Stakeholders in Kogi and Nasarawa states have identified illegal and unregulated mining activities as major drivers of rising insecurity and criminality in communities endowed with strategic mineral resources. The stakeholders stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a survey on “Criminal Activities Linked to Strategic Mineral Resources”. In Kogi,…

By Faheem Lawal The Osun State Police Command has confirmed that two persons were killed in separate violent clashes in the Egbatedo and Owode-Igbona areas of Osogbo. Osun state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said the incidents occurred on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. According to Ojelabi, one person was killed during…

Below is the full list of 42 properties linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami as listed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (𝐄𝐅𝐂𝐂) in the i𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦 f𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 or𝐝𝐞𝐫 m𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐇𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐁𝐉/𝐂𝐒/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 1. Luxury duplex at Amazon Street, Plot No. 3011, Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama, Abuja (purchased in December 2022 for N500…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has sentenced Ekang Philip Bassey to life imprisonment for causing the death of his friend, Emeka Nnonifu, during a fight at a hotel in the Kubwa area of Abuja. The conviction was secured by the FCT Police Command at High Court 25, presided over by Justice M. S….

Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC),  Mr Peter Obi, has insisted that education and healthcare remained the bedrock upon which every prosperous nation is built. Obi, former governor of Anambra, stated this in a post on his X account, yesterday when he released his part two of the roadmap to a New Nigeria….