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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Army to grant Lance Corporal Martins access to his wife, lawyer and relatives. The court gave the order on Wednesday after his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, argued a motion exparte for the order. Confirming the development, Akinyode in a statement …

There was apprehension at the Owode end of Ikorodu Road in Lagos on Wednesday after a Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle crushed a man whose identity is yet to be known to death. A crowd of angry motorcyclists, sympathisers, who witnessed the incident, threatened mayhem and vandalised the bus. The accident …

REVEALED: Lawmaker On Panel Interrogating NDDC Acting MD, Pondei, When He Fainted Was Declared Wanted By ICPC For Corruption In 2019 Shehu Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, on Monday when he fainted, …

Recovered vehicles auctioned to Presidential ‌ …says vehicles allocated to govt agencies after presidential approval • Salami-led panel rejects letter by suspended EFCC chairman Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, says some of the vehicles recovered by the EFCC were …

31-Years-Old Man Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Raping 7-Years-Old Girl In Edo State (Photo) Newsextra24 reports that a 31-years-old man has been sentenced to 9 years in prison with hard labour and no option of fine, for defiling a 7-years-old girl in Igarra, Akoko-Edo, Edo state. Sunday Akpeji …

A teenage Afghan girl has been hailed on social media for her “heroism” after fighting back last week against Taliban militants who killed her parents. The girl took the family’s AK-47 assault rifle, shot dead two of the militants and wounded several others, local officials in Ghor province said. The …

Dr. Stella Okotie, a staff of the University of Benin, was on Tuesday sent to early grave when a commercial bus driver running away from police extortion rammed into her. Newsextra24 reports that the incident happened in Benin City at about 6:30pm along the ever-busy Benin-Lagos expressway, close to the …

A woman, Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe alongside two companies, Elites Finance Investment Limited and Efinc Global Investment Limited, were on Monday arraigned before Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over alleged N179 million fraud. Newsextra24 has learnt The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …

Some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have received letters of suspension, Newsextra24 understands. Although details of those suspended are yet to be made public, Newsextra24 learnt that Olanipekun Olukoyede, secretary to the commission, is among those who received the letters. The development is not unconnected to …

12 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have been suspended indefinitely after being quizzed by the Presidential Investigation Committee, headed by Justice Isa Ayo Salami (red). The new development comes days after 12 directors of the agency were suspended by the Presidency in relation to the ongoing probe of …