Freedom Square TV

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arraignment of an Austrian national, Kavlak Onal, over allegations of failing to declare substantial amounts of foreign currency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.   The anti-graft agency announced the development on Friday via a post on its…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, has urged the legal profession to adopt a zero-tolerance stance against any attempt to improperly influence judges, insisting that such behaviour poses a grave threat to the credibility of Nigeria’s justice system. He called for swift and decisive punishment for any lawyer or…

The Nigeria Police Force, through the Airport Police Command, has apprehended a 20-year-old man over his alleged involvement in an international romance and celebrity fraud scheme said to have cost several victims in the United States more than N1 billion.   The suspect, identified as Essien Emmanuel Akpama, was arrested…

The Osun State Government has criticised the arrest and degrading treatment of an elderly Administrative Officer attached to a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Egbedore Local Government Area, after images showing him kneeling while in police custody circulated widely online. In a statement shared on X by Olalekan Badmus, Special…

Suspected political thugs on Friday night attacked a well-known hotel in the Orazi area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, abruptly disrupting a live Arise News Television interview with a former Commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment, Dr. Leloonu Nwibubasa.   The Arise News TV crew was reportedly…

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, widely known as the Amotekun Corps, have taken into custody 39 individuals suspected to be terrorists who were allegedly camped within a forest in the state.   The arrests were carried out at the Elegbeka Forest, located in Ose Local Government Area,…

The Chairman of Bukkuyum Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Abubakar Umar Faru, has disclosed that communities within the council have paid more than ₦2.9 billion to armed bandits in the form of ransom and illegal levies since 2015.   Faru explained that the payments were extracted across all 17…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun preliminary actions aimed at prosecuting allegations made by billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, against the immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Alhaji Farouk Ahmed, stressing that his resignation from office will…