A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday convicted one Basheeru Seyi, a student of Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin for offences bordering on internet fraud. The Presiding Judge, Justice Adebayo Yusuf, in his judgment, sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment with N200,000 as option of fine. Yusuf also...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Alice Mulak, of ungwan Gwari, in Karu Local Government Area, for allegedly killing her boyfriend with a knife. A statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday said that 16 Nigerians had been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cyber crimes there. Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of the Command, disclosed this during a news conference in Seme, Lagos State. According to Emeka, these are...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Government has announced a total lockdown in Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi Local Government Areas (LGAs) following the resurgence of bandit attacks on communities. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara announced this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Gusau....
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom has charged personnel of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards to be vigilant and protect their communities against invasion from terrorists who are bent on taking over their lands. The Governor gave the charge on Thursday, October 13th, 2022 during the...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, on Thursday said it has arrested two persons and recovered 130 drums of suspected Automotive Gas Oil in Eket Local Government Area. The NSCDC spokesman, Mr. Friday Ekerete said in a statement in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A terrorist kingpin, Ali Dogo, AKA Yellow alongside his fighters have been killed during military airstrikes on a building where they were said to be hosting a meeting in Kaduna State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General Musa Danmadami, disclosed this...
Somali National Army (SNA) said on Monday that its forces killed more than 200 al-Shabab militants during an operation conducted on Sunday in Bulaburte district of central Somalia. According to the state-owned media, the militants were planning to block the road between Beledweyne and Bulaburde district and stage an...
The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), on Sartuday in Kaduna graduated 460 personnel on sundry military courses aimed at reinvigorating manpower to man the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) platforms. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, said it was through the sundry programmes that the...
The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Maj.-Gen. A.K. Ibrahim, has urged troops to prepare for renewed operation on the shores of Lake Chad. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim made the call when he paid operational visit to troops of Sector 111 in Baga, to boost their moral in preparations...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have deactivated 74 illegal crude oil refining sites and apprehended 39 oil thieves in the Niger Delta in the last two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations...
The Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), has announced the release of all the remaining 23 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers abducted by terrorists on March 28. A statement by the Secretary of CDSAC, Prof. Usman Yusuf, said the release of the hostages was secured on Wednesday. The statement reads:...
AVM Emmanuel Shobande, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Logistics Command, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Wednesday said that 3,037 personnel were participating in its shooting exercise to assess their proficiency in weapon handling. Shobande said this at the opening of the 2022 HQ Logistics Command Small Arms Range Classification...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the assignment of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) goes beyond the training of combatants to the production of warrior-scholars and innovators. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the 32nd Convocation Ceremony of NDA in honour of Cadets of 69 Regular Course, Post...
Nine people, including senior regional officials, were killed in twin car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab in central Somalia on Monday, police said, as the government escalates an offensive against the Islamists. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart outside local government offices in Beledweyne, a city at...
Somalia’s government says it has killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of the armed group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners. The country’s information ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the operation that killed Nadir happened on Saturday. It said he was al-Shabab’s chief...
Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari has assured Nigerians that the country would be safe by the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure next year. Gambari stated this at the 20th convocation lecture of the graduating cadets of regular course 69 of the Nigerian Defence Academy...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Chris G. Musa has decorated officers and soldiers of the theater command who have distinguished themselves in their assigned responsibilities in the forefront of counter insurgency in the north east operations. Maj....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has disclosed that about 2,295 teachers were killed in North Eastern Nigeria between 2009 and 2022. Also about 19000 others were displaced and over 910 schools destroyed or damaged due to conflicts. Registrar of Teachers Registration Council...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, over an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...