Category: Metro

Seized $43million: Names of occupants of Osborne towers revealed
A full list of occupants of Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos where operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered over $43 [...]

Dino’s assassination attempt: Police arrest seven
The Kogi State Police Command on Monday said seven persons have been arrested in connection with the assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye at h [...]

New names for HIV/AIDS, prostitutes
A team of Nigerian linguists and medical experts have adopted new names for HIV, AIDS and prostitutes in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba in order to reduce the [...]

Wike, NIA tussle over ownership of N13bn seized by EFCC
The controversy surrounding the ownership of the N13bn ($43.4m, N23m and £27,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Osborne [...]

Three NNPC chiefs fired over missing N11bn petrol
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday sacked three of its senior officials and deployed four others in vacant positions. Although th [...]

NIA debunks reports linking it to seized $50m cash by EFCC
The National Intelligence Agency of Nigeria (NIA) has vehemently denied a report that its officials were laying claims to the cash hoard of $50 millio [...]

Obasanjo and Adebutu’s wedding to hold as planned
The families of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and businessman, Chief Kessington Adebutu, have said that the wedding of their children, Olujonwo [...]

Fire razes FAAN headquarters, affects sensitive departments
A fire broke out at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters on Tuesday morning, affecting some of its most important departments [...]

Suspect flees as whistle-blower exposes N4bn in secret accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has stumbled on two bank accounts containing a joint sum of N2bn suspected to be the proceeds of [...]

Kemi Olunloyo granted N1 million naira bail
Detained Kemi Olunloyo, has finally been granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The controversial jou [...]