A British health officer who stole £80,000 to send to her online boyfriend in Nigeria has been handed a two-year jail sentence. Hyacinth Blair, 63, worked as an administrator for South London and Maudsley NHS trust. Between June 2021 and January 2023, she withdrew £80,000 from the trust’s accounts. Blair sent the money to a […]
HOSTELS at Rivers State University (RSU) have become sources of fear and distress, with a series of unsettling incidents plaguing Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Students of the affected hostels, A and C, lamented that they were facing a series of robberies and attacks. In Hostel A, a recurring problem of theft has reached […]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, said its investigations have revealed that many abandoned estates in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, are owned by civil servants. Noting that some of the estates have been abandoned for over 10 years, the anti-graft agency, through its Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, said it has […]
Lawyer drags EFCC to AGF over “double jeopardy” arrest AN Abuja-based lawyer, Khadijah Bayern, has petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over what she described as “double jeopardy” and intimidation following the re-arrest of her clients by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the same matter already being handled by the […]
ALICK Kapikanya, who once tried to broker a deal to takeover Notts County and become a majority shareholder in Grimsby Town, has been sent back to his native Zambia after a 25-year battle against deportation. Kapikanya was jailed in 2014 for six years for heading up a group which targeted elderly homeowners in Manchester and […]
THE Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, SAN, has warned that any titled holder in Asaba found to be involved in drug abuse will be stripped of their title. The pronouncement was made during a courtesy visit by the State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Halilu Hamidu, in Asaba. He said […]
NINE people, including a police officer, have reportedly been killed in a series of coordinated attacks by suspected armed herders on communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The attacks, which began last Friday and stretched through Tuesday, hit several villages, including Okwutanobe, Okpokpolo, Olegagbani, and Ikpele. Local sources say the assailants often […]
A female drug trafficker, Rita Idehen, and six others have been jailed ninety-three years by the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, sentenced for various drug-related crimes in the month of July 2025. Six of the rulings were delivered by Hon. Justice Prof. Chuka A. Obiozor, while one was passed by Hon. […]
By MUHAMMAD NASIR BASHIR THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, has confirmed the killing of its officer by suspected hoodlums at Shuwarin weekly market in Shuwarin District of Kiyawa Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident to newsmen in Dutse on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Mr. Badaruddin Tijjani, said […]
By TAIYE AGBAJE THE Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted 21 foreign hackers and ordered each of them to pay the sum of ₦1 million each. Justice Ekerete Akpan’s ruling followed the convicts’ plea bargain deal with the Nigerian Police Force, the prosecuting agency. The 21 foreigners were part of the 109 defendants currently […]