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EFCC re-arraigns ex-SGF Lawal over N544m grass cutting fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re-arraigned a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and six others, over an alleged fraudulent N544m grass cutting contract.
In the…
Senate President leads FG delegation to commiserate with Borno over killing of farmers
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday led a Federal Government delegation on a condolence visit to the Borno State government over Saturday’s killing of about 43 rice farmers by the Boko Haram insurgents.
This is was…
Police arrest three suspects over attack on Wike’s father’s church
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects who allegedly detonated explosives at a Pentecostal church said to be owned by the father of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
The Christian Universal Church…
Ten women still missing, insists Amnesty International
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Amnesty International said 10 women who were at the rice plantation during the attacked by Boko Haram on Saturday are still missing.
A statement by the international human rights organisation on…
More than 43 persons may have been killed, Zulum told by bereaved community
The death toll from Saturday’s killing of rice farmers in Borno State. North East Nigeria may rise from 43. the governor of the state, Prof. Babagana Zulum has been told by the bereaved community.
The governor was told this…
Over 110 people killed in attack on rice field, UN reveals
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
United Nations (UN) has revealed that not less than 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram in the attack on rice field in Borno State.
A statement by the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in…
Boko Haram fighters kill 43 farmers in Maiduguri
Boko Haram fighters have killed no fewer than 43 farmers and injured six in rice fields near the capital city of Maiduguri on Saturday, anti-jihadist militia told AFP.
The Boko Haram fighters tied up the farmers in a village of…
#EndSARS: We sold two policemen’s skulls for N1,000 … Suspects
The two suspected hoodlums, Adewale Abiodun and Aliu Mubarak, arrested for being in possession of the burnt skulls of the two policemen set ablaze in Ibadan in the wake of the #EndSARS protest gave the graphic details of how they…
Akeredolu’s Chief of Staff’s wife regains freedom
The wife of the Chief of Staff to the Ondo State Governor, Olugbenga Ale, has been released by her abductors.
Mrs Ale, alongside one other person, were kidnapped on Thursday evening along the Ondo-Akure Expressway while…
Three killed, nine arrested over murder of Nasarawa APC Chairman
Military operatives in Loko, Adamawa State, on Friday, killed three suspects allegedly linked to the murder of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Philip Shekwo.
Nine other suspects were also arrested in…