The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has expressed concern over the arrest, detention and declaration of six Muslim missionaries as 'suspected terrorists' by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mike Okiro and the FCT Police Commissioner, Mr. John Haruna, saying

THE Uganda Law Society (ULS) has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to rescind the appointment of Justice Anup Singh Choudry, saying he has a tainted record.

A six-man robbery gang which specialised in attacking travellers, weekend, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle in Ajangbadi area of Lagos.

A six-man gang, brandishing pistols and knives, abandoned their vehicle and fled after villagers interrupted them in the middle of an armed robbery in Tsholotsho.

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, has said that President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration has no locus standi to accuse ASUU of corruption since the administration came into being through corruption. He was reacting

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is on the trail of the controversial Vaswani brothers, who are enmeshed in a N40billion scam allegedly obtained under false pretence from Globe Motors, Daily Trust learnt at the weekend.

It is a tradition in the house of late Muhammed Tijani that after every working day, he goes back home with gifts of biscuits and sweets for his two children at the end of the day's work.

Niger State is fast becoming a Mecca to citizens of neighbouring Niger Republic as they troop into the state in their numbers in search of greener pastures. Yesterday in Minna, 30 children from Niger Republic where arrested by the state

THERE was drama at a shopping centre in Nkulumane on Sunday morning when an injiva tried to run over a police officer who wanted to arrest him for public drinking.

Oyo State chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has called on the nation's anti-graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the administration of

Like others before it, the 2008 yuletide season came with its most enduring characteristic: armed bandits terrorising the Federal Capital Territory and its suburbs. And as if staging a welcome party for the newly appointed FCT minister, Alhaji Adamu Aliero,

The Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission in Kano State has received a total of 1,788 cases on various matters, out of which 688 have been disposed of, while the remaining have either been kept pending or are still under investigation

Following a petition filed to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Kano Unit, a customs officer attached to Hajj Camp Katsina Road, Kano and one other person are now facing charges of '419' at the EFCC, Kano office.

Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), between January to date, made seizures of about 4,255 kilogrammes of Indian hemp and arrested 106 suspects.The command also impounded five vehicles of various makes, including a petrol tanker

THE year 2008 has been a trying one for Uganda, ethics and integrity state minister, Dr. Nsaba Buturo has said.

2008 is fast fizzling into posterity. It is going exactly the way it came, without lustre. Hopes and expectations that were raised at the beginning of the year have crumbled and the people, once again, have more reasons to express

SIX charcoal and timber dealers that were arrested recently over alleged movement of timber without permits have been remanded by Court at Kauga Prison, Mukono until January 15.

The military, police joint anti-robbery squad tagged 'operation flush' set up by Borno State Government has been invoved in human rights violation, breach of rule of law and good governance in discharging their duties, Maiduguri branch of the Nigerian Bar

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was established by the former government of Obasanjo five years ago as an agency to combat advanced free fraud, popular known as 419 and related crimes. It became very popularly since its inception

PLACAD CARRYING youths from the Ndokwa Youth Leaders Assembly (NYLA) in Delta State stormed the residence of the chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Chief Wellington Okirika, in Warri, during the yuletide break, alleging that