4A Roman Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, connected to churches in Texas and Louisiana, is facing serious accusations of sexually assaulting women under his care. Reports say he also fathered two children from these alleged actions. During a bail hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors revealed shocking details about the case. They accused Odiong of abusing his role…
The Anambra State Police Command said on Saturday that it killed one suspect while others escaped with bullet wounds in a failed kidnap attempt by a gang suspected to be members of a secessionist group. In a statement over the weekend, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that one suspect was…
Nigerian investigative journalist and founder of Foundation for Investigative Journalism, FIJ, Fisayo Soyombo, has reacted to his detention by the Nigerian Army 6 Division over alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering. Recall that FIJ had raised that its founder was detained by the army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The army in a statement issued…
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has cried out, alleging a grand plan by the former governor, Godwin Obaseki and some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and editors of leading newspapers, to discredit his victory in the 21 September governorship election. The allegation is contained in a statement on Saturday, by his Chief…
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (a.k.a Bobrisky), alleging breach of his rights by the Commission and seeking N200million damages. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, Justice Owoeye held that Bobrisky’s…
The Nigerian Army has released investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo. One of Soyombo’s lawyers, Abimbola Ojenike, confirmed to our correspondent in a telephone interview that he was released shortly after 7 p.m. “He has just been released some minutes ago, and we are trying to find our way out of the cantonment. He is now free…
. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Gimba Ya’u, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), for allegedly diverting $65 million allocated for the construction of 962 residential units at the Goodluck Jonathan Legacy City in Kubwa, Abuja. Ya’u, alongside Bola Ogunsola, a…
An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, on Thursday, narrated how his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, was kidnapped and later murdered after ransom was paid. Dakum, while speaking in Abuja, said he was yet to recover from the shock, days after the body of his father was found and buried. He said his late father…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said notorious terrorists leaders on its wanted list, Yellow Jambros, Alhaji Mallam, Ardo Idi (Alhaji Lawal), Lawal Kwalba, Salkado, Yellow Ibrahim, Gana’e and Babangida, among others, have surrendered to troops during the week. Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said others…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has criticised the tax reform bills, saying it will drag the northern part of the country backward. The bills, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in September, have faced stiff opposition, especially from the north, with stakeholders calling for its withdrawal. Northern governors, traditional…
