Plateau State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 859 suspects, recovered 27 arms and 115 ammunition in the state in 2024. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Emmanuel Adesina, disclosed this at a news conference in Jos on Friday. Adesina equally said that the command rescued...
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By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Shendam Chapter, has praised the Executive Chairman of Shendam Local Government Area, Hon. Kemi Nicholas Nshe, for his remarkable show of generosity during the Christmas season. The commendation followed the distribution of over 1,000 bags of rice to...
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, has said the drones being used by terrorist groups are not military grade and cannot pose any threat in the counter-terrorism war. Buba said this on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the recent airstrike incident in Sokoto State....
The Defence Headquarters says the death of 10 civilians in Gidan Bisa and Gidan Ruutuwa In Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State, was as a result of secondary explosion and not direct military airstrikes. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, gave the clarification while briefing newsmen...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has refuted claims by Niger Republic that Nigeria and some ECOWAS member states were colluding with France to sponsor terrorism against the country. ECOWAS made this known in a statement issued by its spokesman, Joël Ahofodji, describing the allegations by Niger...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari have commiserated with Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, over the passing of his son, Abdulwahab, who died in a car crash barely 24 hours after the passing of his mother Hajiya Maryam Namadi. Jonathan, in a...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Air Peace has described as false and malicious, a report circulating social media of a purported plane crash involving one of its aircraft in the Western Sahara region. This is contained in a statement signed by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Dr Ejike Ndiulo,...
The Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigeria Police, Cross River Command, has apprehended two suspected drug dealers at Old Market Road, Ugep town in Yakurr Local Government Area. Speaking to journalists on Friday in Calabar, CP Gyogon Grimah, Cross River’s Commissioner of Police, said the arrest was successfully carried out,...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Friday said the new high court complex in Akure, Ondo State, would be named after late Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, after its completion. Aiyedatiwa, during the foundation-laying of the complex in Akure, said the decision to name the project “Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu Judiciary Complex”,...
The Situation Analysis (SitAn) of Children in Nigeria Report has identified some of the reasons why 53.9 per cent of children in the country are multi-dimensionally poor. The report, launched during the 2024 World Children’s Day celebration on Nov. 20, is a policy document prepared by the Federal Government...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to the government and people of India on the death of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Singh, India’s prime minister between 2004 and 2014, died Thursday at the age of 92. Tinubu in a statement by his...
A coalition of 25 civil society organisations (CSOs) has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing controversy surrounding the selection of a vice-chancellor for University of Abuja. The coalition, under the aegis of Civil Society Coalition for Educational Development, made the call in Abuja on Friday....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has felicitated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, on the occasion of his 71st birthday. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula,...
Human Right Activist and Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN, has urged the Federal Government to compensate the families of those involved in the recent stampedes in parts of the country. Falana stated this on Friday in Akure during a programme organised by the Ondo State Government tagged Akeredolu Leadership...
The Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has raised concerns over the continued retention of state assets in the hands of former political office holders. Ajulo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in a statement on Friday in Akure, said “one year after the untimely...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following uproar over the recent airstrike on two communities in Sokoto recently, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said it was not only precise but also justified. This was even as the CDS warned villagers against harbouring terrorists under whatever...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has again berated President Bola Tinubu, over the policies introduced by his administration especially the Tax Reforms Bills which he described as anti-northern Nigeria. According to him, the Tax Reforms Bills are aimed at favouring just a section of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has congratulated Christians in the tate and across the country on the occasion of the 2024 Christmas celebration. This is even as he express worry over the hardship Nigerians are currently facing. In his goodwill message made available to...
The Nigeria Police Force said it arrested 23 suspects over armed robbery, cultism as well as hoodlums, targeting fun seekers and engaging in gangsterism during the Christmas celebrations. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the arrests...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of 1 Brigade in Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have eliminated several terrorists, including a notorious kingpin known as Alhaji Ma’oli in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Coordinator Joint...