Crime

In continuation of measures to address the food inflation and cost of living crisis, the Federal Government Tuesday said it had so far intercepted 141 trucks attempting to smuggle grains and other staples to Niger Republic, Chad, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, …

The President assured the Qatari investors that reforms are ongoing to remove all the past encumbrances around the Nigerian business environment.   President Bola Tinubu has urged Qatari investors not to offer a bribe to any Nigerian government officials, as he restated his administration’s determination to fight corruption to the …

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have looted a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, NEMA, over the current economic hardship across the country. It was gathered that the warehouse, located in Karimo, Phase 3 region of the FCT, Abuja, was raided on Sunday …

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years after testing positive for doping, according to reports by Italian media.   Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years after testing positive for doping, according to reports by Italian media. Italy’s National Anti-Doping …

Hoodlums have attacked a BUA truck loaded with cartons of spaghetti at the Dogarawa axis of the Zaria-Kano expressway.     The incident, which occurred around 3:15 pm, saw the culprits making off with the entire cargo of spaghetti. According to an eyewitness, the driver had parked the truck by …

A Nigerian businessman identified as Morris Monye, has revealed that a driver allegedly absconded with his company’s vehicle while transporting rice.   Morris shared the story on Twitter and disclosed that Benue state police recently arrested the worker even though the incident of theft happened a while back. He said …

British authorities on Friday said they had found more than 12,500 pounds of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas, shattering the record for the biggest single seizure of hard drugs in the country. The National Crime Agency said 5.7 tons of cocaine were found in a container of bananas …

Ex-FC Barcelona defender Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for sexual assault by a court in Barcelona, Spain.   The 40-year-old Brazillian footballer was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in an upscale Barcelona nightclub early on New Year’s Eve in December …

Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight suspected kidnappers of pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure-Ekiti.     The Police Commissioner, Mr Adeniran Akinwale made this known at a press briefing at the police headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, on Friday, while parading the suspects and recovered …

The Federal Government yesterday declared a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria. CBN, Odoh Ocheme, and two other persons are wanted for allegedly forging the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari to steal $6.2m cash from the apex bank.     In a letter addressed to the Assistant Inspector …