Month: January 2025

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has intensified its efforts to combat criminal activities and protect public infrastructure through a series of daily raids across identified black-spots in Abuja. The crackdown has resulted in the arrest of 348 suspects and the recovery of stolen infrastructure and illegal items. In a statement Tuesday, the FCT…

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has reported it has arrested two suspects in a raid on pirate and kidnapper hideout at the Fununu community in Brass Local Government Area, a known pirate stronghold in Bayelsa State. The operation, conducted during the weekend, was part of the ongoing Operation DELTA SANITY II, launched on December 30, 2024,…

Korede Abdullah in Lagos A Lagos Arabic teacher and Muslim cleric, Oladosu Sakiru, has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault on a 13-year-old student. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court found Sakiru guilty on Tuesday, on an amended two-count charge of attempted sexual assault by…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is prosecuting Mrs. Joy Ndubuisi Chineme of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment and Mr. Godwin Tabo Sakat of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. According to a statement sent to Africa Health Report (AHR) by the spokesperson of the Commission Demola Bakare,…

Operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,   have arrested five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue over alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety Four Million, Three Hundred and Thirty Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy Six Naira, Fifty Three Kobo) belonging…