The prosecution in the case of Innocent Irankunda, 24, who was falsely trying to acquire political asylum in Germany, yesterday requested court to hand him a 20 year jail sentence upon conviction.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally broken its silence on allegations by its former boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, that he lodged $15million bribe money from former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Embattled gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday said the kidnap of his octogenarian father has brought home the reality of how insecure life and property have become in the state.
A French Appeal Court in Paris yesterday rejected the demand of the Transparency International (TI) organization for leave to open a probe in France into the estates of three African heads of state.
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs. Farida Waziri has accused America of "creating a safe haven for looted funds."
Father of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has been released by his kidnappers after two weeks in captivity. Prof. Soludo is the PDP governorship candidate in the Anambra 2010 election. Confirming the release to newsmen in Awka yesterday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka said the 78-year-old Pa Soludo was released in good ...
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State, Barrister Mike Nkwocha, has advised the police to go beyond inviting a select number of politicians for questioning over the kidnap of Pa Soludo, father of Prof. Charles Soludo.
POLICE have recovered six tonnes of fake maize seed at a house in Tynwald, Harare, where it was being made in a makeshift factory and arrested one suspect.
THREE more people have been picked up for questioning in connection with the death of Chinhoyi High School pupil Moreblessing Musiiwa, as police widen investigations.
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has lashed out on corrupt political elite from Igbo extraction who advance their selfish political interests to the detriment of the collective interest of the people.
A Somali businessman has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen overnight in the port town of Bosaso in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Friday.
THE Central Bank, CBN, yesterday, raised an alarm on rising cases of fraud in the nation's financial institutions even as it granted the request of shareholders of Equatorial Trust Bank Limited to recapitalise the bank, following a proposal by the bank's shareholders to the apex bank.
As attorney-general for almost two decades, Mr Amos Wako has done absolutely nothing to counter the impression that corrupt officials can get away with anything in Kenya.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday in Enugu called on youths across the country to shun anti-social vices that can portray them in bad light. He particularly cautioned youths against being involved in criminal activities like cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping and flagrant disobedience to established laws of the land.
He was kidnapped on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 by a five-man gang of gunmen who seized him from his dinner table at his Isuofia residence in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.
