June 2020

Italian police have detained 10 Nigerians accused of running a human trafficking ring that allegedly used voodoo rituals and promises of jobs to lure migrants to Italy only to be  put to work as prostitutes. Police in Catania, Sicily, said…

Peter Ayemoba, 50, of New Golden Prime Street, Rafin-Sanyi in the Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State was recently arrested by the state police command after a complaint by his relation that he was sleeping with his two daughters…

The financial crime involvng Yahoo Yahoo Boys have been taken to the next level if the statement of the Chairman of the Economic Crime and Finacial Commission Mr Ibrahim Magu is to be taken seriously. According to the EFCC Boss who spoke…

The Dominican Republic has withdrawn the diplomatic status it accorded the former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison Madueke. The Chairman of EFCC Mr Ibrahim Mustapha Magu stated this on Friday during a chat on TVC programme…

About 39.4 million Nigerians may be left without jobs by the end of 2020 as a result of the s COVID-19 pandemic, the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo-led Economic Sustainability Committee (EAC) has projected. The claim is in the committee’s…

In recent days, confirmed numbers of infections from the South East have been on the upswing and indeed expected to go further up as the states test more. If a minimum of 1000 samples are sent by each South East State for testing everyday…

Governor Godwin Obaseki has said that he will not appeal his disqualification from participating in the governorship primaries of the APC. The governor in a statement by his media aide, Crusoe Osagie, said it was needless filing an appeal…

The All Progressives Congress has declared the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and two others ineligible to contest in the July 22 governorship primary election in Edo State. The screening committee announced the disqualification while…

At least 170 police officers in Peru have died after contracting the coronavirus while enforcing the South American nation's pandemic lockdown, the interior minister said Thursday. Almost 10,000 officers have been infected with the disease…

A Medical Doctor has been arrested for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl in Otukpo, Benue State, THISDAY is reporting. The incident, according to the newspaper, reportedly happened on Tuesday night behind Joy FM, Otukpo. It was…