Dino Melaye - I have no regrets supporting Bukola Saraki

Senator Dino Melaye says he has no regrets supporting Bukola Saraki. Senator Melaye and Bukola Saraki went against APC's directive in the Senate Presidency election

Female suicide bomber kills self in Kano

A female suicide bomber this evening blew herself up after a failed attempt to attack a mosque in Kano. The state Police commissioner confirmed the incident but says the police is yet to ascertain if there were other casualties

Five Nigerian students arrested in Malaysia over alleged N125.2m Internet fraud

A Malaysian court has ordered the detention of five Nigerian students in Malysia for their alleged involvement in a N125.2m (RM2.4 million) internet fraud in Selangor & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

According to local media reports, the 5 Nigerian students who are between the ages of 20 and 30 are undergraduates pursuing a degree in Information Technology in a leading University Kuala Lumpur. They were arrested on June 30, 2015. 

A Malaysian police chief ACP Azmi Adam while speaking on their arrest said two women have been arrested for providing their bank accounts for the syndicates to use in doing their illicit business. He stated that five laptops, 20 hand phones, ATM cards, SIM cards and documents believed to have been used to con their victims were seized from the men.

The men were arrested after one of their victims, a 62-year-old businessman alerted the police after receiving a suspicious email in March informing him that he was among 50 recipients selected to receive RM15.9 million from the government of the United States.

"The e-mail requested the victim to follow certain procedures to ensure he did not miss the opportunity. Convinced by the contents of the e-mail, the victim carried out 51 transactions involving money, to accounts numbers given by the syndicate before realising it was a scam. He later lodged a police report,” the police chief said.

Fatal accident along Lokoja-Abuja expressway leaves over 30 people dead

At least 30 people lost their lives in a fatal accident along the Lokoja-Abuja expressway yesterday July 5th. According to reports, the luxury bus, which was coming from Lagos and heading to Abuja ran into a road block mounted by armed robbers. As the bus was trying to manoeuvre its way, a Trailer truck filled with cows rammed into it, killing several people on the spot.

Jos massacre: Former VP, Atiku Abubakar reacts - I'm gutted, heartbroken

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the twin explosions in Jos, the Plateau State capital, which left on its trail scores of fatalities and casualties. He also condemned the killings in Maiduguri & Potiskum in a press statement released by his media office in Abuja today. Read below

Breaking News: Supreme Court Orders Abacha Son's Trial for Theft

The Supreme Court has unanimously decided on Friday that Mohammed Abacha, son of the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, must be returned to an Abuja High Court and face his trial.
A 123 count criminal charges have been brought against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria, wherein he was alleged to be in possession of stolen properties belonging to the Federal Government.
The theft was allegedly committed by the late former dictator stole, when he ruled Nigeria.
Mohammed Abacha had previously unsuccessfully attempted to foil his trial. Then he proceeded to the Court of Appeal, where he lost. Finally, he approached the Supreme Court.
The son of the late ruler declared that the immunity enjoyed by his father, while in office, extended to him and that having forfeited some of the family’s properties confiscated by the government, he should be exempted from prosecution in line with the he provisions of Decree number 53 of 1999.
The Court, however, stated that immunity does not extend beyond the tenure of office and that even if the late head of state were alive, he could have been prosecuted for a criminal offence, not to talk of his son, who has never been a State Leader.