EFCC’s push to block payment of legal fees in foreign currency draws backlash
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A fresh row is brewing between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and legal practitioners across the country over a renewed push to bar the use of foreign currency in settling legal fees.The anti-graft agency, on September 11, condemned the practice of lawyers billing their clients in foreign currencies […]
Kebbi Schoolgirls: How my daughter escaped abduction — Vice principal’s widow
“We started struggling with them. Then one of them pulled out his gun and shot my husband. Then they dragged me by my hand outside the house.
Soldier attacked by mentally unstable man confirmed dead
By Evelyn Usman The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a soldier, who was attacked by a mentally unstable man on Sunday, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. A video that went viral on social media showed the lifeless body of the soldier lying in a pool of blood. The […]
Mini bus plunges into Ogoja river, 5 drown
By Emma Unah FIVE persons have reportedly died in Ogoja, Cross River State after an intra-city mini bus they were traveling in from Igoli to Abakpa plunged into a river. It was gathered that the driver was the only one who managed to escape before the bus went under the water. “It’s unfortunate. Abakpa River […]
Police arrest organ harvest merchant, rescue three victims in Nasarawa
By Ebel Daniel Lafia—Luck ran out on Mr. Maro Ebojoh, a 40 year old man from Ogbara Inland area, Etiope East Local Government Ares of Delta State, who was arrested in Lafia, Nasawara State, to source for potential organ donors and prepare them for immediate kidney transplant. Maro was arrested by Yahaya the security unit […]
FCT Police debunks claims of confrontation at PDP national secretariat
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Tuesday night dismissed a viral social media video alleging that its officers engaged in a physical confrontation and blocked the Governor of Bauchi State from accessing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, in Abuja on Tuesday, 18 November 2025.
