Report: Soldiers foil female suicide attack on army base

Nigerian soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber outside a military base in the northeast on Sunday, detonating explosives concealed in her handbag, a civilian vigilante and a military source told AFP.

‘I used corpses as my pillows’

Fasehun

Dr. Frederick Fasehun is the founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). Fasehun recently clocked 80. In this interview with JULIANA FRANCIS, the human rights activist and hotelier reminisces about his struggles with the military. While revealing how he uses dead bodies as pillows, Fasehun further speaks on myriad of issues. He also takes a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Excerpts;

No regret in kidnapping Falae-Suspected kidnapper

One of the suspected kidnappers of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, said he used his proceeds from the ransom collected to pay debts. 

Crackdown on drug barons nets N2.2bn cocaine, hemp

• N2.2bn cocaine, hemp seized in joint operation

• 50 arrested, 200 others under watch

• NDLEA nabs China-bound traveller with 108 ATM cards, targets cross-border dollar smugglers

   

  
  An international crackdown on Nigerian and South African drug barons has led to the interception of cocaine, hemp and heroin worth over €10 million (over N2.2 billion).
  

Lagos bank robbery: Police strategize, Mba moved

Determined to forestall further robbery attacks in Lagos State, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase has embarked on strategizing the command, leading to the movement of senior police officers in Lagos.

Internet Fraudsters Bag Two Years Jail Term for $12,000 Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 13, 2015 secured the conviction of Igho Agbana and Akarah Eloho Anthony,before Justice Shittu Abubakar of the Federal High Court Warri, Delta State.

Professort held over N56m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 arraigned Professor Brimmy Asekhruagbon Uzimeghan Olaghere, before Justice U.P Kekemeke of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo, on a 2-count charge, bordering on obtaining goods and cars by

false pretence.