The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Border Management Authority have launched new border drones, tech and ‘deportation buses’ to combat an expected surge in illegal border crossings over the festive period. This marks the first time these have been used in tackling the country’s porous borders and marks the start of what DHA Minister Leon Schreiber calls a “dramatic” expansion of tech-driven solutions. “Our commitment to…

The police have arrested Olamide Abiodun Thomas, a nurse and human rights activist. According to FIJ, Thomas Facebook friend was detained in November in a bid to get to her. FIJ said she was arrested in Shomolu, Lagos State in the early hours of Friday. A source claimed Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, ordered Thomas’ arrest. Earlier, FIJ detailed how the police went after Lanre Shotunde, a businessman…

The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that a middle-aged man killed himself after setting his estranged wife ablaze in the state. In a message on its X handle, the Command recounted how the man invited his estranged wife to their home to collect her wardrobe but set her ablaze before killing himself. The wife was left with serious burns. The statement read, “Mr A was married to Mrs A,…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday nullified a judgment by the Federal High Court seeking to seize Rivers State’s statutory allocation / revenue from federation purse. The appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka said the High Court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit, and that mere listing of federal agencies does not confer unrestricted jurisdiction on the Federal High Court. Justice Barka…

In a tragic incident that occurred in Lokoja on Friday morning, two female students from the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and Kogi State Polytechnic lost their lives in a ghastly motor crash along the Felele axis of the state capital. According to reports, the accident involved a heavily loaded articulated vehicle heading toward Abuja, which lost control and rammed into a tricycle (commonly known as Keke NAPEP) carrying passengers toward…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nwakuche Sylvester Ndidi as Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), following the retirement of Haliru Nababa from the service. Haliru Nababa served as Comptroller General for three years and seven months. He was appointed as Comptroller General by former President Muhammadu Buhari and his tenure would end on 15th of December. Haliru was pulled out of the Service in a…

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday gave an insight into why former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, was nominated into the Federal Executive Council by President Bola Tinubu. He said this at a book launch to mark the 57th birthday of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Senator Akpabio described the celebrant as a workaholic public officer and someone who…

Vice President Kashim Shettima today departed Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates,(UAE), to represent President Bola Tinubu at the commissioning of a Nigerian owned $315 million oil production and storage facility. In a statement, Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President spokesperson, said the project, owned by Oriental Energy Limited, a Nigerian oil and gas company, will be commissioned tomorrow. Following the Dubai event, Shettima will travel to Saudi Arabia to perform…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday ordered the remand of a 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael in a correctional facility over allegations of killing her eight-month-old daughter with rat poison. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Michael with culpable homicide, an offence that contravenes Section 189 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. According to the NSCDC prosecutor, Marcus Audu, the case was reported…

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has announced a Christmas bonus of 150,000 for each civil servant in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Monday Uzor, made this known in a Facebook post on Thursday night. According to the post, the state workers would receive the bonus before 1 pm on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. “Every worker in Ebonyi State Civil Service will receive ₦150,000 as a…

Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have arrested a lecturer at the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Dr Ichor Tersagh, for allegedly masterminding the abduction of the wife of his colleague, Mrs Susan Anyagh. According to reports, the woman was ambushed and kidnapped by some men along Otukpo Road, Makurdi, last Saturday. It was learnt that the kidnappers reportedly collected the N1.3 million found in her car,…

The High Court sitting in Ilesa, Osun State, has granted an injunction restraining the state government from taking further steps to fill the vacant stool of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland. The case was brought forward by the Contestants, Head, and Principal Members of the Ofokutu Royal Family of the Bilaro Oluodo Ruling House. Justice A.A. Aderibigbe, who presided over the case, issued a restraining order against the Ilesa…