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Hon. Lucky Obiyan in Police net for blackmailing NSCDC boss

NewsDeskNgDec 20, 2023December 20, 20230

The Nigerian police in a sting operation has arrested a self acclaimed leader of civil society organization, African Emancipation Movement For Good Governance, Hon. Lucky Obiyan specialized in blackmailing top government officials in Abuja. The operation which took place on Tuesday after a tip off by a whistle blower who...

Two Lesbian Sent to 12 Years imprisonment .

NewsDeskNgDec 10, 2023December 10, 20230

For offending the the anti same sex marriage law, a High Court in Delta state has sentenced a certain Laureta Uwague and her partner, Linda Osifo to 12 years in prison each. The High Court in Agbor that delivered the judgement against the duo found them guilty of violating the...

PoshTV Warns Public To Beware Of Former Staff

NewsDeskNgOct 27, 2023October 27, 20230

The management of PoshTV has alerted the public to beware of its former staff, Desmond Marcauley. The TV Station in a disclaimer on Friday, warned the public to desist from any dealings with him, adding that those who do so risk being defrauded. The statement reads: “The management of PoshTV...

Kano anti-graft detains suspect in N2.3 billion land fraud

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2023October 25, 20230

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) says it has arrested one Musa Salihu Ahmed for allegedly selling 632 government occupancy permit for residential plots worth N2.3 billion across the state. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed this to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. Magaji...

YEAC sensitises Rivers students against organised crime

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2023October 25, 20230

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has carried out a sensitised students against organised crimes ranging from drug abuse, cultism, exam malpractice, and violent extremism in the Niger Delta. Executive Director of YEAC Nigeria, Mr. Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface, during the sensitization workshop for students of Community Secondary School, Bori,...

ABU student arrested by NSCDC for allegedly killing a juvenile in Bauchi

NewsDeskNgOct 24, 2023October 24, 20230

An undergraduate student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Abdullahi Ibrahim, has been apprehended by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bauchi State for the alleged murder of a 17-year-old secondary school student. Ilelaboye Oyejide, the Corps Commandant, revealed that the 500-level student of Veterinary Medicine...

Benue: Police kill two bank robbers

NewsDeskNgOct 21, 2023October 21, 20230

The hunt for the daredevil armed robbers who attacked four banks at Otukpo town, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, on Friday is yielding fruit as two of the suspects were killed by security operatives. No fewer than seven persons, including three policemen, died in the Otukpo incident. The...

Alleged missing intestine: Coroner inquest begins in Lagos

NewsDeskNgOct 20, 2023October 20, 20230

The Coroner’s inquest into the death of Adebola Akin-Bright, the 12-year-old boy whose small intestine reportedly went missing, started on Friday at an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Lagos. Akin-Bright died on Sept. 9 following a corrective surgery done at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH. The Coroner Inquest...

NSCDC seals 3 illegal Private Guard companies in FCT

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has sealed three Private Guard Companies, PGCs, for operating illegally in Abuja. This is contained in a press release issued yesterday by ASCI Okomanyi Comfort, CDPRO, FCT Command. According to the statement, the NSCDC, FCT Commandant,...

NCoS dismisses two personnel, sanctions 35 others for misconducts

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye As part of efforts to ensure discipline of its personnel and entrench international correctional best practices, the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has dismissed two (2) personnel and sanctioned thirty-five (35) others for misconducts. According to a press release issued yesterday by the Correctional Service, the Officers were...