The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured a judgement of three (3) years jail term fine against a falsified drugs merchant at the Federal High Court, Kano, Kano State. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Resident Media Consultant of NAFDAC, Sayo...
Amidst growing concerns about insecurity, the FCT Police Command has refuted reports suggesting heavy gun fire in Lugbe and Maitama areas in Abuja. FCT Police Command's spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this Wednesday. TheFact reports that, according to the reports that surfaced Tuesday, 26 July, there was heavy gunfire going on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that about 18,000 Nigerians have been killed by terrorists between 2020 and 2022, blaming it on the failure of the present administration under the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP made the allegation during a Press Conference by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo...
Reverend Father John Cheitnum, One of the two Catholic Priests abducted by gunmen in Kaduna state has been found dead. The Chancellor of Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Emmanuel Okolo, in a statement said the decomposing body of the priest was discovered on Tuesday. TheFact Daily recalled that the deceased and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has extradited a wire fraud suspect who is on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to the United States, for allegedly stealing over $3.5 million worth of equipment in various cities across the US. According to the Commission's spokesperson,...
A 26-year-old Computer Engineer, along with two others, have been convicted for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities. The engineer, Olabisi Damilola Samuel and the two others, Ajayi Opeyemi, a DJ, and Timothy Abidemi Olakunle, were convicted by Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High...
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command, have arrested a suspect for parading himself as a military officer and  also threatening and extorting members of the public. The State Command's spokesperson, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, disclosed this Monday 18 July, in a press statement. TheFact Daily gathers that the arrest was...
President Muhammadu Buhari has raised a number of questions with the authority of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, including the failure of intelligence, which he said facilitated the attack of the facility on Tuesday. Buhari raised the questions when he visited the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, on Wednesday, 6...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has called for the review and update of laws that prohibit sexual harassment at workplaces. Project Officer and Special Assistant to the Chairman of ICPC, Mrs Bunmi Olugasa, made the call in Abuja when HEIR Women Hub, with support from Ford Foundation, paid an advocacy...
Concerns may be mounting in the Catholic Church, as three of her Priests were kidnapped in Edo and Kaduna states between Saturday and Monday by terrorists. Rev. Fr. Peter Udo of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Uromi, in Esan North East, and Fr. Philemon Oboh of St Joseph Retreat Center, Ugboha,...