Archive for month: September, 2024

After 28 days in detention, the Nigeria Police Force has formally charged Isaac Bristol, aka PIDOMNigeria, to court for cyber-related offences. The 41-year-old, who is said to be a prominent whistleblower on X (formerly Twitter), was arrested on August 5, 2024, by officials from the National Cybercrime Centre. The...

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Reality TV star Tacha Akide has left tongues wagging on social media after leaving a comment on rival and colleague, Mercy Eke‘s recent post. It all started after Mercy Eke took to her Instagram page to share a series of stunning photos. Tacha shockingly reacted by dropping love emojis...

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Italian football club, Napoli has reached an agreement with Galatasaray to sign Victor Osimhen on a one-year loan deal. The Nigerian international was unable to complete a transfer deal to Chelsea just before the transfer window in England closed and subsequently missed out on a move to Saudi Arabian...

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Hajiya Dada, the mother of late Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, has passed away at the age of 101. She di£d at her home in Katsina after a period of illness, the family disclosed on Monday, September 2. Recall that Umaru Musa Yar’adua served as President of Nigeria from...

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Andrew Wynne, a British national who was wanted by the Nigeria police for allegedly plotting to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu-led government, has broken his silence. Speaking on Monday, September 2, in a statement titled “Protests, not treason,” he said: “The mass protests over #EndBadGovernance and #EndHunger frightened the...

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The Nigeria Police Force on Monday, September 2, declared a British national identified as Andrew Wynne, aka Andrew Povich or Drew Povey, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu-led government. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyuwa Adejobi in a statement said: “Following extensive intelligence gathering...

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The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance) has rewarded a staff member of the Company, Mr. Auwal Dankode, who found and returned $10,000 while cleaning an aircraft in Kano, Daily Trust reports. This is just as the man who was hosted at the Headquarters of the company at...

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Police operatives in Toronto, Canada have arrested a Nigerian woman, Amaka Sunnberger, who vowed to ‘kpai’ Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin descent in a viral video. She was arrested on Sunday, September 1, 2024. The police in a statement said, “She has been charged with: Uttering Thr€@ts and is...

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A retired senior police officer has alleged that the real-time tracking technological platform that once helped the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, to crack many criminal cases ended up being used for ‘unofficial duties’ by politicians. The officer said this while responding to Vanguard’s question on what went wrong with...

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The identities of the two policemen who were killed during a clash between police operatives and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as the Shiites in Abuja have been revealed. Spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Josephine Adeh, shared their photos and...

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