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Emefiele: I Was Forced To Give $600,000 Bribe For Contract Payment – Witness

Ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said he was forced to pay a bribe of $600,000 before being paid for a contract he did for the apex bank. The witness who is the Managing Director of Resource Computer Limited, Victor Onyejiuwa disclosed this at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday. Being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, Onyejiuwa said his company deploys hardware and software-tailored security, network, storage and backup solutions. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are facing trial on a 26-countRead More

UniBen Undergraduate Killers Will Be Brought To Book – IG

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has said the killers of a University of Benin 100-level student, Uwaila Omozuwa, will pay for their crime. Adamu said he has deployed forensicRead More

Celebrities Demand Justice For Slain UniBen Undergraduate

Late Uwaila Omozuwa
More reactions have continued to trail the killing of Uwaila Omozuwa, an undergraduate of the University of Benin, after she was raped on May 27th, 2020 by some hoodlums inRead More

Maryam Sanda: Police Urges Court Of Appeal To Uphold Death Sentence

Maryam Sanda and late husband
The police in the Federal Capital Territory have urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to affirm the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death byRead More

UNIBEN Student Allegedly Raped, Murdered Inside Church

Late Uwaila Omozuwa
A 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Uwaila Omozuwa has lost her life, after being brutally raped and beaten inside her local church. The 22-year-old student whoRead More

N13bn Scandal: EFCC, Interpol Fail To Arrest Fugitive Ex-NIA DG, Wife, 15 Months After

Former NIA DG, Ayodele Oke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the International Police have yet to arrest a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade, declaredRead More

Six Nigerian Air Force Personnel Attached To Ex-CDS, Alex Badeh, Sent To Jail

Six Nigerian Air Force personnel who were aides to Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, have been sent to jail by a Special Court-Martial sitting in Abuja, following the gruesomeRead More

Man Stabs Brother To Death Over Soft Drink In Lagos

knife stabbing
One Chisom Eze has allegedly killed his 19-year-old brother, Henry, during a fight over a bottle of soft drink at their residence on Johnson Street, Alaba area of Lagos State.Read More

Buhari Orders Military Crackdown As Sokoto Bandits Kill 70

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, May 28th, 2020, ordered a “fierce” military crackdown on bandits in Sokoto State. The order comes as a result of attacks on Wednesday, May 27th,Read More

Imo SARS Nabs Murder Suspect Declared Wanted In 2019

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command have apprehended a murder and robbery suspect, Chukwuemeka Nnane, 31, for alleged involvement in criminal activities. The suspectRead More

Mother’s, Baby’s Headless Bodies Discovered In Ile-Ife

Osun State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo
The headless bodies of two persons suspected to belong to a mother and her baby have been discovered near a primary school in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The Osun State PoliceRead More