News as it breaks
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a federal high court sitting in Abuja to transfer the fresh trial of a former governor of Abia state, Chief Orji-Uzor Kalu and two others to its Lagos division. Chief Kalu and his co-defendants are accused of involvement in an alleged…
The Nigerian Prison Service Kirikiri has explained the reason it permitted a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG Chidinma Ojukwu, and other inmates at its facilities to participate in a beauty pageant. Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo…
A large number of terrorists have attacked Fumigi street in Ungwan Galadima, Gonin Gora, Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna state. They killed 3 locals and abducted two women Rev.Joseph John Hayab, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), in Kaduna State said the terrorists raided the community…
Chidinma Ojukwu the alleged murder suspect of Michael Usifo Ataga, Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, has been crowned Miss Cell 2022. She won a beauty pageant at the Kirikiri female prison, as they marked the International Women’s Day, with this year’s theme: “BreakingTheBias”. Ojukwu, a 300-level, Mass Communication student…
Sweden’s government announced plans for a major boost in military spending to two percent of GDP “as soon as possible”, citing the security threat from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sweden, which ended decades of defence cuts after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, said it hoped to reach its goal within…
Russia has accused the United States of funding research into the development of biological weapons in Ukraine, as Moscow stepped up its campaign to gain control of key Ukrainian cities. Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a televised briefing that “the purpose of this — and other Pentagon-funded…
The Kebbi State Government has confirmed the killing of over Sixty Five vigilante and unspecified number of soldiers in Zurich by bandits. The State Governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu, who made the confirmation through Secretary to the government of the state, Alhaji Babale Umar Yauri, when he received on a courtesy…
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has arrested five suspects over alleged Impersonation as Civil Defence officials from Abuja and extorting money from unsuspecting petrol stations in Ilorin metropolis. In a statement, the Command’s spokesman, Babawale Afolabi said investigations had commenced on the matter.…
The Kaduna State Government has urged the Nigerian Immigration Service to intensify efforts in tackling security threats along the boarders that formed the zone.The Deputy Governor of the State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, made the call when she received the Assistant Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service in charge of Zone…
The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The Hague-based ICJ, the United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a complaint with the court to order Russia to…
