Nigerian executed in Singapore

Chijioke Obioha, a 38-year-old Nigerian, has been executed in Singapore after being found guilty of drug trafficking, the local media reported on Friday. Mr. Obioha was hanged in Changi Prison early Friday morning alongside a Malaysian national who was convicted on separate drugs offenses, the Straits Times reported, quoting a.....

Police Crack down on cultists in Owerri

… 39 suspects paraded Imo State Police Command Monday made breakthrough in its fight against cultism arresting 39 suspected cultists. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, while parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters,Owerri disclosed that the suspects were arrested at different points in the state during their initiation.....

Indonesia executes three Nigerian drug convicts

Indonesia on Friday executed one local and three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad, an official said. They were put to death shortly after midnight, Noor Rachmad, deputy attorney general for general crimes, told reporters. He did not say why 10 other drug convicts, who had been expected to face.....

Saraki accepts his House was burgled; N12 Million carted away by Armed robbers

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has reacted over the publication by an Online Media, Sahara Reporters, alleging that the equivalent of N300 Million Cash in different international Currencies were carted away by his aides. Making the Clarifications through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in his,.....

Kidnappers on rampage in Imo

A gory picture of the ac­tivities of kidnappers in Imo State was on Tues­day painted by the State Com­missioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu. Between September 2, 2015 and yesterday, the kidnappers have shot a police inspector, abducted a commissioner and killed a 63-year-old woman. These ugly incidents have forced.....

IG fires 50 ‘corrupt’ police officers

Solomon Arase, inspector general of police, says the police under his leadership have dismissed 50 officers for alleged corrupt practices and misconduct. Speaking at the end of year commissioners of police conference on Thursday in Abuja, Arase said these measures taken are part of the strategic policing plan contained in.....

$17.8 bn illegally taken out of Nigeria in 9 years – Report

Over $7.8 trillion was siphoned from the world’s developing and emerging economies between 2004 and 2013, and over $17.8 billion (about N3.4 trillion) of that amount, was from Nigeria, a new report on global illicit financial flows has said. Nigeria is among the world’s top 20 countries with the biggest.....

MASSOB expels Uwazuruike, picks new leadership

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Monday inaugurated a new leadership for the Movement, after the national officers including the zonal and regional administrators of the group formerly announced the expulsion of Chief Ralph Uwazuruike as MASSOB national leader. The new leadership was headed.....

Youths lynch suspected robber in Imo

One of the four- man armed robbery gang that had been terrorizing Ihiagwa in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State has been lynched by angry youths. The deceased, who was identified as Mr. John Nkwocha, was beaten mercilessly into a coma by youths in the community but was later.....

Student arrested with 108 ATM cards at Lagos airport

National Drug Law En­forcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said it arrested a 34-year-old man, Udeh Onuora Pas­cal suspected to be working for an international criminal organization for being in pos­session of 108 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit cards. The arrest took place at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.....

Anger as Police Tear gas IMSUTH Students Protest in Owerri

Posted by Admin The residents of Owerri scampered for safety , thursday, as combine team of Security personnel could not stop the protesting students of the Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH) Orlu from blocking the Whetheral by Okigwe road junction leading to Imo State Government House,Owerri but resorted to.....

Imo born Civil Servant in N50 Million Job Scam

Palpable tension may have hit the Staff of the Office of Head of Service of the Federation,Friday, following the discovery of a job syndicate alleged to have fleeced unsuspecting job seekers of N50 Million by the nation’s anti-corruption agency. The suspect, Mrs Grace Nwauzor, who hails from Aboh Mbaise Local.....