A Nigerian man, Abiola Quadri, has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison in the United States for orchestrating a $1.3 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities to claim COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability benefits. The 43-year-old, a…
A suspected vandal was electrocuted in Ezillo, Ebonyi State, while attempting to tamper with Tower 34 along the Nkalagu–Abakaliki 132kV transmission line. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed the incident in a statement, disclosing that security operatives informed the…
No fewer than 13 persons have died in Niger state following the outbreak of cholera across 16 local government areas. The outbreak has left the residents in panic and mourning as no fewer than 130 other persons remain hospitalized in…
The Yobe State Police Command has confirmed how a woman identified as Hadiza Mamuda from Garin Abba village, Fika Local Government Area of the State killed her husband during an altercation over food. The 35-year Old woman was said to…
A sad story has broken the internet of two sisters who engaged in an argument which escalated and led to the older sister stabbing the younger one to death just 6 days after her signing out from the University. According…
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a notorious impersonator who had been posing as high-profile politicians and security chiefs across the country to allegedly defraud and carry out other criminal activities. The suspect, 59-year-old Aminu Yarima who hails from…
The Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), has busted a centre in Umuahia, Abia State (Yahoo Academy) where people were being trained on cybercrime. The anti-graft agency arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters, including eight undergoing training…
An Ebonyi state High Court presided over by Justice I. P. Chima on Thursday discharged and acquitted the last batch of 24 out of 36 Biafran freedom fighters who have been standing trial while remanded in prison custody for conspiracy…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Darlington Achakpo Okoye, a.k.a. Speed Darlington (Akpi) has filed a N3bn lawsuit against the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for declaring him wanted. The lawsuit was filed by the artist’s attorneys in…
The Police in Ondo State says it has arrested a landlord and two others for kidnapping and murder of two students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko in the state. State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adebowale Lawal, made this known on…
