The Nigerian Copyright Commission has raided bookshops in Ibadan, Oyo State, over the sale of pirated books, arresting several suspects and sealing multiple outlets. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the operation, carried out on Saturday, was led by…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned one Ndubisi Kenechukwu Ugonna before Justice E. Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja for fraud. Ugonna was arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on advance fee…
Ebonyi State Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers and recovered five vehicles. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu indicates that the arrest of the suspect at the Abuja and Nwagana Guest House, Umuhuali, Ishielu Local…
The Cross River State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Chief Narcotics Officer Ogbonna Uzoma has suddenly passed away as the entire agency mourn. The NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy at the Headquarters in Abuja, Femi Babafemi, in…
Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, a UK-based Nigerian has been arrested by British authorities following a request from the United States government after he was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud. According to US prosecutors, Adepoju hacked into the…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service( FIRS) has expressed deep sorrow over the Tuesday’s fire incident at Afriland Towers, Broad Street, Lagos as it confirms four staff members dead. The tragedy occurred on the sixth and seventh floors of the FIRS…
A pit bull was shot dead in North Carolina, in the United States, after allegedly mauling a man on the orders of its owner, police and court documents revealed. As reported by People on Wednesday, according to a magistrate’s…
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead 22 villagers in western Niger, most attending a baptism ceremony, local media and other sources said Tuesday. The shootings happened on Monday in the Tillaberi region, near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist groups linked…
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that troops of the 34 Brigade, operating under the 82 Division in Owerri, Imo State, carried out a commando-style raid on the residence of a suspected criminal gang leader known as “Gentle De Yahoo,” in…
A Zambian court has sentenced Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde to two years in prison for trying to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. They were arrested in December with charms, including a live chameleon. “It is…
