The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a court order which granted the temporary forfeiture of funds linked to speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa. The anti-graft agency had in a motion dated August 12, 2020 and marked FHC/L/CS/1069/2020, sought for the interim forfeiture of funds found in three bank accounts linked to…
The Tuling Police in Maharashtra, India on Thursday, October 8, arrested a Nigerian national after he was allegedly found to be in possession of 33 grams of cocaine. The arrest was made in the Oswal Nagri area of Nalasopara, Mumbai based on specific input received by the police and cocaine worth Rs 3.33 lakhs was seized. A…
Former Presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri has again shared his thoughts about poverty. In a new tweet he shared, Reno stated that adult poverty is a choice. He further recalled how he sold rabbits to pay his law school fees in 1998. The former Presidential spokesperson tweeted; In 1998, I was preparing for Law School and did not want…
President Muhammadu Buhari said the country is heading for another recession, the second in four years. He made this known yesterday, October 8, while presenting the 2021 budget to the National Assembly for approval. He noted, however, that the Federal Government has put in place plans to ensure rapid recovery in 2021. He spoke against the backdrop…
A Catholic priest identified as Rev. Travis Clark has been arrested for desecrating the altar of Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Pearl River, Louisiana. The priest was arrested for allegedly filming himself having sex with two dominatrices on the altar at his Catholic church. The dominatrices were identified as adult film actress Mindy Dixon, 41, and 23-year-old…
Former governor of Jigawa State, Dr Sule Lamido has said that he cannot pray for Buhari or advice him on how to better the lives of Nigerians. Speaking to BBC Hausa on the sidelines of Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary, Lamido stated that he cannot pray or advise someone who chased his party out of power. He said; “You can’t say…
The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) has banned the operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads of the Force including the Special Tactical Squad (STS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Anti-Cultism Squad and other Tactical Squads operating at the Federal, Zonal and Command levels, from carrying out routine patrols and other conventional…
A lecturer at the Department of Adult Education, Tayo Akpata University in Ekiadolor, Edo State, Friday Orobator, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself. Orobator’s lifeless body was discovered behind his apartment in Obakhazbaye area of Benin City, the state capital at about 1.30 p.m. on Friday, October 2. The father of four, said to be in his 50’s, and…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki, have lent their voices to the call for the restructuring of the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS. Atiku in a post shared on his Facebook page, said the police unit which was created to confront violent crimes such as armed robbery and kidnapping, has…
The Lagos state police command has taken a new step to curb police harassment and extortion in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu who restated his zero tolerance for unethical and inhuman conducts in the police, ordered all checkmating units in the command including provost, X-Squad, CP Monitoring Team and Public Complaint Bureau (PCB), to wake up…
