Plastic, poisonous rice from China flood Nigerian markets

On October 4, 2016, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), through its spokesman, Wale Adeniyi, warned the citizenry to be on red alert, as intelligence report indicated that some die-hard rice smugglers have begun shipment of plastic rice to Africa from China in what was clearly a selfish move aimed at swelling their profits, regardless of the consequences of their poisonous imports.

EFCC recovers $1m cash from Badeh's House

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered $1m cash from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh(retd.), 

The money was recovered after detectives searched a mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja.

Minister for Labour (State), Son die in a fatal accident

 The Minister for Labour (State), Chief James Ocholi is dead. 
 Ocholi was said to have died in a motor accident while travelling along Abuja – Kaduna road  with his wife and son.

NFF Official shot dead

Ibrahim Abubakar, Head of Protocol, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was on Wednesday shot dead by some suspected armed robbers at his Abuja residence.

Super Eagles are men - Oliseh

Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh says he does not see the reason for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to introduce the Code of Conduct for members of the senior national team.

Ministerial appointees for retreat in Abuja

The two-day retreat for 36 ministerial nominees who were recently screened and confirmed by the Senate recently would kick off today.
Already, the ministers-designate, it was gathered, arrived Abuja last night.

boy arraigned for sexually abusing toddler

 

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 16-year-old boy at the chambers of the Gudu Upper Area Court, for allegedly abusing a toddler sexually. The accused (name with-held) of Kuje, Abuja, is standing trial on a charge of gross indecency.

Nyanya bombings: One Suspect pleads guilty

One of the suspected bombers of Nyanya and Kuje, both satellite towns in Abuja, on October 2, 2015, Abdulwaheed Nasiru, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday that he was guilty of being in possession of 12 Improvised Explosive Devices and other materials used for making bombs.