Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of seven properties linked to one Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, a former staff of First Bank Plc. Adeyinka is suspected to have been part of a group that “benefited from illegal, unauthorised and fraudulent activities…
A man accused of stealing a motorcycle has been set ablaze by a mob in Makurdi, Benue State. The incident happened along Akpehe road in the early hours of Sunday, April 13, 2025. According to a resident, Ngusha Ugye, the suspect and his “accomplice” allegedly stole a motorcycle. A…
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Wilfred Afolabi, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Igbara-Oke Division, Ganiyu Dauda, accused of extortion. Olushola Ayanlade, the command’s spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday in Akure, said the DPO was redeployed over allegations of extortion levelled against him by residents…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the repressive bill for an act to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, which seeks to regulate the activities of bloggers operating within the ‘territorial boundaries of Nigeria.’” SERAP…
The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the removal of 52 senior officers—retired between May 1, 2018, and April 1, 2025—from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the federal government’s central payroll platform for public sector workers. In a wireless message dated April 10, 2025, and referenced CH:8400/FS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.1/78, the police authorities also directed the…
