BREAKING: Supreme Court Quashes National Lottery Act

The National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly has been quashed by the Supreme Court, following a suit filed in 2008 by Lagos and some other states. The Apex Court in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris on the matter, consisting of seven members on Friday held that the National Assembly lacked the powers to legislate on issues relating to lottery and games of chance. The court ordered that the National...

Armed Drug Traffickers to Serve Life in Revised NDLEA Act

…Passes RMAFC Reform Bill for Revenue Efficiency The National Assembly has amended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Act, prescribing life imprisonment for individuals involved in drug offences and trafficking. This decision was reached after the Senate and the House of Representatives adopted the harmonised report on the amendment of the NDLEA Act. Presenting the report, Senator Tahir Monguno, Chairman of the Senate Conference Committee, explained that the amendment introduces stricter penalties to combat...

Acting Army Chief Vows Unrelenting Assault on Terrorists, Bandits

The Acting Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has issued a stern warning to terrorists and criminals operating across the country, stating that the military is prepared to take decisive action against them. “Nobody has a monopoly of violence besides those of us in uniform,” Oluyede declared during the handover ceremony at the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps in Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna, on Wednesday. “For the criminals out there, they should be ready...

NSCDC Arrests I4 Suspected Herders In Adamawa

They violated the Executive Order banning transhumance movement across the state The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Adamawa State Command, arrested fourteen suspected herders for violating the Executive Order banning transhumance movement across Adamawa state until 1 January 2026. DSC Nyako Amidu Baba, the Command’s spokesman, briefed Journalists at the NSCDC headquarters in Yola and said the operation was carried out in collaboration with some sister security agencies in the state. He said...

5 Soldiers, 30 Terrorists Dead In Borno As Troops Clash With Terrorists

The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that five soldiers were killed, ten wounded, and four declared missing during a surprise attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists targeting troops engaged in stabilization operations in Gubio Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations, in a statement, however, said the troops eliminated several terrorists and recovered weapons, adding that a reinforcement team, supported by an air component, was dispatched to...

Unknown gunmen have launched simultaneous attacks on two communities in Anambra State on Monday morning, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Between 8am and 10am, gunmen stormed Abatete town, targeting security personnel attached to the town’s President-General (PG). Three security men were shot and killed in the hail of bullets. The PG, whose identity has not been disclosed, was critically injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. “We are praying for his recovery,” said...

Police Parade Suspects in Murder of OMMATA Chairman, Reveals Gang’s Hideout

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested and paraded two out of a seven-man criminal gang, who murdered in cold blood Chief Stephen Aniagu the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association (OMMATA) on the 14th of September, 2024. Briefing newsmen at the Police headquarters in Enugu on Friday, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the Police Public Relations Officer said the arrest of the two suspects on the 8th and 9th of November 2024 was successful due to concerted...

Tinubu Regime Vows to Stop Lukarawa Terrorists from Kebbi, Sokoto States

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has pledged a determined response against the newly emerged Lukarawa terrorist group in Nigeria’s northwestern region. Speaking at the 2024 Comptroller-General of Customs Conference in Abuja, Ribadu underscored the commitment of the Tinubu administration to eliminate threats posed by the group, which recently established itself along the fringes of Kebbi and Sokoto states. Ribadu revealed that Lukarawa terrorists, who reportedly crossed into Nigeria through Niger’s borders following...

Court Arraigns Three Abia State Govt Workers For Alleged Pension Fraud

Three civil servants with Abia State Government were arraigned before the Federal High Court Umuahia for alleged stealing of pension funds in the state. The suspects were arraigned on six-count charge through a charge sheet dated October 11, 2024, was signed by C. N. Iheji, Senior State Counsel for the Attorney General of Abia State and marked FHC/UM/CR/199/24 between Abia State government and Onyekachi Success Nwabueze, Miriam Azubuike, Victor Chisom Samuel and others. The case...

EFCC Probes Nationals Of Niger Republic For Abusing Naira

Following a viral video of abuse of naira during a wedding in Abuja, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited nationals of Niger Republic, Ibrahim Mohammad and his family members for hatching the spraying of naira, and other currencies at a wedding in Abuja. In a statement issued by the spokesman of the agency, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC said it had gotten to the root of the matter and found out that it...

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