The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and detain six individuals behind Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over an alleged investment fraud estimated at more than $1 billion. Justice Emeka Nwite made the ruling on Thursday after the EFCC’s counsel, Fadila Yusuf, presented an ex-parte motion, asking for permission to arrest and hold the suspects while investigations continue. “I have listened to the submission of the...

…As Hoodlums Kill A Youth Mobiliser Nineteen persons have been abducted along the Makurdi – Naka Road, less than three kilometers to Naka, the headquarters of Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The incident which took place between 10am and 11am in the morning of Thursday, involving two vehicles has left residents of Naka town stunned. The 19 persons were abducted while they were traveling in two separate commercial vehicles, each heading in...

…Backs Down on Dreadlocks Ban, Says Fight is Against Cultists, Not Fashion The Governor of Niger State, Umaru Bago, has declared an all-out war on thugs and those allegedly sheltering or supporting them across the state, particularly in the capital, Minna, which has in recent months witnessed an alarming rise in violence and killings linked to street gangs. The Governor made this known on Tuesday at a high-level security meeting held at the Government House...

The Kano Hisbah Board has pulled down the popular ‘healing water’ site located in Hotoron Arewa, within the Kano metropolis. The site, believed by many to possess spiritual healing powers, had drawn huge crowds over the past few weeks. People travelled from across Kano and even from neighbouring states, hoping to receive divine healing from the water. But the Hisbah Board says the whole thing was a scam. The Director General of the board, Abba...

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have invaded the Swali community in the heart of Yenagoa, the state capital, and killed four persons. Though two cult groups, the Greenlanders and Bobos, have been fighting for supremacy in the community, it was not certain if the attack resulted from the cult clash. The member representing Yenagoa Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Chief Ayibanegiyefa Egba, has condemned the brutal attack on the Swali Community....

Residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Monday took to the streets in protest against the incessant killings and kidnappings by suspected gunmen in the state. The peaceful protest, which was led by Christian leaders under the umbrella of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was in response to recent violent attacks that have claimed over 100 lives in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas in the past two weeks. The protesters, including clergymen...