Tag: Last leg

SERAP sues 36 governors, FCT minister over FAAC allocations

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,Nyesom Wike. They were sued for failing “to account for the spending of trillions of Federation Account Allocation Committee allocations collected...

Army rescues 386 civilians from Sambisa forest 10 years after abduction

No fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Army in Sambisa forest ten years after their abduction. The acting GOC 7 Division,  Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna, made this known while speaking to newsmen at...

Again, Drake loses ‘huge money’ bet after picking Fury to beat Usyk

Popular rapper Drake has lost $565,000 after betting on Tyson Fury to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in their high-stakes match in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening.  The Canadian rapper, backing ‘The Gypsy King,’ faced a disappointing outcome when Fury lost to...

Woman sets her stepchildren’s hands on fire for eating rice she prepared for their father

A stepmother, Rachel Geoffrey, 23, has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for setting the hands of her two stepchildren on fire.   The suspect who resides in Federal Housing Estate, Girei Local Government Area was arrested for...

NSCDC uncovers illegal refinery in Rivers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has dismantled an illegal refining site containing over 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Adobe settlement, Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. The Commander of the CG’s...