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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited a contractor with the Ekiti State Government, Samchese Nigeria Limited, for allegedly giving kickbacks to Governor Ayodele Fayose. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the firm, the EFCC asked him to appear before it on Thursday (today). The commission is investigating the company for alleged […]

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a landlord, Gbade Metibemu, for allegedly stabbing his tenant of four months, Bright Abraham, to death on Apollo Street in the Makoko area of the state.  PUNCH Metro learnt that Metibemu attacked the 35-year-old Abia State indigene with a knife for refusing to vacate his plank apartment after […]

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by […]

There was confusion on Agbe Road in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State on Wednesday after a suspected kidnapper snatched a girl from her mother and attempted to escape with her on a motorcycle. Our correspondent learnt that the mother of the two-year-old, while raising the alarm that her daughter was abducted by the […]

No fewer than two landlords have been abducted and three women reportedly raped in a renewed onslaught by some gunmen on residents of Ibafo, Ogun State. It was gathered that suspected militants attacked Gideon village, Oke Cele and Asiwaju communities in Ibafo, unleashing mayhem on residents and carting away property. Our correspondent was told that the militants […]

The Ministry of Finance on Sunday said the list of those suspected to be involved in the manipulation of government payroll and allegedly injected ‘ghost’ workers had been sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation and prosecution. The development was confirmed by the Media Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Festus […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has quizzed Captain Ahmed Borodo, the pilot whose plane was allegedly chartered by a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, to transport N1.219bn to Governor Ayodele Fayose. The money was alleged to be part of the N4.7bn transferred from the account of the Office of the […]

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says his predecessor, Solomon Arase,  went away with 24 police vehicles while the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired alongside him, also carted away between seven and eight cars each. Idris stated that he had written Arase to return the cars, which included two official bullet-proof BMW […]

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party and the factional National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, are set on another collision course over moves by the governors to get the party’s national secretariat in Abuja reopen. The governors are backing the National Caretaker Committee of the party, led by Ahmed Makarfi. The national secretariat […]