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The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has said that his men are on the trail of the Niger Delta Militant leader, Mr Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, over allegation of diversion of public funds. Ekpemupolo has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged diversion …

The United States Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield has disclosed that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living outside as refugees in neighbouring countries. This came on a day the Head of European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Michel Arrion, also said there were more Nigerian …

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has dismissed allegations making the rounds that EFCC is investigating her as misleading and untrue. Okonjo-Iweala In a statement issued and signed by her Media Adviser, Paul Nwabikwu, the former Minister said the headlines are a misrepresentation of what the EFCC chairman actually …

The State Security Service on Tuesday announced the arrest of one Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa alleged to a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In a statement made available, the SSS through a statement by one of its officials, Tony Okpuiyo, said Mr. Yunusa was arrested in …

  An inside source within Akwa Ibom State Government has spoken to SaharaReporters about a shady deal Governor Udom Emmanuel and his predecessor, former Governor Godswill Akpabio, struck with justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria prior to the apex court’s judgment on Wednesday February 3, 2015 validating the state’s …

The Chairman of the Ondo State Board of Internally Generated Revenue, Mr. Akin Akinsehinwa, has said the state government has sealed some mast sites belonging to telecommunication company, MTN, because of alleged N458 million tax evasion. Akinsehinwa, who addressed reporters at the weekend in Akure, the state capital, said despite …

Early this morning, drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from the Altiplano maximum security prison once again. It is unclear at this point what exactly happened, but these are the details ABC News has received from Mexican officials so far:2:35 AM: Guzmán was taken in …

FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, Government Ekpumupolo, alias Tompolo, made a volte face, Thursday, saying he would appear before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, which issued a bench warrant for his arrest, January 14, but “at the appropriate time.” The …

A group of intellectuals in Ibadan,The Trenchard Tank, has thrown its weight behind former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, while calling on the President Buhari-led administration to “soft-pedal on its grievances against Tompolo.” Addressing newsmen, on Wednesday, in Ibadan, the group through its spokesman, Damilola …

A Federal High Court judge has ordered that the custody of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be relinquished by the Department of State Services. Nnamdi Kanu was arraigned before the court on Wednesday, January 20 on trial for charges bordering …