The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC carried out an operation at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Zamfara State leading to the recovery of N65, 548, 000 (Sixty-five Million, Five Hundred and Forty-eight Thousand Naira). The money in higher denominations …

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria urges the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest more in agriculture than before to reduce Africa’s $50 billion annual food import bill. Obasanjo stated this in the official inauguration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [IITA], Kalambo Research Station by …

In Akure, the Ondo state capital, a child explained how their mother was roasted alive by their father over disagreement on proceed from a land sale Dorcas Daniyan , the woman set ablaze by her husband, a welder, Ojo Daniyan for allegedly refusing to part with the proceed of a …

The 80 years old grandmother shared her 75 days experience in the custody of her abductors, who freed her on Sunday. Madam Beauty Uguoere Siasia wept like a baby. The abductors of the mother of former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia are  ready to make money from what has become …

In Katsina State, no fewer than 20 kidnap victims were reportedly sold into slavery in Burkina Faso. Information revealed that the victims were allegedly kidnapped in Kankara local government area of the state and sold to a woman in Cotonou who in turn sold them to another slave merchant in …

Mr Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow Protest, pleaded not guilty to the seven-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him. Sowore, who has been in detention since August 3, was brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Department of State Service, (DSS). Details later…

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistic, NBS, said the average price of petroleum products across the 36 states of the federation have recorded some increases in the month of August, 2019. The agency, in its latest report on the prices of petroleum products, stated that average price per litre paid by …

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the embattled Head of Serive of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, from office and named Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, as her replacement as the Head of Service of the Federation. Buhari named Yemi-Esan as Acting Head of Service of the Federation, it was learnt that the removal of …