The Nigeria Police Force is to launch the NPF Insurance Co. Ltd, a transformative initiative aimed at safeguarding the welfare of police officers while providing comprehensive insurance services to the public. Muyiwa Adejobi, police spokesperson in a statement on X today said the unveiling ceremony will take place on Monday, December 23, 2024 at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, at 11:00 a.m. He said the new…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has surpassed its 2024 profit targets, significantly growing its revenue from 8.82 trillion Naira in 2022 to a record 23.9 trillion Naira in 2023, This is contained in an extract from the NNPC Limited Energy Relations Stakeholders Engagement Meeting on Friday. NNPCL achieved a surge in profit to the tune of 3.29 trillion Naira for the first time in its 46-year history. This…

Embattled human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who is facing allegations of cybercrime has finally been granted bail by the Ekiti State Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti. The Ekiti magistrate granted Farotimi’s bail application on Friday morning. This comes days after the same court denied the human rights lawyer constitutional freedom. The court granted Farotimi N30 million bail with two sureties, one of who must be a house owner. The defendant must…

Kaaro Oojiire Omo Oodua Foundation (KOOOF), a group of Yoruba elders on Thursday, lamented the rising cases of ritual killing and harvesting of body parts in the southwest region. In a statement by their Vice President/Diaspora Counsel, Gbenga Adewusi, the Yoruba elders, wondered how cases of human decapitation and harvesting of human bodies have now become a daily occurrence. The statement read, “The recurrence of the activities of those involved…

The Adamawa State Command has arrested a total of 715 suspects and secured the conviction of 292 suspects in less than 11 months. The Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo, made this known during press briefing on Thursday, explaining that 387 suspects are awaiting trial and 36 are under investigation. He said that the command under his watch, recorded 315 cases for different offences, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, Shila boys’…

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, has stated that issuing direct curses at someone online constitutes a criminal offense and is punishable by law. Adejobi made this known in a post on his X page today while esponding to comments regarding Olamide Thomas, a female nurse and activist arrested over remarks she made during a live Facebook video. In the live video, Thomas directed curses…

The bereaved family of the 27-year-old Nigerian father of two, Nathaniel Favour Enemona, whose lifeless body was discovered in River Roch in Greater Manchester almost three weeks after he was declared missing, are mourning his demise. He was reported missing from the Roch Valley area at around 9am on Tuesday, November 26. Members of the community in Heywood pulled together in efforts to help find Nathaniel, while police searched the…

Tabby Brown, a Playboy model and former lover of English footballer, Raheem Sterling has died. She died shortly after undergoing a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) procedure in the Dominican Republic. An inquest revealed that she had secretly traveled for the procedure, which included liposuction, in October 2023, misleading her family into thinking she was on a sightseeing trip. Just three days after returning to the UK, the 38-year-old suffered a…

By Alade Adisa The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the federal government will kill public tertiary institutions and education in the country with its proposal to phase out the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, by 2030. According to the union, such a proposal would not only make futile all the efforts put into setting up the Fund, but would also take tertiary education out of the reach…

Olusegun Dada, the Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, has responded to Nigerians asking about the consistent meeting of his principal and comic actor, Abiodun Ayoyinka, popularly known as Papa Ajasco, at Lagos airport. Tinubu received a grand reception at the Lagos airport on Wednesday when he arrived ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. Dada shared a video of Tinubu greeting Papa Ajasco at the airport.…

Two United States-based Nigerians, Oluwole Adegboruwa and Enrique Isong, have been sentenced to 40 years combined jail term for coordinating the sales and distribution of a banned drug through the dark web across several states in the US. A statement obtained on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Utah on Thursday stated that the US District Court also ordered Adegboruwa to forfeit the sum of $20…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria and 14 ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) of government failed ethics and integrity tests in 2024, the latest in the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) ‘s annual series of assessments. NEW DAILY PRIME reports that the ICPC report is consistent with general perception of pervasive corruption and irregularities in the judiciary, which both serving and retiring justices of the Supreme Court…