Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has cautioned traditional rulers in the state against allocating land to herdsmen within forest areas, warning that anyone found culpable will face sanctions. The governor issued the warning while flagging off the 2025/2026 dry farming season at the state-owned rice farm in Otuasega community, Ogbia Local Government Area. He…
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Ndubisi John Iheukwumere for alleged property fraud. Iheukwumere, 64, is alleged to have collaborated with one Mrs Salt Adaeze Udoka who is currently at large to obtain the sum of N165 million under the pretence of selling a…
Tukur Buratai, former chief of army staff, has criticised Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), over a face-off with military personnel over a disputed plot of land. On Tuesday, videos surfaced online showing Wike in a heated argument with military personnel at a site in Abuja, the nation’s capital. In a statement,…
Police operatives have reportedly killed the son of Abubakar Yaqub, Chief Imam of the Kuchibuyi community in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Attahiru Abubakar was allegedly shot dead by police officers during a land dispute in the area on Saturday. PUNCH Metro gathered that Attahiru died instantly after being hit by…
A widow, Ngozi Okonkwo Ike and her daughter Ebere Okonkwo Ike, from Amechi Idodo in Nkanu East L.G.A of Enugu State, has accused actress Patience Ozokwo of land grabbing. In interviews, with several videos going viral, the widow accused the actress of grabbing the only land her late husband left for her and two daughters….
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has launched a preliminary review into a misconduct petition filed against Justice B.T. Ebuta of the Cross River State High Court. NJC Chairman and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat M.O. Kekere-Ekun, confirmed that the matter was receiving due attention in an acknowledgement letter dated April 10, 2025 (Ref. No….
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State on a five-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N12m Count three of…
