Category: Crime
Nigerian Troops Recapture Boko Haram Gwoza Caliphate
Nigerian troops on Friday recaptured the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram. The town was said to serve as the headquarters of the insurgents after the Boko Haram declared...
Buhari Escapes Disqualification, Eligibility Suits Adjoined Till April 22
Suits seeking the disqualification of presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, suffered setback as the court adjourns the...
Fear Grips APC Over Possible Disqualification of Buhari
Tension mounts over possible disqualification of the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s major opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) by the courts for...
Corruption: Stop Celebrating Ill-gotten Wealth, Jonathan Urges Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to stop celebrating people with ill-gotten wealth in order to discourage corruption in the country. Mr. Jonathan, who...
Gov Amaechi’s Deputy Dumps APC, Gives Reasons
Few days to Nigeria’s presidential election, the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, has has dumpped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples...
Nigerian Troops Foil Fresh Boko Haram Attack on Bama
Nigerian troops on Saturday quashed a fresh attempt by Boko Haram militants to recapture Bama, the defence headquarters said. Bama was retaken from Boko Haram last week....
PRESS RELEASE: Avoid Pre-election Arrests
Seven days to the commencement of the 2015 polls, there is palpable fear in the opposition camp that the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) plans to clamp its leaders...
Damaging Documentary: Make Public Pronouncement on Alpha Beta, Others – Anti-graft Coalition Tells Tinubu
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) urged former governor of Lagos State Ahmed Bola Tinubu to go beyond obtaining injunction restraining African Independent...
Suspected Fraudster Arraigned for Contract Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned one Ogbonaya Chibuzor before Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court Enugu, Enugu State for...
Study: China has Grown to World’s 3rd-biggest Arms Exporter
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent share remains...
War Against Boko Haram: South Africans Providing Technical Support, Training, Says Report
Nigeria’s senior military commanders have described stories in major international media and culled by local newspapers reporting that Nigeria is deploying hundreds of...
