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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Crisis is brewing in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, as civil society groups and rights bodies plan a major protest for next week in the wake of the alleged murder of a female undergraduate by the police on Friday, May 16. As tension rose over the matter, the new Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Emenari Ifeanyi, ordered investigation into the death. The deceased was identified as Emmanuella Ahenjir, a student of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State who was shot at Wurukum, in Makurdi. However, a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benue…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Disturbed by incessant attacks and killings of residents of Tyoshin, Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, the Forum of Tyoshin Academics (FoTA) has strongly condemned the incidents. The group called for an end to the killings and also demanded justice for the recent assault on a food vendor by a Nigerian soldier, identified as Private Emmanuel Christopher. In a statement signed by the forum's National President, Professor Patrick Ukase, and National Publicity Secretary, Professor John Ajai, FoTA demanded prompt, transparent, and independent investigation into Miss Dooshima Grace Kwaghngule’s assault, monitored by civil society…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strengthened its collaboration with the British High Commission in the fight against organised immigration fraud through a specialised training on document forgery. The training, organised by the Home Office International Operations of the British Deputy High Commission, held on Thursday, 15 May, 2025, for the two Directorates in Lagos, at 15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.  The training was designed to enhance the capacity of EFCC officers in detecting forgeries and preventing document-related fraud. The Zonal Director, Lagos Directorate 1, CE Michael Nzekwe, who hosted the training,  expressed appreciation for the continued collaboration between…

*Firm Confirms Clamping Done, Spill Clean-up Underway Nigerian oil firm Renaissance Energy has halted production into the country's Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, following an operational incident, the firm said today, May 16. An environmental rights group said yesterday (Thursday) that the pipeline burst on May 6 and spilled oil into the local B-Dere community in Ogoniland, the second such incident affecting the pipeline in two months. Nigerian oil consortium Renaissance Group, which now owns Shell's former onshore subsidiary that operates the pipeline, "immediately isolated the pipeline…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested Fred Ajudua, a Lagos-based socialite and businessman, in connection with an alleged $1.43 million fraud. The arrest took place in Abuja on Tuesday, following a Supreme Court order issued on Friday, May 5, 2025, which revoked his bail and directed that he be remanded in the Correctional Service. A highly placed source at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja who spoke in confidence, informed Vanguard of the development. “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Lagos-based socialite and businessman Fred Ajudua, pending his re-arraignment for an alleged $1.43…