All Nations. Before he led the team to Cameroun for the competition, NFF had employed Jose Pesiero to be the head coach for the super eagles team but was ultimately dismissed after eagle’s return from ... Read More »

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 12 suspects alleged linked to cases of kidnapping at Onigari in Oluyole Local Government Area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Commissioner of Police in the state Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko paraded the suspects yesterday at the Command’s Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan. The Command also paraded 20 other suspects involved in alleged conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, and ... Read More »

The publisher of newsthumb Magazine Olayinka Sotayo, Lagos State new CP Abiodun Alabi and Adewale Ogunniran of integrityreporters newspaper on a courtesy visit to newly appointed Lagos State commissioner of police today. Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed 17-count charge against a former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha and six others. The charge filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, has Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects Consulting Limited, Pramif International Limited, and Legend World Concepts Limited as other defendants. ... Read More »

A case of water water everywhere but not a drop to drink. The idea was wonderful; though could have been better refined in engineering design but still scores first class marks of >70%. The most serious challenges are: 1) PROCUREMENT – that the relatively simple skills required for the design, together with materials of construction were not available domestically, on ... Read More »

Some policemen attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Oyo State Police Command have been arrested for allegedly extorting N43,800 from an undergraduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Ayodele Olamilekan. Our correspondent gathered that Olamilekan left his school on Wednesday, and was being conveyed to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in a commercial bus, when the ... Read More »