The April 15 supplementary elections in Ebonyi State conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was won and lost by political gladiators including Governor Dave Umahi, who did not contest the elections but had his preferred candidates for the rerun. INEC had declared elections in some constituencies inconclusive during …
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The officers of the Edo State Police Command have been trained rigorously and are now being trained on how to effectively use weapons and other skills. ACP Habib Rabiu, the Commander of Mopol 5 who is in charge of the training, stated that the goal of the exercise was to …
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The Osun State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a set of twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Adeleke, and seven other suspects arrested in different parts of the state for offences ranging from cultism to murder and robbery. Parading the suspects before journalists at the state police command headquarters in Osogbo, the …
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Ifasoji Ayangbesan, a suspected ritualist recently arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in the killing of a 26-year-old woman, Oyindamola Adeyemi in Ogun State, has confessed that he only bought the victim’s legs at N20,000. The 35-year-old Ayangbesan had been on the run since January when his other …
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The first batch of 376 Nigerian students trapped in war-torn Sudan has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria. The Nigerian students arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 11:25 pm through the Air Peace Plane and the Nigeria Airforce Jet with the number NAF C-130. The …
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The Washington-based World Bank has appointed Ajay Banga as its new President. The World Bank confirmed that Banga, who had a decade-long career in Mastercard, would take over from David Malpass as the next President. The development lender disclosed that Banga would pioneer the institution for five years. The World …
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated that Nigeria’s active internet subscribers has grown to 154 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. The NBS in a report stated that growth was 9.07 per cent from the 141.9m subscribers in Q4 2021. The report added that MTN had the …
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The first batch of Nigerians fleeing war-prone Sudan has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. The 376 returnees, who took off from Aswan, Egypt, were airlifted by the Nigerian Air Force on the NAF C-130H aircraft at about 4pm. They landed at the Federal Capital Territory at 11:35 …
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The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested no fewer than 34 suspected internet fraudsters in Oghara, Delta state. The suspects include Ese Collins, Benjamin A. Ifeanyi, Akparoboke Oghenero, Uti Jerry, Otega John, Joshua Broka, Jethro Saapila, Goodluck Ottwowatiohwo, Adilike Precious, Uvbierimi Raphael, Oyadan Clinton, Isusu …
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A final-year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo State, Precious Tunde is dead. New Telegraph gathered that the victim died in her sleep at her hostel off-campus located at Ekosodin Village near the university. Prior to her death, Precious is a final year student in the …
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