World Leaks

The Nigerian Navy has decried hostility from its host Mbaikyar community of North Bank in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State over alleged compensation for land donated to them by the state government to build their base. Our correspondent reports that Governor Hyacinth Alia, in September, last year donated 150 hectares of land to […]

A Jaguar XK120 – once the world's fastest production car – has come off second-best after a crash caused by another driver on their phone.

The replacement for Kevin Walters is all but locked in - and not everyone is happy about it.

A former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, will chair the international lecture on insecurity and the fight against corruption, organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The Managing Director of NAN, Malam Ali M. Ali, disclosed this in Abuja when visited Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, […]

The leadership of the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers has dismissed some reports making around that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was nepotistic in the way it handled electronic auctioning. The association also lambasted those whom it described as “faceless auctioneers”, urging the Nigerian populace to disregard any allegations against the anti-graft agency. It […]

The Nigerian Red Cross Society yesterday said despite having over 800,000 volunteers across the country, it is overwhelmed by the magnitude of disaster and humanitarian situation in Nigeria. It called for more intervention from well-meaning individuals to support the work of the society in bringing succour to the displaced people of Nigeria. President of the […]

Police have arrested Alhaji Nafi’u Yahaya, a former accountant of the Mutum Biyu Emirate palace in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, for his alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of seven family members of the emir, Justice Sani Sulaiman, in February 2023. The victims included two of the emir’s wives and five […]

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), operating under Sector 3, intercepted a group of Boko Haram terrorists who were planning an attack along the Magumeri-Maiduguri axis in Borno State. According to a statement by MNJTF’s Chief Military Information Officer in N’Djamena, Chad, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, the troops acted on credible intelligence and executed a […]

A lion has mauled Babaji Daule, one of its handlers, to death at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at the closing time on Saturday when the zookeeper was carrying out the feeding routine of the lion in its inner enclosure. Daule,  35, hailed […]

  The police have arrested a 50-year-old man, Okojie Prince, and Aruka Uche 40, over alleged theft of two electricity transformers and 5 flex cable wires. City and Crime report  that Uche  was arrested for  reportedly receiving the stolen items from the suspects. It was gathered that the suspect stole the 300kva and 100kva transformers […]