Police repatriate Chinese fugitive wanted over rosewood smuggling
By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has repatriated a Chinese national, Zhang Shijie, to Guangzhou, China, following his arrest in Nigeria over alleged large-scale smuggling of endangered African Rosewood. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Iniedu, […]
Gunmen shoot vigilante dead at Isoko, Delta, bye-election
Gunmen allegedly shot a local vigilante dead at Saturday’s Isoko South Local Government Area Constituency I bye-election for the Delta House of Assembly. Acting police spokesman in Delta, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the development to newsmen in Warri. Edafe, who did not explain how the incident happened, said the dead must have been hit by […]
Ogbomoso-Igbeti Road submerged, traders stranded
Ogbomoso-Igbeti Road was, on Saturday, submerged leaving several traders, farmers and other road users stranded.
We walked 3 hours in bush without food, water; rescued kidnap victims recount ordeal
— Our driver drove off, left us to our fate when kidnappers fired gunshots at bus By Dayo Johnson The three rescued Lagos bound travellers abducted along the Idoani-Ifira highway in Akoko South East Local Government council area of Ondo State have recounted their experiences. They were rescued by the Ondo state security outfit codenamed […]
Uzodimma surprises critics as deserted streets greet Buhari in Owerri
By Emmanuel Iheaka Prior to Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari may have read of ghost nature of cities in the South East region of the country on the days the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had declared what they call sit-at-home. But the president, no doubt would have had a feel of it when […]
VAT: Appeal Court stops Rivers, Lagos
*Court order not binding on state – Lagos * PANDEF asks Rivers to appeal *Ruling will deepen democracy – Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon; Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Olasunkanmi Akoni; Samuel Oyadongha The verdict of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which stalled the move by the Rivers and Lagos State governments to collect VAT instead of Federal Inland […]
