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The Kuje Custodial Centre located in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory came under attack late Tuesday night apparently to free jailed criminals, despite an earlier warning by the country’s intelligence service. A prison source told a journalist that the State Security Service had “earlier today (Tuesday)” warned of an impending attack …

The chairman of the economic and finacial crime commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has told the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, how Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, allegedly defrauded the federal government of 8 million litres of petrol under the fuel subsidy regime. According to a statement …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has extended the deadline for filing companies’ income tax (CIT) returns from June 30 to August 31, 2022. FIRS said this in a notice signed by Muhammad Nami, its executive chairman. Nami said the agency decided to extend the tax filing date following numerous …

Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo is dead. The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, announced his demise in a tweet in the early hours of Wednesday. Kyari said Barkindo died around 11 pm on Tuesday. …

The couple who lost four children in the fire, Chukwudi Micheal and Bolani Micheal, has been inconsolable after the fire gutted their two-room apartment on Tapa Road, Oke-Oko, Isawo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The incident occurred around 1 pm on Sunday, June 26, as one of the …

Terrorists on Tuesday, near Dutsinma, Katsina State, ambushed the convoy of the Presidency’s advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers, killing two policemen in the process. The Presidency officials were travelling to Daura ahead of the trip of the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to his hometown for Sallah. …

Katsina Government said it has lost 72 out of the over 1,800 healthcare centres in the state to bandits in some local government areas of the state. Two of the primary health centres were burnt down in Batsari Local Government Area of the state while 69 others were temporarily or …

Terrorists in Katsina have killed an assistant commissioner of police, ACP Aminu Umar, in an ambush in Dutsinma, Safana LGA, where a convoy of the presidential advance team, going to Daura, was also attacked. It was not clear whether the attack on Umar was the same reported by Presidential spokesman, …

The Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a housekeeper, Bright Izuchukwu to two terms of life imprisonment for defiling the two daughters of his employer, ages six and seven. Izuchukwu was charged with two counts bordering on defilement. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the …

Ahead of the plans by the Federal Capital Territory to stop the sale of alcoholic beverages in parks and gardens in Abuja, owners of recreation centres have written the Minister of the FCT, Muhammed Bello, reminding him that Nigeria is a democratic society. This is as they called on the …

The leadership of the Academic staff union of the university (ASUU) says we are ready to resume as long as the federal government responds. ASUU President,  professor Emmanuel Osodeke made the submission on Monday night during a TV interview, saying the government is responsible for the prolonged strike action. Prof …

The Lagos state government has announced the closure of a school owned in the state by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) over the drowning of a five-year-old pupil, Chidere Eze. The pupil had reportedly drowned in May during a swimming lesson organised by the school at a private …

The Kubwa alleged ritual killing has raised lots of eyebrows in the neighbourhood of Abuja. After investigation, it was discovered that the Bishop and his son Kelechi Amadi who is also a pastor admitted to the crime. Upon hearing the confirmation, the wife of the pastor Kelechi Amadi disassociated herself from …

A High Court in Uyo presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang has remanded a 32-year-old prophet, Godson Thompson, in the Uyo Custodial Centre for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl, who was brought to him for prayers. Justice Nkanang ordered the remand of the cleric, a native of Ikot Offiong Nsit …

Bandits in the eastern part of Sokoto State have launched a series of attacks on farmers. Sources said they killed 11 peasant farmers last week in Gandi Dalike town in Rabah council of the state. A resident said a large number of the bandits attacked the village on Saturday. The …

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 29-year-old farmer, Tobi Owajulu, to 10 years’ imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl. The charge read, “That you, Tobi Owajulu, on June 12, 2021, at Ibeji-Eluja, in Emure Ekiti, in the Ado Ekiti Judicial Division, did rape a …

A three-man gang of cultists has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl during a forced initiation into a cult. Our correspondent gathered that the three members of the Eiye Confraternity forcefully initiated her into their group after raping her. The …

Peter Obi is the only candidate among the four presidential candidates for the 2023 election suitable to bring Nigeria out of its numerous challenges. Doyin Okupe the vice-presidential candidate of the labour party states, In a statement on Sunday, Okupe said the youths who are increasingly supporting Peter Obi are …

Former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said it would be difficult for any candidate, from the southeast region, such as Peter Obi to win votes from the north. “Most of the things that are happening in the South, especially in the South-East; people are not comfortable with that and as long …

Ekiti State police command has arrested leaders of herders in the state in connection with alleged kidnapping and murder. Those reportedly arrested were the Sarkin Fulani in Ekiti State and chieftain of Miyetti Allah cattle breeders association of Nigeria . Abashe Adamu, and an ex-councillor in the state, Ibrahim Mumini. …