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....
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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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai Joint Task Force (JTF) in operation at Sambisa Forest around Dikwa axis of 81 Task Force Battalion Dikwa Command have rescued another abducted Chibok School girls, named Mary Nkeki. The 27-year old, who hailed from Bura area...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A nursing mother with her baby and three other people have been kidnapped by bandits, who attacked three different communities in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The bandits, who have been terrorizing residents of the LGA were said to have...
The Police Command in Kano State has banned protest by political parties and their supporters sequel to mounting tension over alleged financial inducement of the Kano Election Petition Tribunal. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Usuani Gumel, announced the ban at a news conference in Kano. while addressing newsmen at...
The Ekata Ogbeide family of Uromi in Edo has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police over alleged extra-judicial killing of their son, Fidelis Ekata, by police operatives on March 2, 2022. In the petition, the family also demanded N200 million as compensation for the loss and trauma being suffered...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have intercepted a multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos by on Saturday, 19th August, 2023. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted $20miilion counterfeit notes in Abuja; arrests wanted teenage bandit in Sokoto, another teenager for drugs in Enugu The NDLEA operatives on Friday 18th August intercepted Twenty Million US Dollar notes...
Residents of at least 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi States are battling to survive as kidnappers, cattle rustlers and bandits make life difficult for them. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) indicates that residents of the affected areas have either...
The Multinational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region said it has continued to record mass surrender of insurgents. A statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the task force, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, said the development was due to the intensified kinetic and non-kinetic...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas says sequel to the recent spate of attacks in some parts of the country, the House is taking measures to nip the situation in the bud. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the speaker, Mr Musa Krishi, said...
A British nurse, Lucy Letby, was on Friday, August 18, 2023, found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to murder six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked, becoming the UK’s most prolific killer of children. Letby, 33 – on trial since last October...
The Nigerian Navy on Friday returned a merchant tanker vessel, MV TIS IV, and a Barge Podium held for complicity in oil theft to their owners in compliance with a court judgement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the court had convicted the crew and ruled...
The Police in Jigawa have arrested a 50-year-old man for alleged murder of his four-year-old stepson in Roni Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, said in Dutse on Friday that the suspect was arrested on Aug. 8. Shiisu said...
Troops of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said they are ready to participate in a standby force that could intervene in Niger. After presidential guards seized power from President Mohamed Bazoum, ECOWAS issued a 7-day ultimatum to the military to restore the president or risk...
The Defence Headquarters has provided detail on the soldiers killed in an ambush and the crash of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI17 helicopter on Monday in Niger State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, while briefing newsmen on Thursday, said that a total of 36 officers...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In continuation of the war against insecurity and other criminal activities in the country, the military in the last two weeks, neutralized 28 terrorists and arrested a total of 114 other criminal elements, while also rescuing 82 kidnapped hostages. Director, Defence Media...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has assumed duty as the 28th Commissioner of Police in Enugu State. CP Uzuegbu took over from CP Ahmed Ammani, who was redeployed to Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Aug. 16. This is according to a statement issued...