A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday sentenced a ward head in Rigasa Community in Kaduna, Murtala Maiunguwa, to three months imprisonment for land fraud. Delivering judgment, the Judge, Nuhu Falalu gave Maiunguwa an option to pay a fine of N10, 000. Falalu also ordered the convict to pay N300, 000 […]

The Police Command in Plateau, has said that gunmen have killed nine persons and injured four others in an attack on Pinau community in Wase Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command said in a statement on Monday in Jos that the incident occurred on Sunday evening. […]

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Soroh, has arrested about 20 suspected crude oil thieves aboard a vessel marked MT TIS IV in Akassa River, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The Commander NNS Soroh, Commodore Patrick Effah, said at a press briefing on Monday in Akassa that the arrest was made on Dec. 6. Effah […]

By Shina Abubakar A farmer, London Umoru abducted by unknown gunmen on his farmland has regained freedom. It was gathered that the victim was released after paying undisclosed sum as ransom.  London and his wife, Blessing were on December 1, 2021 abducted on their farmland around 9:40pm at Ori-Omi Pupa, Agric, Esa-Oke in Oriade local […]

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said there might be introduction of new tariffs and levies in 2022, as the economy was now on a recovery path. Ahmed made this known while addressing stakeholders at a public hearing on the 2021 Finance Bill organsied by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on […]