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  Bauchi State Government has decided to prosecute the 1,115 ghost workers uncovered in the verification exercise of workers in the state and local government service. Governor Bala Mohammed disclosed this on Thursday when he received the report of the ...

  The office of the Accountant General of the Federation has been accused by the Nigerian Senate of illegally withdrawing N665.8 billion from a special fund. The legislators claim that after withdrawing the money from the Development of Natural Resources ...

  Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered an internal review of the allegations made by the FBI against DCP Abba Kyari, as regards links to Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi and five gang members were arrested for allegedly ...

  The full transcript of Abba Kyari’s conversation with Hushpuppi has been revealed by US court documents.   Despite the super cop denial of involvement with the fraudster, court documents prove otherwise.   According to the document, after an earlier discussion with Kyari, ...

  Former Minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has defended DCP Abba Kyari, who was indicted in the Hushpuppi fraud case by the U.S government. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, Abba Kyari, a was one of ...

  President Buhari is participating in currently at the 2021 Global Education Summit holding in the United Kingdom. He also participated in a session where African leaders spoke on education in their different countries. President Buhari harped on the importance ...

The Imo State police command has arrested a 49 year-old herbalist, Benneth Okoli, accused of preparing charms for members of IPOB/ ESN. He was arrested after an attack on Omuma Police Station in Oru East LGA of the state by ...

There was pandemonium at the Yaba Area of Ondo town, Ondo State as armed robbers attacked a commercial bank a few meters away from the Yaba Police Division The Punch gathered that the bandits stormed the bank about 3 pm ...

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have invaded Nasarawa State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning in Lafia, and catered away the sum of N100 million. Daily Post gathered that the incident occured on Thursday afternoon when the gunmen invaded ...

A warrant of arrest has been issued for Nigeria’s police commissioner Abba Kyari, Peoples Gazette can report based on court documents. Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of ...

Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has denied receiving a bribe from a Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The United States Department of Justice had said ongoing investigations showed that Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest ...

The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Olagoke Onidundu, who claimed to be the Baale of Onidundu area in Akinyele LGA of Oyo state, over an alleged land fraud. Onidundu was brought ...

The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement said it has dedicated its Monthly Revival Prayer for July to pray for the stability and development of Nigeria. A statement signed on Wednesday by its Public Relations Officer, Pastor Louis Chidi, said that ...

Olumide Bankole Morakinyo, 38, a Canada-based Nigerian has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for defrauding the Texas Employees Retirement System. He will also pay $975,863 in restitution to multiple victims for conspiracy to commit ...

The United States Department of Justice has narrated how Hushpuppi, a fraudster from Nigeria, bribed Nigeria’s celebrated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The statement from the office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office said a federal grand jury indictment unsealed ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued ultimatum to the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu on or before August 8, 2021 or it will lockdown the entire Southeast. IPOB, in a statement issued by its Head ...

Here are photos of the five prospective corps members who lost their lives in a car accident on the Abaji-Kwali highway in Abuja. The Director of Press and Public Relations at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Adenike Adeyemi, confirmed ...

The giant animal was spotted in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area, yesterday, Wednesday, July 28.     The elephant looked like it came out of the forest briefly before going back into the thick forest.     One Godwin ...

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has said his principal prefers being treated abroad because he can afford it. President Muhammadu Buhari is currently abroad for medical check-up and there have been reactions to ...

A Turkish-born American linked to a messaging app used by organisers of a failed coup in 2016 has arrived in Istanbul and turned himself in to the police, state media reported Wednesday. David Keynes, also known in Turkey as Alpaslan ...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Jamiu Malomo for the murder of a 28-year-old lady Azeezat Akande. In a press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was lodged at Adatan ...

The All Progressive Chairmanship Congress (APC) Chairmanship candidate for Kachia local government area of Kaduna state, Alamkah Dominic Usman (Cashman) has been killed by unknown gunmen in Benue state. The party’s chairman in Kachia local government, Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani Sulaiman, ...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said a grid system outage this afternoon cut off power supply in Abuja and its environs. According to a statement by the General Manager, Corporate Communications at AEDC, Oyebode Fadipe, the incident occurred ...

  Bauchi State Government has begun the headcount of commercial sex workers, according to Alhaji Aminu Balarabe, Permanent Commissioner, Bauchi State Hisbah Command. Balarabe stated this at the inauguration of the enumeration exercise on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said the ...

The Sokoto State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested Bello Galadima, a suspected bandit. According to Hamza Illela, spokesperson of the corps in the state, Galadima was arrested where he had gone to buy ...