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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the seizure of contraband goods valued at N1.84 billion and the successful prevention of an attempt to smuggle Premium Motor Spirit…
A Nigerian national was arrested at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on July 3 after customs officers discovered 1 kg of cocaine in a bag he claimed was…
Northern groups have criticized former governors Rotimi Amaechi and Nasir El-Rufai for their recent comments targeting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.…
The Nigerian Police say they have killed three suspected kidnappers and arrested 17 others in Abuja over the past two months. FCT Commissioner of Police Adewale Ajao revealed…
Justice E.G. Umokoro, a Bayelsa State High Court judge, was kidnapped on June 21, 2025, in front of a popular eatery opposite Ekeki Park in Yenagoa while buying…
Former chief of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation, Baltasar Ebang Engonga – widely known as “Bello” – was handed an 18-year prison term today, July 3,…
Two social media influencers, Bukola Arike Rufai and Abdulateef Ayinde Jimoh, have been convicted by the Federal High Court in Ibadan for abusing the Nigerian currency. The conviction…
Emmanuel Ude, a former student of Government Technical College, Bukuru, has been sentenced to death by hanging for the 2021 murder of his teacher, Mr. Job Dashe. The…
A jury has delivered a partial verdict in the federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. After more than 10 hours of deliberation,…
A Lagos Special Offences Court in Bolade, Oshodi, has convicted eight individuals for illegally dumping waste along Ejigbo Road. The arrests were made on June 28, 2025, following…
