The legal battle over the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State took center stage on Tuesday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, presented witnesses to contest the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The PDP, represented by its counsel Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, argued before…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in collaboration with other security agencies, has arrested 90 foreign nationals in Rivers State for alleged involvement in cybercrime. Rivers State Comptroller of NIS, Y.I. Abdulmajeed confirmed the arrests in a statement on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Abdulmajeed said the operation, which was based on credible intelligence, targeted a hideout…
A woman, Oluwakemi Akala and two men, Onyekachi Aguguo and Tsolaye Eburajolo, were on Tuesday arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly dealing in 28 kilogrammes of Cannabis Indica. The trio are facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and importing of the hard drugs…
The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended five suspected cultists for allegedly kidnapping and k!lling a 34-year-old entertainer, Rowland Horsfall, in Port Harcourt. Rowland, popularly known as Speech Horsfall, a radio presenter, event host and OAP was abducted in September 2024. Spokesperson of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Tuesday, January 21, 2025,…
A female lawyer has accused a married father-of-four of raping her in front of 1,000 livestream viewers after meeting him on a dating app. The woman, 31, reportedly met the 46-year-old, named in German reports as Tim B due to local privacy laws, in May 2022. According to Bild, the defendant often travelled for work. He matched…
