The Nasarawa State Police Command have apprehended a 27 year man Mr Faisal Salihu for alleged car snatching at gun point. Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Ramhan Nansel stated this while parading the suspect in Lafia. ASP Ramhan Nansel explained that the suspect, Faisal Salihu was...
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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has imposed a curfew on Offa and Erinle towns. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the curfew will be in force between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. until further notice. It says the curfew follows the...
Police in South Africa and China have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests, International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) stated on Wednesday. Three Chinese nationals and a Zambian were detained at a warehouse in Gauteng, South Africa, where ampoules containing 2,400 doses were...
The Police, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command has arrested and paraded five persons over fake COVID-19 results while two others are still at large. According to the police, the suspects, Achibong Idonrenyin, Moses Samuel, Popoola Adewale, Wale Aderele and Abdulmalik Ibrahim, major in selling fake COVID-19 negative...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Two Members of the House of Assembly in Bauchi state elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, have dumped the party and joined the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state. The Spokesperson of the Speaker of the Assembly, Abdul Burra, disclosed this in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders. Giving his speech at the virtual commissioning ceremony of the NIS Technology Building on Thursday in Abuja, he urged the NIS to collaborate with international security organisations such as INTERPOL...
A former Director of Communications under President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Jackson Ude has granted scholarship worth N8million to eight undergraduate beneficiaries in Nkporo, Ohafia Local Government of Abia State. The widely-travelled Journalist has also promised to grant another N8million scholarship at the end of the year 2021. He said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The North-East States Governors Forum has resolved to fund Mambila Hydroelectric Power Projects as part of its deliberate efforts to create over sixty thousand jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the region. In a communique read by the Adamawa state Governor, Alhaji Adamu Fintiri,...
—North-East govs to establish regional security outfit – Zulum By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has stated that the deteriorating security situation in the country particularly in the North-East region shows that the governments have failed to protect its citizens. Governor Mohammed stated this in...
The North-East governors’ forum says there is a need for the region to adopt community policing and sub-regional security outfits to tackle the current security challenges in the region. This was contained in a 10-point communique issued shortly after their meeting held on Wednesday in Bauchi. The communique was...
Suspected bandits have abducted scores of villagers – numbering about 60 – at Ruwan Tofa village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Channels Television gathered that during the attack which occurred on Tuesday, vehicles and shops were set ablaze by the bandits. An eyewitness lamented that his...
The Federal Government says it would commence the vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday. This is coming two days after the country received the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, announced this on Thursday at...
Bishop Francis Wale Oke, New President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), says his administration will make a real difference to Nigeria in dire need of divine intervention. A statement from his Media Aide, Mr Kayode Oladeji, stated that Oke made this known on Thursday in his acceptance speech. Oke...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Thursday commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his directive to security operatives to shoot on sight, anyone illegally in possession AK47 rifles. Governor Ortom gave the commendation in Makurdi when the Chairman Governing Board, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Adamu Kyuka, paid...
The Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) on Thursday presented awards and cash prizes to three outstanding farmers and a financial institution for their efforts to boost agriculture. The awards were presented during the Best National Farmers Award in Abuja, in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)....
The Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Oludare Kadiri has been impeached. A five-member committee set up by the House impeached Hon. Kadiri over an alleged public disturbance which he was found guilty. Hon Kadiri was on February 26, arrested by the Ogun State Police Command...
After several hours of reiteration on the social media about the gruesome murder of Dr Terkura Suswam by unknown gunmen, I have gradually come to the stark realization that a part of me has equally been diminished by those live bullets. The dashing politician, entrepreneur, broadcaster, publisher and...
The Federal Government plans to provide 10-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in every state of the Federation, as part of strategies to provide critical response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, presidential briefing at the...