A helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night, October 20, leaving several people dead, including a child, according to authorities. The incident happened at 7:54 p.m. in Houston’s Greater East End, close enough to a fire station that firefighters there heard the crash, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said late Sunday…
The senator had described the NDLEA as the “most corrupt and compromised, hence, I support the creation of the National Institute for Drug Awareness and Rehabilitation” while contributing to the debate on a ‘Bill for an Act to establish National Institute for Drug Awareness and Rehabilitation’. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…
Canada-based nurse arrested at Lagos airport with illicit dr+gs Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Nigerian-Canadian nurse, Usman Grace Khadijat Olami, for allegedly being in possession of illicit dr¥gs. She was arrested on Friday, October 4, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos…
Ifeanyi was sentenced to death by Justice Sunday Aladetoyinbo of a High Court in Abuja for murdering his customer after receiving N42 million from the deceased. Nwaimo Ifeanyi, a businessman, reportedly bribed top Nigerian Correctional Service officials to escape from a Bayelsa State prison facility, according to sources. Ifeanyi was sentenced to death…
Jim Swartz, Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron, made this known in a statement on Friday issued by its General Manager of Policy Government and Public Affairs, Olusoga Oduselu Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) said it has discovered a new oil field in the shallow offshore area of the South South region of Nigeria. …
This was announced by the Hisbah Director General, Abba Sufi, revealing that the commissioner’s arrest was as a result of a series of complaints from Nabegu’s husband’s younger brother, alleging the commissioner’s involvement in nefarious activities. The Kano State Hisbah Board has announced the arrest of Jigawa Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi…
The movement recalled, “Sunday 20 October 2024 makes it four years since scores of protesters were massacred by the Nigerian army and the police at the Lekki toll gate during the #EndSARS protest which erupted nationwide in the month of October 2020.” The #EndBadGovernance Movement has announced that it will occupy the Lekki Toll…
The operatives also rescued one victim and recovered their weapons, according to a statement on Friday, by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe. Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command in a sustained war against kidnapping have killed two suspected kidnappers during a raid on their hideout on Thursday. The operatives…
The Nigerian government has disclosed that it will not approve the sale of Shell’s assets to the Renaissance Group The $1.3 billion asset sale deal hit the wall when the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority said Renaissance lacks capacity She disclosed that talks are still ongoing with NUPRC to agree on the final…
The Government of Namibia has approached the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to explore training opportunities, as well as sharing of expertise with personnel of the Namibian Anti-corruption Commission in the f¥ght against corruption. The position of the Namibian government was made known on Friday when its Ambassador to Nigeria,…