Shortly after a Doctor’s Suicide yesterday, an unidentified woman also jumped into the lagoon from Maza-Maza Bridge in the Mile 2 area of Lagos. The woman was however, lucky, as rescuers fished her out before she could drown. According to a witness, the woman, dressed in a blouse and trousers, […]
Ugandan Police Spokesperson, Andrew Felix Kaweesi, has been shot dead. This was after his convoy was attacked by gunmen near his home at Kulambiro in the outskirts of Kampala. According to a government official, Kaweesi, who is also the Assistant Inspector General of Police, was killed alongside his two bodyguards […]
An employee at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund suffered injuries to her hands and face after opening a letter which exploded on Thursday, police said. Several people were evacuated from the building near the Arc de Triomphe monument “as a precaution”, a police source said. Although no […]
A federal judge in Maryland Thursday morning temporarily blocked the 90-day ban on immigration for citizens of six countries in President Donald Trump’s executive order, dealing another blow to the President’s revised travel ban. Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order nationwide over the ban, […]
The Federal Government on Thursday amended the corruption charges filed against a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, before a Federal High Court, Abuja. The lead prosecuting counsel, Mrs. Olufemi Fatunde, announced the amendment before Justice John Tsoho. Fatunde, an ex- Director of Public Prosecution for the Federation, […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the Police to pay N2 million as exemplary damages to three persons unlawfully arrested and detained for 19 months. The three persons, Idris Abubakar, Anas Abubakar and Aliyu Abubakar, instituted the case against the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Also joined in the suit No. FHC/KD/CS/22/2016 were the Commissioner of Police […]
The Senate on Wednesday refused to confirm Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The decision was taken after Magu was screened by the Senate. Details to come soon
The Nigerian Customs Service on Wednesday announced the suspension of the implementation of the payment of import duty on old vehicles. The move is in compliance to an earlier directive by the Senate that the policy which had generated controversies be suspended. A statement by the Acting Public Relations Officer, […]
A Jos Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced three men – David Bulus, 24, Adebayo Musa, 25, and Hafisu Ibrahim, 28 – to a total of 40 months in prison, for stealing palm oil. Other items stolen by the convicts included phones and TV monitor, valued at N128,000, and N6,000 […]
Tragedy struck at the National Assembly on Monday as a senior staff of the Management, Mr. Mohammed Shuaibu, slumped and died in the premises. The cause of death remained unknown as of the time of filing this report. Mohammed, who was the Clerk to the House of Representatives Committee on […]
