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MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas United States President, Donald Trump, has questioned how Christa Pike’s execution by lethal injection could have failed, saying the process should not be difficult to carry out. Tribune Online reports that Pike, 50, survived two rounds of lethal injection in Tennessee, making her the first person known to survive that method of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Mexican drug kingpin Arturo Carrera Loaiza while attempting to flee Nigeria through the Lagos airport and linked him to a methamphetamine laboratory uncovered in Ebonyi State. The development was disclosed in a statement by NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Tuesday, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The husband of 36-year-old Anulika Onyeanusia, who was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly using a sex toy on her underage daughter, has recounted how he discovered the alleged sexual abuse. Ikechukwu Onyeanyusi said he was informed about the incident by a friend who showed him a video of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the killing of Bishop Taiwo Michael Fakunle, a 58-year-old Nigerian citizen, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fakunle was reportedly killed on Friday at his residence in Kensington, Johannesburg. In a statement, NICASA President, Rev. Frank Onyekwelu, said the Nigerian community was shocked, outraged and deeply […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United States Secret Service placed Nigerian national Egbe Tony Iyamu on its official most-wanted list alongside 31 other fugitives Iyamu is the only African on the 32-person list and is wanted in connection with a case handled by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey Authorities allege Iyamu […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The NDLEA has arrested and repatriated 52-year-old Festus Ibewuike, a suspected drug kingpin who had been on the run for more than two years following the seizure of 49.70kg of heroin at the MMIA, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and repatriated Festus Ibewuike, also known as Chidibest […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has offered whistleblowers between 2.5 per cent and 5 per cent of recovered stolen Nigerian assets for information leading to the recovery of such assets held abroad. Olukoyede disclosed this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The purported Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, has rejected the House of Representatives ad hoc committee’s decision to interrogate him at an undisclosed location while he remains in police custody, insisting that any appearance before lawmakers should be conducted publicly. Adeyemi, through his lawyer, Ademola Oyedokun, said […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Police have made another breakthrough in the investigation into the shocking death of a University of Jos graduate. As investigations into the alleged mob murder of University of Jos graduate Ibrahim Mbaya continue, the Plateau State Police Command has detained another suspect. The arrest, according to the Command, was a major step […] Read more
