The Nigerian Army is set to commence the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference 2024, at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess 1, Asokoro, Abuja, from Monday, 15 December to Thursday, 19 December 2024. The conference, which will be chaired by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede presents a veritable platform…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigations of a suspected oil thief, two trucks and a barge handed over to the Commission by the Nigerian Navy, NNS Delta on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. A statement by EFCC Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale on Wednesday indicated that the Commission would…
Operatives of Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty-three (23) suspected internet fraudsters. The internet fraudsters were arrested at Akobo area of Ibadan in Oyo State following credible intelligence linking them with suspected involvement in fraudulent internet activities. Items recovered from them include eight exotic cars, laptops, phones…
Two persons have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in a two-hundred housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. Unconfirmed report said that the explosion happened around 1pm on Wednesday about the time the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum; and his Yobe counterpart, Mai Mala Buni, were commissioning housing estates in…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has temporarily closed down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, saying in a statement that it was a necessary action following an Allied Air Cargo aircraft which suffered a tyre burst causing it to skid the Runway 22 on Wednesday. The plane with registration number 5N-JRT had…
The magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital has refused Dele Farotimi, bail. Farotimi was arraigned in court for alleged defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola. In his ruling, at the resumed sitting on Tuesday, the presiding magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, adjourned the application of bail to…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, saying it was filed prematurely. Justice Maryann Anenih, while delivering the ruling said, having been filed when the 1st defendant was neither in custody nor before the court, this instant application…
Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by a federal high court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, in a defamation case filed by Aare Afe Babalola. The 2023 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X (Twitter) handle on Monday. Sowore stated that Farotimi was granted N50 million bail…
Deputy Superintendent of Customs (Pilot) Olanike Nafisat Balogun has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), charting a path of resilience and breaking barriers in aviation. Born in Kaduna and a native of Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Osun State, Balogun’s journey began in 2002 when she was recruited as…
Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo was appointed prime minister of Burkina Faso on Saturday. Ouedraogo succeeds Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who was dismissed Friday by President Capt. Ibrahim Traore in a presidential decree. Matias Traore, general secretary of the government and Cabinet, who delivered the decree, said, “He will be responsible, in the days to…
