Alleged Money Laundering: EFCC Declares Atiku’s Son-in-Law Wanted

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAlleged Money Laundering: EFCC Declares Atiku’s Son-in-Law Wanted

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a businessman, Abdullahi Bashir Haske, and the son-in-law of former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, wanted over an alleged case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Thursday, the EFCC urged members of the public with helpful information about Haske’s whereabouts to report to the nearest police station or any of the commission’s offices nationwide....

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Adamawa State Gov’t Reunites 14 Rescued Children With Their Parents

NewsNigeriaAdamawa State Gov’t Reunites 14 Rescued Children With Their Parents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

The Adamawa state government has reunited 14 rescued children trafficked from the state to Anambra state with their parents. Performing the ceremony in her office on Tuesday, Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta Farauta noted with sadness that the state is on the map of an unfortunate monster of child trafficking ravaging the nation. According to her, in July 2025, the government received an intelligence report of missing children, most of them minors,...

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Randy Bizman Dragged To Court For Impregnating Married Woman In Adamawa

NewsNigeriaRandy Bizman Dragged To Court For Impregnating Married Woman In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

A randy Yola-based Businessman, the Adamawa State capital, Mamuda Duma, who was allegedly impregnated a married woman, has been dragged to court by the husband of the woman. The defendant resides at Wuro-Jabbe, Yola South LGA, was accused of having an extramarital affair with a married woman who lives in Yola town of Yola South LGA. The complainant, Ahmadu Lawal of Yola town in Yola South LGA, who dragged the defendant to court, alleged that...

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Gov Alia Suspends Chairman Otukpo LG, SUBEB boss, ES Lottery Commission

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Alia Suspends Chairman Otukpo LG, SUBEB boss, ES Lottery Commission

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

The Executive Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, Mr. Maxwell Ogiri, Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mrs. Grace Adagba and the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Lottery Commission, Mr. Michael Uper. The suspension was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Tersoo Kula, following approval by Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia. Alia has upheld the resolutions of the...

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Electoral offense: Police In Kano Arraigned 333 Political Thugs In Courts

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaElectoral offense: Police In Kano Arraigned 333 Political Thugs In Courts

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 20, 2025

The Kano State Police Command has arraigned 333 suspected political thugs arrested in various parts of the state during last Saturday’s by-election for various electoral offences. The suspects were arraigned before Magistrate Courts in Nomansland and Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano, for prosecution. Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, who disclosed this while briefing journalists on the security operations in Bagwai/Shanono and Ghari/Tsanyawa constituencies, said the suspects were charged with disorderly conduct, possession of offensive weapons, intimidation, snatching...

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Boat Mishap: 26 Rescued, 25 Still Missing In Sokoto

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBoat Mishap: 26 Rescued, 25 Still Missing In Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2025

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 26 passengers were rescued and 25 are still unaccounted for from Sunday’s tragic boat accident in Sokoto. Mr. Aliyu Shehu, Head of NEMA’s Sokoto Operations Office, disclosed that the ill-fated boat was carrying 51 passengers along with goods and motorcycles when it capsized. “The rescue operation is ongoing. We have also alerted neighbouring communities to assist in the search for more victims,” Shehu said. Anxious families were seen...

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Rescued Teenage trafficking Victim Undergo Surgeries At Yola Specialist Hospital

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRescued Teenage trafficking Victim Undergo Surgeries At Yola Specialist Hospital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2025

One of the 13 children rescued by the Adamawa State government in collaboration with security agencies from a trafficking syndicate in Anambra state is currently receiving treatment at the Yola Specialist Hospital. A six-year-old Mohammed Mohammed had undergone surgeries on his two thighs to remove abscesses formed as a result of the beating from the traffickers. Recall that the children, aged between 5 and 9, were abducted from different parts of Adamawa and sold to...

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Abia State Government To Prosecute Peddlers of Fake News

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAbia State Government To Prosecute Peddlers of Fake News

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2025

The Abia State government said it will prosecute individuals who are spreading falsehoods about the State, as it has vowed to crack down on them. Okey Kanu, the state Commissioner for Information, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. The Commissioner vowed that those behind the trending style of falsehood being disseminated against the Abia State government will no longer...

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Tinubu Reduces N70,000 As Subsidy For Kidney Dialysis In Federal Hospitals

HealthNewsNigeriaTinubu Reduces N70,000 As Subsidy For Kidney Dialysis In Federal Hospitals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2025

As part of his magnanimity, President Bola Tinubu has approved a reduction in the cost of dialysis sessions from N50,000 to N12,000 for Nigerians battling kidney disease who are receiving medical attention in Federal Hospitals. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, who made this known in a post on X titled “ASIWAJU CARES.” Bwala said with the new dialysis subsidy, the Tinubu administration is reinforcing its Renewed Hope Agenda, ensuring no...

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Bye-Elections: ADC Alleges Widespread Violence, Vote Buying

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBye-Elections: ADC Alleges Widespread Violence, Vote Buying

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 18, 2025

The African Democratic Congress has alleged that the conduct of Saturday’s bye-elections across 13 states and 16 constituencies was marred by violence, vote buying, and manipulation. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi in a statement said the polls were a reflection of how badly Nigeria’s electoral process had deteriorated under the current administration. According to the ADC, the elections was a sad commentary on the state of democracy in the country,...

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