Daredevil kidnapper known as Lucifer killed in Rivers — Police

A notorious kidnapper, Ekweme Brown, popularly known as Lucifer has been shot dead by policemen in Rivers, an official said. Rivers Police Command Spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the killing in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Omoni said that Brown was

Imo – Nigeria at 59: Cheers, Knocks, regrets at Independence

  Earlier today, the President and Commander –in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation on the state of affairs. There is no doubt that the President and his team are in the know of

Nigerians sold into slavery in Burkina Faso rescued

By Bashir Bello, Katsina Indigenes of Katsina State and victims of human trafficking sold out into slavery in Burkina Faso were reportedly said to have been rescued and are expected back home in Katsina State today, Tuesday. The Katsina State government through the

Treasonable Felony: Court orders remand of Sowore, co-defendant in DSS custody

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the convener of RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore should be remanded in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, till Friday when it will hear his bail application. Trial Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu made

Ondo: Husband allegedly sets wife ablaze over N.9 million land proceed

Dayo Johnson – Akure One of the five children of a woman set ablaze by her husband in Akure, the Ondo state capital over disagreement on proceed from a land sale has narrated how their mother was roasted alive by their father. The

BREAKING NEWS: Siasia’s mother regains freedom from kidnappers’ den

  Madam Ogere Beauty Siasia, mother of former Super Eagle skipper and coach, Samson Siasia, has regained her freedom after spending over two months with her kidnappers. Reports just coming in from Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Sunday morning said that the

$9.6bn judgment: P&ID says no negotiations, UK legal battle resumes today

The Process and Industrial Development on Wednesday denied offering to negotiate with the Federal Government over a recent contentious judgment of a United Kingdom which affirmed that it is owed $9.6bn by Nigeria. This came as both Nigeria and the firm are set

EFCC: My aides are not evading arrest —Okorocha

Former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has denied reports claiming that some of his aides have gone into hiding to evade arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A media report had claimed that aides of the former governor had “disappeared from

$9.6bn Fine: UK Court Grants Nigeria leave to appeal judgment

A United Kingdom court has granted the Federal Government’s request to stay execution of the $9.6bn judgment it delivered in favour of Process and Industrial Developments in August this year. The order for stay of execution was conditional. In the ruling on Thursday, the

EFCC: Okorocha’s men evading investigation

  By Magnus Eze, Owerri Allies of the immediate past governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, have gone underground in Owerri while many of them have fled the town following renewed clampdown by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). South East