By David Ogar The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Bello was arraigned alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu on a 16-count charge of criminal breach of trust and money…
By Ben Nsemo Former Chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in Shandong Province. The verdict, delivered on November 26, 2024, found Liu guilty of accepting bribes worth 121 million yuan (approximately $16.7 million) and approving illegal loans totaling…
By Ben Nsemo The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced on Thursday that Nigerian troops have successfully neutralized 115 terrorists, including a notorious commander named Munzur Ya Audu, in various operations across the country last week. Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations, revealed this during a press briefing in Abuja. He emphasized the…
By Frank Ulom Last week Monday, a Junior Secondary, JS 2 Student stabbed a Senior Secondary, SS 3 Student in one of the public schools in Calabar, Cross River State capital. THE PARADISE gathered that the SS 3 Student, Joseph Umoren told the JS 2 student (name withheld) to correct his stockings but the latter…
Pharaoh Akahenton Okadigbo, the first son of late Senate President, Dr Chuba Okadigbo, has died. According to sources close to the family, the deceased was involved in a car accident on Saturday night, May 22, 2021, in Abuja and his body was deposited at the morgue. Though the cause of his death has not been…
Will the security challenges facing the people of Benue in their clash with Fulani Herdsmen ever end? Earlier this week, a teenage girl known as Ahura Jennifer Terwase, was allegedly attacked by unknown Fulani Herdsmen at Borno kru-kru in Taraba State. According to reports from African Vuvuzella on Facebook on Wednesday, Jennifer was macheted on…
Elder Imoh Okon, immediate past Chairman of Uyo Local Government Council, Akwa Ibom is currently cooling his feet in a police cell at the ‘A’ Division Police Station, Barracks Road over the sum of N420,000.00 (N.4m) allegedly withdrawn fraudulently by the Ex-Chairman from a secret Internally Generated Revenue account of the Council said to have…
Armed Policemen have barricaded the Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Secretariat in Calabar. THE PARADISE gathered. This is coming in barely 2 days after Sen. Ben Ayade, Governor of the state defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress(APC). Our Reporter further gathered that the Policemen have been mounting the Secretariat located…
The family of Iniubong Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo that was allegedly murdered by Uduak Frank Akpan, has refuted various stories online that they have compromised justice for their late daughter. The family said all the online publications about their compromise aren’t true and that they have not received any…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru has died from a plane crash. THE PARADISE gathered that the military aircraft crashed on Friday at the Kaduna international airport, killing him and 10 of his aides. Sources said he was in a military plane to Kaduna ahead of tomorrow’s passing out parade of soldiers…
