Samson Siasia has been banned for life by FIFA after being found guilty over bribery and manipulation of matches. The former Super Eagles of Nigeria coach has been banned from all football-related activities over attempts to rig matches at international Read more
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from India, where his planned medical treatment was aborted. But he was immediately taken into custody by the Department of Read more
Social media platform, Facebook, in partnership with Africa Check, has added new local language support for several African languages to fortify its third-party fact-checking programme. The initiative helps to assess the accuracy of news on the platform, thereby reducing the Read more
Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) has arrested 10 suspected criminals who engaged in kidnapping, cattle rustling, and illegal arms manufacturing. Parading the suspects at the OPWS headquarters in Makurdi yesterday, the commander, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, said that six of the Read more
A lance Corporal of the Nigerian Army (NA), Mr. Sunday Awolola, who allegedly raped a 300-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), was yesterday arraigned at a Magistrate’s Court in Akure, Ondo State. The 33-year-old officer, who was attached Read more
On 14th August, 2019, a team of detectives from the Gender Unit, Command’s Headquarters Ikeja, arrested one Onyinye Mbadike ‘f’ 24yrs of No 7 Trimnell Street, Aguda for assault and child abuse. This followed a viral video on the social Read more
The Federal Government has accused the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, of unruly behaviour in India. The government made the allegation in a statement on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Information Read more
The Nigerian Army Captain who allegedly ordered soldiers on security check-point along the Ibi-Jalingo Expressway in Taraba State, to attack and kill police operatives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has been identified. According Read more
The suspended Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Cika Ibrahim and the district head of Kanoma, Alhaji Ahmed Kanoma, have finally been removed from office by the Zamfara State Government. The two monarchs were suspended for allegedly being part of armed Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to investigate the killing of three police officers and a civilian by troops of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba. The Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this when he briefed State House Read more