Category: Metro
Parents of kidnapped Greenfield University students paid N180m ransom for their release
After 38 days in captivity, freedom finally came yesterday after a ransom of N180m was paid for the 13 remaining students and three members of sta [...]
Benue State rejects FG’s proposed ranching plans
Benue State government on Tuesday said it has no land for cattle grazing routes as proposed by the Nigerian Government.“While we may not stop the Fe [...]
Surety provided by Abiodun’s aide, Rufai is a suspected fraudster says US court
United States Magistrate Judge in Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes has received a letter from the US Department of Justice, claiming that [...]
Late Senate President, Okadigbo loses second son in Abuja fatal car accident (Photos)
Barely 18 years after the Okadigbo family lost their scion, the late Senate president, Chuba Okadigbo, his first son, Pharaoh, yesterday evening, lost [...]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru dies in air crash
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru has reportedly died in an air crash today while on an official trip to Kaduna State.
The train [...]
Suspended Abiodun’s aide faces 30 years in US prison for $350,000 fraud
A Senior Special Assistant to the Ogun State Governor, Abidemi Rufai, faces up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of wire fraud.
Ac [...]
EFCC quizzes Kwara ex gov Ahmed over diversion of N9bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the immediate past Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over alleged diversion of N9b [...]
Gov Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, arrested for over N350m wire fraud in the US
The United States federal bureau of investigation has arrested Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, in conn [...]
$56m fraud: Buhari distances self from former son in-law, Kumo
President Muhammadu Buhari has distanced himself from fugitive fraudster, Gimba Yau Kumo, who was recently declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt [...]
Insecurity: Again, northern groups ask Buhari to resign
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over insecurity, accusing him of failing to se [...]