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, […]
Makurdi varsity Bursar kidnap plot: Court grants Benue businessman, one other bail
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs Franca Yua has granted bail to a popular Benue businessman and Chief Executive Officer of TAP Group, Mr Terwase Paul and one Mson Yaasa in the alleged case of criminal conspiracy and threat to hostage-taking. The duo were arrested in Makurdi […]
FCT on alert as Cholera kills seven, 91 infected
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has placed residents of the territory on high alert following a reported outbreak of the severe faeco-gastrointestinal infection, Cholera, which has claimed seven lives, with 91 suspected cases recorded so far. At a news conference, Thursday, in Abuja, Acting Secretary, Health and Human Services […]
UPDATED: I stabbed Super TV CEO because of drugs, alcohol influence ― 300L Unilag student
By Esther Onyegbula 21-year-old 300-level mass communication student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, has revealed that she was high on drugs and alcohol when she attacked and stabbed Michael Usifo Ataga to death during their stay in a short-let apartment in Lagos. According to Chidinma Adaora, who hails from Arochukwu in Abia […]
How suspected poisonous meat sellers from Aba were arrested in Imo Federal Polytechnic
Some suspected “poisonous” dry meat sellers from Aba in Abia state, have been arrested as they were about to enter into the Federal Polytechnic Nekede in Owerri, Imo state.
Kaduna: Man drags younger brother to court over inheritance
A 40-year-old man, Sani Abubakar, on Thursday dragged his younger brother Adda’u Ahmed before a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly disobeying their late father’s will. Abubakar, who resides in Rigasa area of Kaduna, also dragged one Malam Shuaibu. He told the court that their late father willed one of the rooms in his […]
