Amidst the furore generated by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s crackdown on the activities of cryptocurrency traders, research has revealed that criminals are using a small group of crypto brokers to launder hundreds of millions of dollars around the world. For instance, the report by Reuter showed that in...
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Armed police officers manning the Lekki Tollgate Plaza have arrested about a dozen protesters, the first batch to arrive at the tollgate. The protest, tagged #OccupyLekkiTollgate, scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, was against the reopening of the tollgate. Another group of protesters, who tagged theirs #DefendLagos, had...
Influential Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, has disclosed that bandits operating in the Northern States forests are planning to acquire anti-aircraft missiles to repeal attacks by the military. Sheik Gumi, who recently went into forests in Zamfara State, to discuss with the bandits who have killed and rendered many...
The Indigenous People of Biafra has faulted the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for reportedly supporting proposed amnesty for bandits. Alhaji Mohammed reportedly said, “If granting amnesty to a warlord will lead to the surrendering of many others, I will take that decision.” But IPOB, in...
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has urged the Federal Government to protect the right of citizens to peaceful protest. In a string of tweets, Amnesty also said security operatives must refrain from use of force on protesters like it had occurred last October during the #EndSARS protests against police...
The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria was planning to have at least 30 per cent of its total electricity supply from renewable sources, majorly solar power in the next nine years Prof. Osinbajo spoke yesterday at the inauguration of a 1.12MW Solar Hybrid...
In what appears to be an attempt to forestall another round of protests in Lagos, armed police officers were on Friday spotted at the Lekki toll gate. Speaking with SaharaReporters, a source, who works in Lekki confirmed the heavy presence of police at the toll plaza. Also, a tweet...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, has closed its case in the ongoing trial of Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as “Mama Boko Haram,” before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The prosecution closed its case today after calling the last...
It was a moment of great joy, celebration, networking and entertainment as military personnel both serving and retired, paramilitary officials and civilians, gathered for a valedictory session in honour of the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ette Ekwe Ibas, retired. The event, popularly known by...
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, PGF, Dr Salihu Lukman says the rejection of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from defecting to the party despite meeting with the leadership of the party is an attestation of the strong...
Nigeria has recorded 24 additional deaths and 1,005 new cases of COVID-19. This was according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC update on Friday. The NCDC via its Twitter handle noted that the new cases were recorded in 19 states of the federation. Lagos the commercial centre...
The newly appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, Major General Samuel Adebayo, has taken over the leadership of the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA. The former CDI, Air Vice Marshal Muhammed Usman, had on Monday handed over the leadership of the agency to his Deputy, Major General Gbolahan Oyefesobi, following...
A group in Edo state, Concerned Edo Citizens Forum( CECF) on Friday, condemned the purported presidential ambition of the governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello. They noted that as the youngest governor in Nigeria, Bello has not done enough to create opportunities for young person’s aspiring for political office....
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has cautioned teachers to be wary of campaign of culumny being orchestrated by the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS). Mr Kelvin Nwanko, the Deputy National President of the association, made the call at a news conference in Kano on Friday. Mr....
The Police Command in Yobe on Friday said it arrested one Sani Sale, a vulcanizer, for allegedly raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Gadaka town, Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu, said the incident...
By Kingsley Fanwo It was a warring argument between two gentlemen on the row before mine on a plane flying to Lagos; arising from a sneaky headline on one of the national dailies. They were not only separated by the colours of the clothes they wore which were in...
No fewer than 31 Boko Haram fighters were killed on Wednesday by the Nigerian troops who foiled a terrorists’ attack in Askira Uba town in Borno State. Nine gun trucks out of the 11 which the Boko Haram insurgents rode into Askira Uba, were also destroyed by troops. Troops...
The Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG), through its Christian Social Responsibility (CSR) arm – His Love Foundation (HLF) – has dedicated a Kidney Dialysis Center at the Pastor Enoch And Folu Adeboye Intensive Care Unit at the Health Center, RCCG Camp, Mowe, Ogun State as part of its...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has called for synergy between the National Hajj Commission and states’ Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards for the success of Hajj operations in the country. Malam Bello made the call when he received a...
A tragedy occurred on Friday, in Atoyo area of Ogun State when an unidentified truck driver was roasted to death during an accident involving his truck. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 10.45 am, outbound Ijebu-Ode, along Ijebu-Ode/Benin Expressway. According to eyewitnesses’ account, the victim who...