Two serving police officers attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at the Niger State Police Command Headquarters, Dutsen Kura, Minna, have been accused of defrauding three young Nigerians of over ₦700,000 under the guise of securing…
The explosion of a petrol-laden tanker in Lagos state has reportedly injured several residents. The incident occurred on Thursday morning along the Abeokuta expressway According to witnesses, the residual product was seen burning inside drainages in the area. Residents were…
By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin —Nine victims abducted by terrorists in Adanla community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, are still being held in captivity after payment of N40 milliom ransom by the community. A relation of some of the…
More than 200 artefacts looted from Nigeria by the British military in the 19th century are set to be returned. The Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) confirmed this in a statement issued last Sunday. The institution has…
United States lawmakers have introduced a new legislation aimed at increasing accountability for human rights abuses in Nigeria, including potential sanctions against Fulani militias and former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. According to the lawmakers, the proposed legislation seeks to…
By Muideen Olaniyi, Itodo Daniel Sule, Baba Martins (Abuja) & Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin) The decision of the Senate on the amended Clause 60(3) permitting both electronic and manual transmission of results has raised fresh questions. SPONSOR AD The Senate…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says mixed electronic and manual transmission of election results will be resolve challenges in election process. Atiku said that such combinations would amount to a potentially threat to the country’s electoral system. He said…
Vice President (Oil & Gas) of Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar V. G. Edwin, has been honoured with the prestigious Person of the Year award at the 9th Annual Award and Lecture of the Daily Asset Newspapers, in recognition of his…
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye, is accused of operating more than 100 bank accounts linked to a single Bank Verification Number (BVN) and granting himself “unlimited spending powers”…
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, ruling that the Nigerian Senate acted within its constitutional and procedural powers. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgment delivered on Monday by a…