A call has gone out to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack and ensure the arrest and prosecution of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The call was made on Tuesday in a statement by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA). HURIWA spoke against the background of the revelations made in the…
Nigerian Army Speaks On Arrest of Veteran Actor Chiwetalu Agu Truetells Nigeria reports that the Nigerian Army has released an official statement on the arrest of veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu. According to the statement released by Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations, Agu was picked up in Anambra state for allegedly soliciting support for…
About a week after the arrest of Ray Hushpuppi, the US Department of State has confirmed his arrest in an announcement that it sanctioned six Nigerian Internet fraudsters. The alleged Internet fraudsters must have defrauded Americans to the tune of $6 million. There are indications that the statement was referring to Hushpuppi, Nigerian socialite and…
Burna Boy was enmeshed in a messy faceoff with his neighbours who called in police officers to arrest him and his father over noise in the neighbourhood. The singer’s neighbours who compared him to Jude Ighalo who lives quite close, said the footballer mantains decorum in the neighbourhood and is not noisy. They also alleged that…
Kano State’s Commissioner of Special Duties, Mr Mukhtar Ishaq has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of fraud. Ishaq was arrested on Thursday February 20 for diverting money meant for Kano Municipal Local Government while he was its chairman. He was also accused of ordering the deduction of N30,000 from the…
Embattled Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema is enmeshed in more trouble as the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia has issued a warrant of arrest against him. The U.S. Marshals Service were authorized by the warrant signed by Magistrate of the court Justin Anand, to take Mr Onyema into custody….
The State Security Service (SSS) has arrested six staff of the University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre for alleged involvement in examination malpractices. According to premiumtimes on Monday that the six staff were arrested at the instance of the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Idowu Olayinka. This followed their alleged complicity in smuggling scripts for students…
The Nigerian police have arrested 18-year-old Elikor Ehud in Ejigbo for allegedly stealing tithes and offerings belonging to a church, Chosen Vine Ministry, Furniture Avenue. Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the Lagos Command made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Mr Elkana said that one Pastor Moses Nwoke of…
