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Court to rule on EFCC's forfeiture request against jailed ex-minister Mamman's assets

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fixed 2 July for ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of five a... Read More


ICPC arraigns El-Rufai, ex-aide, five firms over alleged N8.68 billion Kaduna CCTV contract fraud

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, his former Senior Special Advise... Read More


32 killed, 700 injured in Venezuela twin earthquakes

Nigeria, June 25 -- Two seismic earthquakes have struck Venezuela, killing at least 32 people and injuring about 700 others, the BBC is reporting. The first quake struck Caracas, the capital of Venez... Read More


FG announces discovery of platinum, lithium, rare earth deposits in Kaduna

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Federal Government has announced the discovery of what it described as a world-class polymetallic mineral province in Kaduna State containing deposits of platinum group metals,... Read More


Nigeria among top nine world's gas-flaring countries in 2025 - World Bank

Nigeria, June 25 -- It was a sunny Wednesday in early June. Yet the persistent buzzing from the Heirs Energies gas plant in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State and the intense heat radiating ... Read More


LPPC releases short list of 89 candidates for 2026 SAN conferment (FULL LIST)

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released the names of candidates shortlisted for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for 2026. ... Read More


Man arrested with toy gun claims he works for Akwa Ibom commissioner

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Nigeria Police Force in Akwa Ibom says it is investigating a man found in possession of a toy AK-47 rifle after he allegedly claimed to be a vigilante operative attached to the... Read More


EFCC charges Miyetti Allah leader with money laundering over $2.53m received from Bauchi govt

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore leader, Bello Bodejo, with money laundering involving funds he allegedly received from the... Read More


Court dismisses 83-year-old's suit against police intervention in musician Jigida Queen's family property dispute

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by an 83-year-old woman, Laura Okoh, seeking to stop the police from investigating all... Read More


Minister's son challenges alleged paternity denial, demands DNA test

Nigeria, June 25 -- Marshall Ekperikpe Ekpo, who recently emerged as the House of Representatives candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency in ... Read More