Category: Metro
EFCC arrests, arraigns Abia big boy for $8.5m U.S bank scam
The Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, June 30, arraigned Onwuzuruike Kingsley Ikenna (a.k.a Nwant [...]
Dubai police extradites ‘Instagram billionaire’ Hushpuppi to US
Criminal mastermind, Raymond Igbalode Abbas, more popularly known as ‘Hushpuppi’ has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to the United State [...]
Insecurity in Nigeria worse than civil war – Emir of Daura
The Emir of Daura, Katsina State, Dr Umar Farouk Umar, has raised the alarm over what he described as multifaceted security threats facing the nation. [...]
Ondo health commissioner dies of COVID-19
Ondo state commissioner of health, Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID- 19 complications. Adegbenro died at the state’s infectious disease hospital on [...]
Court orders seizure of 46 houses, land linked to ex-NSITF boss, Ngozi Olejeme
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an order of interim forfeiture in relation to 46 property including houses and parcels of land suspected to [...]
UK auctioner sells Igbo statues stolen during civil war for N86m
Christie’s, a British auction company, has defied criticisms to sell two Igbo life-sized wooden statutes which disappeared during the civil war for an [...]
Man beats girlfriend to death for refusing him sex
The police in Oyo state have arrested 26-year-old Shagbada Erigga pictured above for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Happiness Winifred, 30, for ref [...]
Mother, daughter macheted in Ibadan
A mother and daughter were on Sunday attacked in their home in Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State, amid an escalation of viol [...]
See ex-gov Ajimobi’s 22 room Ibadan mansion on 48 plots under litigation
The Government of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde on Thursday, had announced the revocation of some plots of land within the Agodi Government Reservation Area [...]
Kidnappers kill doctor, son after collecting N7.5m ransom
Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have arrested members of a kidnap syndicate, who allegedly killed three of their victims, after collectin [...]