Over ₦142bn Recovered as Police Fight to Remove Nigeria from FATF Grey List

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has intensified its efforts to remove the country from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, which designates Nigeria as a high-risk jurisdiction for money laundering and terrorism financing. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the police have taken proactive steps by establishing specialised units such as the Special Anti-Fraud Unit (SFU), the National Cybercrime Centre, and the newly launched...

Ogun Government Rejects Sharia Court, Warns Against Illegal Establishment

The Ogun State Government has warned against any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state, stating that only courts recognised by the Nigerian Constitution and state laws are legally permitted to operate. Governor Dapo Abiodun, in a personally signed statement, made it clear that no individual or group has the authority to constitute a Sharia Court in Ogun State. The statement was in response to a digital notice announcing the launch of a...

NLC to Protest Nationwide Against Planned 50% Hike in Telecom Tariffs

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a nationwide protest scheduled for Tuesday, 4 February 2025, to resist the proposed 50 per cent increase in telecommunication tariffs. In a communiqué issued at the end of its National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting held in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, stated that the mass rally would take place in all 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory. “To express our collective opposition to this...

Suspicious Husband Severs Wife’s Wrist over Alleged Infidelity

In Ibagwa-Agu Farm Settlement in Nsukka Local Government Area, a 33years old man severed the left wrist of his wife, Chinonso Echege over alleged infidelity. The suspect, Mr. Sunday Echege upon interrogation when arrested by the Enugu State Police Command operatives of the Okpuje Division confessed that he acted out of suspicion that his wife is having an extramarital affair. Eyewitness accounts that the couple were engaged in a heated argument when the husband suddenly...

Trump Freezes Foreign Aid for HIV, Malaria Treatment to Nigeria, Other Countries

The Trump administration has moved to halt the supply of essential medications for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis in countries supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a move that has sparked widespread concern over its impact on millions of vulnerable patients worldwide. Memos reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday revealed that USAID contractors and partners had been instructed to immediately cease operations related to the supply of these medicines and other critical medical...

Gov. Mbah Calls for Enforcement of Anti-Spill Locks on Fuel Tankers

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar on Tuesday commended the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah for his intervention in medical care for surviving victims of the fuel tanker explosion at Ugwu Onyeama along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The Director-General NEMA stated this when her team visited the state Governor at the Government House to flag off the Agency’s distribution of emergency intervention items to the fire victims and their...

Max Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

A Max Air flight with registration number 5N-MBD, B733, carrying 53 passengers and six crew members crash-landed at around 10:19 p.m. at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) following a burst front tire. The aircraft was arriving from Lagos when the incident occurred. Max Air’s Kano Station Manager, Malam Bello Ramalan who confirmed the incident said everyone onboard was safely evacuated. “The airline is collaborating with the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Aircraft and...

Court Strikes Out Defamation Suit Filed Against Dele Farotimi

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti presided over by Justice Babs Kuewumi has struck out the criminal defamation suit instituted against a lawyer and  human rights activist, Dele Farotimi by the Nigeria Police Force. This followed a notice of discontinuance and withdrawal filed by prosecuting counsel, Mr. Samson Osobu on Wednesday. It will be recalled that the police dragged Farotimi to court in 2024 after legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), accused the rights...

5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum meeting holding in Maiduguri, Borno state that would discuss the multi-faceted challenges facing Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger had so far received 800 delegates. Baba Malam-Wali, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the forum, who is also the Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), disclosed this at a pre-forum joint press briefing in Maiduguri. He said challenges of security; climate resilience, food security, socioeconomic recovery,...

Syndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

A syndicate supplying motorcycles to Boko Haram terrorists in Niger and Kaduna states has been arrested by the Police. Terrorists in Northern Nigeria mostly use motorcycles as operational vehicles for kidnapping, attacks, and on communities committing other heinous crimes. Benneth Igweh, Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said the three suspects were arrested in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State acting on credible intelligence...

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