A retired President of the Benue State Customary Court of Appeal, Mrs Margaret Igbeta, has been allegedly murdered in her home located at Wantor Kwange Street in Makurdi metropolis of the state. Igbeta, 72, was found lifeless in a pool of blood Thursday night. Our correspondent gathered...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has vowed that the military would hunt down and bring to justice, all terrorists, bandits and enemies of the state. Musa said this on Friday in Abuja, at the burial of military personnel who died recently in combat and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Command on Friday arrested 23 alleged Internet fraudsters otherwise known as Yahoo Yahoo boys within the metropolis. The alleged fraudsters, who were apprehended following due intelligence and monitoring at the Bafarawa and...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested no fewer than 40 suspected illegal coal miners in Enugu, the Commandant, Mr Muhammed Dada said. Addressing newsmen on Friday in Enugu, Dada said that during the operation items recovered included pumping machines, diggers, head-pans, shovels, and four Hanvan G7...
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday laid to rest the remains of military personnel killed in action and in the recent crash of the Nigerian Air Force MI-171E Helicopter in Niger. The burial ceremony was conducted for 20 of the deceased personnel at the National Military Cemetery Abuja...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy (NN) has warned applicants undergoing its Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 35 Recruitment Exercise holding in Lagos, Rivers and Kaduna States to be wary of fraudsters. The Director, Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan issued the warning in...
A soldier was killed in a robbery attack in Benin on Wednesday, the police confirmed on Thursday. Spokesman of the police in Edo, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, told newsmen that the robbery took place at the First Eastern Circular and Akpakpaba Roads intersection in the Edo capital. She...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly stealing their neighbour’s two- year-old son. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated this on Thursday in Lafia while briefing newsmen. Nansel said that the father of the victim, Adamu Abdullahi of Orange...
The Nigeria Army has solicited the support and cooperation of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the fight against insecurity in Katsina State. Commander of the 17 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.-Gen. Oluremi Fadairo solicited the cooperation when he paid a familiarisation visit to the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have seized 369.903KG illicit drugs and arrested 73 suspects in Kaduna. The state Commander of NDLEA, Mr Ibrahim Braji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Kaduna, that the arrest and seizure were...
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar says the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) will soon take delivery of 18 attack helicopters to boost its fleet of aircrafts. Abubakar said this at a one-day tour of formations and units under the NAF 115 Special Operations Group...
The Police Command in Adamawa has apprehended 94-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in Tappare ward, Ganye Local Government Area. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the command spokesman, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Yola on Wednesday. He said the suspect, who is a...
The United Kingdom Minister of State for Armed Forces and Veterans, Mr James Heappey, said the UK government would deepen synergy with the Nigerian military to enhance existing relations between the two countries. Heappey gave the assurance when he led his team on a courtesy call to the...
There was pandemonium on Wednesday in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, over ownership of parks, as armed masked men allegedly took over the parks. It was gathered that no fewer than five persons were allegedly injured during the stampede caused by the shooting from the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has warned members of the public on raising false alarm over alleged disappearance of male genitals in some local government headquarters of the state. Police warning is coming on the widespread alarm of missing male organs in...
Kogi State Government has urged citizens and travellers to ignore false alarm on insecurity circulating that the state is not safe. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja....
A business mogul and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has emerged winner of the 2023 Man of the year Leadership Excellence Awards. In a seven-day Leadership Excellence Awards voting by Nigerians via online platforms, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Rabiu was voted ahead of three...
Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom (UK) National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 24-year old housewife who allegedly killed her co-wife’s four-day old baby. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, in a press release made available to journalists on Tuesday, said that the incident occurred...