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    5 kids killed by ‘abandoned grenade’ as they were playing in Borno

    Five children were killed when a disused grenade they were playing with exploded in Ngala, a community in Borno state on Friday, August 13. According to militiamen in the community, the grenade exploded in the hands of the children while they were playing with it. “The five children picked up the explosive...

    EFCC arrests a Businessman for N84m Fraud in Abuja

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today August 11, 2021, arraigned Sani Shehu Abdullahi and his company, First Class General Business and Investment Limited alongside Abubakar Mohammed (now at large) before Justice Sylvanus Chinedu Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja on eight count charges...

    Man hacked into the Nigerian Bank’s server and moved N1.87B, arrested

    A Nigerian man alleged to have hacked into the server of a Nigerian bank to steal N1.87 billion has been arrested. Salau Abdulmalik Femi, 38, was arrested by detectives from the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Salau, accused of being the kingpin of a syndicate that specialises in...

    “Identification Number (VIN) of vehicles are not registered, Nigeria is the hub of stolen cars” – Ahmed Zainab Says

    The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that majority of vehicles imported into Nigeria were stolen.  The Minister said this while delivering a keynote address at the zonal sensitisation seminar on the National Vehicle Registry (VREG) policy in Abuja on Thursday, August 12. Tribune quotes the...

    NEPA staff gets 6-month imprisonment for unlawful disconnection

    A staffer of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr James Olayemi has been handed a six months jail sentence for unlawful disconnection of electricity supply to the premises of the company’s customer, Dennis Osanwuta. Chief Magistrate Tanko Muhammed delivered the judgement on Thursday August 12, and also ordered immediate reconnection of electricity supply...

    Nigerian Govt. approves N200 for cars, N500 for trucks for tollgates on all Federal Roads

    The Federal government has approved a new policy for tollgates on Federal roads across the country.  The approval was granted during the weekly Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, today August 11. A statement released by Tolu Ogunlesi, the Special Assistant to the President on Digital and New...

    President M. Buhari visits Bola Tinubu in London (photos)

    President Buhari paid a visit to APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, in London today August 12. See more photos and the video in the slide below...

    Abuja court orders Shell to pay N45.9B to Ogoni People within 21 days

    Shell Petroleum Company has been ordered by an Abuja federal high court to pay the sum of N45.9 billion to the people of Ogoni in Rivers State. Justice Ahmed Mohammed who awarded the sum against the company for oil spillage in Ogoniland, stated that the money must be paid within 21 days. Mohammed...

    Twitter Ban by the Nigerian Govt. to be lifted soon – Lai Mohammed

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the ban on microblogging site, Twitter, will be lifted soon. Mohammed disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the First Lady’s Conference...

    Nigerian Youtuber who criticised Apostle Suleman’s ‘Money miracle’, arrested and detained by the Police

    Days after Apostle Johnson Suleman told those criticizing and insulting him via online channels to pay him for that, a Youtuber identified as Israel Balogun has reportedly been detained by the Police Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Abuja over allegations of criminal defamation and cyber stalking of the General Overseer...

    Hey! No NIN, No Registration for 2022 WASSCE – WAEC Warns Candidates

    Prospective candidates of the 2022 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination have been told by the management of West African Examinations Council, that the National Identification Number will be a major requirement for registration.  Head of Nigeria Office, Mr Patrick Areghan said this on Tuesday August 10 at a press briefing to announce preparations...

    6 Suspected IPOB Members died in Anambra Gunfire – Nigerian Navy

    The Naval Outpost in Onitsha, Anambra State says six suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB were killed during a gunbattle at Awkuzu on Monday, August 9. In a statement released, the Commander Officer, Adekunle Okeniyi, said the suspected IPOB members attacked the troops and carried out an attack. The...

    More Boko Haram fighters Surrender to Nigerian Army in Borno State

    19 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered to Nigerian army in Bama, Borno state. This is coming barely 3 days after 28 insurgents surrendered in the area. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu said the Boko Haram fighters who surrendered were those who hitherto hibernated around the fringes of Sambisa forest, their stronghold. He attributed it to ongoing offensives...

    Our ‘sit-at-home order’ was 100% successful – IPOB boasts

    The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that the sit-at-home order organized in protest of Nnamdi Kanu's continued detention by the DSS recorded 100 percent compliance throughout the Southeast. According to IPOB, the sit-at-home order carried out Monday, August 9, is an indication that the group is intact, has...

    Nigerian Senate Committee Proposes 20 Fresh States

    The agitation for the creation of more states in the country has entered a new phase following a proposal by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review. According to the Nation, the Senate Committee on Constitution Review has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to conduct referendum for the creation of...

    Jealous Mother arrested for pouring hot water on woman who accused her of dating her husband (photos)

    A 37 years old single mum of two, Joy Sunday, has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for pouring hot water on the face of another woman Justina Ameh who accused her of sleeping with her husband.  According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the...

    One of the Abducted Chibok Schoolgirl returns home and reunites with her family (photos)

    Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday, August 7 in Maiduguri, the state capital, received Ruth Ngladar Pogu, one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted seven years ago at a Government Secondary School in Chibok. Recall that Boko Haram members had attacked the school towards midnight on April 14, 2014,...

    Onyeka Onwenu Reveals She Turned Down Fela’s Marriage Proposal

    Onyeka Onwenu, an award-winning singer, actress and author, granted an interview where she opened up about her life, marriage, children, and suffering depression. During the interview with Chude Jidonwo, Onyeka Onwenu spoke about her marriage to her ex-husband that produced two sons. She also spoke about suffering abuse and getting out of the...

    Nigeria Wins Only 2 Olympics Medals as Tokyo Olympics ends

    Team Nigeria can only boast of only two medals following its participation in Tokyo Olympics.  Nigeria’s only medals were from Blessing Oborududu and Ese Brume. Ese Brume, 25, won Nigeria's first medal in the tournament after finishing third in the Women's long jump event to claim the bronze medal for Team Nigeria.  Okorodudu,...

    Boko Haram Kills 24 Chadian Soldiers

    24 Chadian soldiers were killed on the night of August 4 to 5th during an attack by Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad region as reported by several Chadian media.  Xinhua reported that the attack on the Chadian army position in Tchoukoutalia, Lac province, was confirmed by army spokesperson, Azem Bermandoa...

    3 Foreign Smugglers Arrested by the Nigerian Customs, They had Elephant Tusks & Pangolin Scales, Valued N22.3B

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested three suspected smugglers in connection with pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion intercepted in Lagos State. Briefing the media on Wednesday, August 4, in Lagos, the Controller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali, said the 17,137.44 kilograms of Pangolin scales...

    ‘I’m a Legitimate Businessman, not a Kidnapper’, – Evans tells Court

    All the defendants who were first arraigned on August 30, 2017, on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping, have maintained their innocence.  After being led in by his defense counsel Victor Okpara on Tuesday August 3, Evans denied all allegations of kidnapping levelled against him by the Lagos State Government, insisting he was a...

    Zimbabwe Govt. Denies Plans to Export Live Elephants to Other Countries

    Zimbabwe, known for its exotic wildlife and animal reserves has denied reports that it plans to be exporting live elephants to other countries for money. Experts believe Zimbabwe and neighbouring Botswana could be home to about half of Africa's 400,000 elephants. According to Zimbabwe's wildlife authority, doing so will be going...

    United Arab Emirates Lifts Flight Ban on Nigeria after Several Months

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a flight ban on Nigerian travellers with effect from Thursday, August 5. This comes 5 months after the ban was put in place over Covid-19 protocols. Emirates announced on its website that the UAE authorities have announced that effective 5 August 2021, eligible travellers...

    Sunday Igboho’s Asylum Request will be Judged by the Benin Republic this Week

    An asylum request filed in Benin Republic by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho will reportedly be determined this week.  Punch reported that the bail application for Igboho was deferred by his lawyers because of his medical report and the probable result of his asylum application among others. Olasupo Ojo,...

    Nnamdi Kanu Urgently Needs Advanced Medical Care’ – His Lawyer, Barr. Ejiofor Says

    Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed that the IPOB leader is alive, dispelling rumors that have emanated since the Department of State Services (DSS) failed to provide him in court at the July 26 hearing...

    Inspector-General of Police Replaces Abba Kyari with Tunji Disu

    DCP Tunji Disu has been appointed as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.  Disu will be replacing Abba Kyari who was suspended following his indictment in an international fraud case by the FBI.  The Force spokesman, Frank Mba announced Disu's...

    IPOB/ESN Members Who Freed Inmates in Imo Prisons Arrested

    The Imo state police command has arrested IPOB and Eastern Security Network members who allegedly masterminded and carried out the attack on the Omuma Police station and Njaba  Police Station respectively last week. According to the police,  the bandits stormed the police stations on two different occasions, During the gunbattle,...

    Fake ‘Mad Man’ Caught N250K in Cash, 3 iPhones, and Ladies Underwear in Ogun State

    A man, said to be pretending to be mentally unstable, was beaten to a pulp by locals after he was allegedly found with N250,000, three iPhones, and women's underwear in Ogun state. It was gathered that the suspect, who stays under the bridge in Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area...

    Bauchi: Photos from the Headcount of Commercial Sex Workers

    The Bauchi State Government has begun a one-week headcount of commercial sex workers operating in the state. Speaking at the inauguration of the enumeration exercise on Wednesday, the Permanent Commissioner, Bauchi State Hisbah Command, Barrister Aminu Balarabe Isah, said it was designed to support the sex workers with economic empowerment to enable...

    Half Of The Private Jets Owners In Nigeria Owe Customs Duties – Official Reveals

    The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. File photo According to the Nigeria Customs Service, about 30 out of 65 private airplanes verified so far are liable to pay required duties to the Federal Government.The...

    Abba Kyari Is Extremely Rich From Proceeds of Crime Seized From Kidnappers — Resident Alleges

    A resident of Borno state has said that Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari who is being investigated for the extent of his connection with the suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, sells cars he seizes from kidnappers and armed robbers in Maiduguri, the state capital. The resident...

    Abba Kyari Relieved of His Duties Over his Indictment in Hushpuppi Fraud Case

    The Police Service Commission has suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, from office A statement from the commissions spokesperson, Ifeanyi Ani, says Abba Kyari's suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st, 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome...

    A Lady Carrying 35 Rolls of Cocaine Concealed in Her Panties at Lagos Airport Arrested By NDLEA

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday, July 31, recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a woman, Okafor Ebere Edith, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Cotevoire, to Monrovia, Liberia from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. Spokesman of the...

    E Don Red! See the Expensive Cars On The IG Page Of Abba Kyari’s Brother (Now Deleted his IG)

    Expensive Cars, Classy Outfits: Behold The IG Page Of Abba Kyari’s Brother, Usman Kyari Usman Kyari, brother to Abba Kyari, the embattled deputy commissioner of police (DCP), has deleted all his pictures on his Instagram page. ToriMe ! gathered that the expensive Cars, classy outfits shared by him on his Instagram...

    ‘Song of Songs’ By Hushpuppi and DCP Abba Kyari

    A US Court document has detailed conversations between Nigeria’s celebrated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and infamous suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi regarding bribery and arrest of another suspected fraudster. Hushpuppi, who recently pleaded guilty in the United States, had narrated how he bribed Kyari. Officials said in...

    Nigerian Actress Rachel Oniga dies @ 64

    Veteran actress, Rachel Oniga has died at the age of 64.  According to reports, the actress who has been divorced from her husband for 19 years, died on Friday night July 30th from Covid-19 complications .  Oniga is said to have shot some scenes in a movie at Mowe, Ogun state earlier...

    ISWAP and Boko Haram Fighters Surrender to Nigerian Army

    Troops of 202 Battalion have taken custody of eight Boko Haram Insurgents and their families, comprising 10 adult females and 22 children, who surrendered to troops at Ruwaza village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno state. In a similar development, troops of Forward Operational Base (FOB) operating along Bocobs-...

    HOT ! See the Detailed conversation between Hushpuppi and DCP Abba Kyari

    A US Court document has detailed conversations between Nigeria’s celebrated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and infamous suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi regarding bribery and arrest of another suspected fraudster. Hushpuppi, who recently pleaded guilty in the United States, had narrated how he bribed Kyari. Officials said in...

    Just IN! Read the Entire FBI Investigation on Hushpuppi, Abba Kyari, Others on Fraud

    1.A certain businessperson was looking for a lender to invest $15m to build a school in Qatar. 2.JUMA, a Kenyan based in Nairobi who works with HUSH tells the businessperson that he would provide the loan. 3.Hush claims to be a Malik that works in a US based bank would facilitate...

    DCP Abba Kyari & Hushpuppi: We’ve been contacted by FBI to arrest Kyari – EFCC Says

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has been contacted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest DCP Abba Kyari, over his connection with a serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. A top source in the EFCC who spoke with SaharaReporters however said no arrest can be made...

    Abba Kyari reacts to the US Govt. allegedly accusing him of receiving bribe from Hushpuppi deal to with Opponents

    Popular policeman, Abba Kyari has reacted to being accused by US government of allegedly receiving bribe from Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi to arrest and jail a member of his online fraud gang identified as Chibuzo Vincent.  LIB had reported that the new indictment which Hushpuppi and 5 others face, involved...

    NewYork City to Give its Residents $100 Bonus to get Vaccinated, starting from Tomorrow

    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a free $100 incentive to anyone who goes to a city-run vaccination site for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, starting this Friday July 30. The mayor made the announcement on Wednesday at a press conference. "It does not get...

    NIHSA tells Nigerians to Prepare for the Worst floods

    Nigerians have been alerted over a more devastating floods from the end of August to early October by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. The agency which drew attention to its earlier prediction of Lagos, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia, Kwara, Kaduna, Rivers, Enugu, Borno...

    Twitter Closes its San Francisco and New York Offices Permanently amidst Covid-19 Delta Variant Infections

    Twitter has announced that its New York City and San Francisco offices will be closed permanently while other office reopenings will be paused in response to the latest CDC warnings about COVID-19. The company made the announcement on Wednesday July 28, saying it was closing its two largest offices. 'After careful consideration...

    1 Dollar Now Going for 523 Naira at Black Market

    The naira has slumped further to 523/$ at the black market after trading was closed at the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 28.  The slump comes a day after the Central Bank of Nigeria stopped the allocation of foreign exchange to Bureau de Change operators in the country. After the...

    ESN Native Doctor Arrested in Imo

    The Imo state police command have arrested Benneth Okoli, of Akuma village in Oru East local government area in the state for preparing charms for members of IPOB's Eastern Security Network ESN who recently carried out attacks on Omuma Police Station in Oru East LGA of the state. A statement released...

    ‘Papa Ajasco’ Films Series is Coming Back, WatchOUT

    Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) has concluded the recording of a brand-new season of the multiple-award-winning TV Comedy Papa Ajasco & Company Reloaded. According to Wale Adenuga Jr., Managing Director WAP, “We have been receiving very positive feedback from viewers since we recently-rebranded the Papa Ajasco & Company programme, and we...

    Facebook Restricts IPOB’s New Page on Its Platform, Again

    Social media giant, Facebook, has  restricted  the new Facebook page of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).  This was disclosed by a member of the proscribed organization, Simon Ekpa, on Twitter. “Our new Facebook page has been blocked restricted by Facebook,” Ekpa wrote. This comes months after the group had alleged...

    Nigeria Govt. Begs Nigerians Abroad to Stop Funding Secessionist Groups

    Nigerians living abroad have been asked by the minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed, to stop sponsoring secessionist groups.  The Minister who said this during a visit by delegation of UK chapter of Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), urged members of the group to sweep the carpet off the feet of secessionist groups, insurgents...

    Central Bank of Nigeria Bans sale of Forex to Bureau De Changes, they have become ‘money laundering agents’

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned the sale of foreign exchange (FX) to Bureau De Change (BDCs) operators in the country. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this at the end of the monetary policy committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday July 27. According to Emefiele, the apex bank receives about 5,000 applications...

    “We have Capacity for Electronic Transmission of Election Result in remote areas – INEC counters NASS

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has countered claim of the  national assembly of some areas in the country not having the technology for electronic transmission of election results.  Recall that the electoral amendment act was passed last week after All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers pushed through a version of the bill...

    Sunday Igboho Case: Beninoise Court Refuses to Extradite Him to Nigeria

    After a 13-hour hearing, Cour De’Appel De Cotonou ordered that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, be kept in prison custody pending further investigation. The hearing ended around 11:20 pm on Monday, July 26, and Igboho was returned to his cell. The court, however, declined the extradition of Igboho to...

    “Nnamdi Kanu may have been killed”- IPOB reacts to DSS failure to produce Him

    The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB has reacted to the failure of the Department of State Services DSS to produce its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court, Abuja today July 26. Justice Binta Nyako who presided over the re-arraingment of Kanu adjourned the case till October 22 due...

    Court Adjourns Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s trial till October, 2021 as DSS fails to Produce Him

    Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to October 21, following the failure of the Department of State Security DSS to produce him in court today July 26. When the matter was...

    DSS Approves Just 10 Journalists from 10 Media houses for Nnamdi Kanu’s Court Trial (See documents)

    A list has been released containing names of the media houses and journalists accredited for the coverage of the open court trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu slated for today, Monday, July 26, 2021 in Abuja. The documents shared by Sahara Reporters, lists the 10...