By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered immediate deployment of armed personnel drawn from the Police Mobile Force, K-9, Force Intelligence Bureau, Explosive Ordnance Unit and Railway Police Command for the commencement of railway services along Abuja/Kaduna rail lines on Monday,...
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Gunmen has kidnapped the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ekpe Ogbu. It was learnt that the Commissioner was kidnapped at the notorious Adankari Junction along the Otukpo-Ado Road at about 4 pm on Sunday. The adviser on security matters to governor Samuel Ortom, Colonel Paul...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Hoodlums on Sunday have set The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office ablaze in Imo State. The latest attack is coming barely 72 hours after hoodlums attacked it’s office on Thursday, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye...
Air Vice Marshall Sayo Olatunde, the Commandant of the Nigerian Airforce War College, Makurdi, Benue State, is an excellent host any time I am in the college as a guest lecturer on crisis communication and social media engagement. We often discuss extensively contemporary issues on the hard and soft...
The unrelenting attacks on power infrastructure by economic saboteurs leading to inability of Nigerians to access adequate electricity for economic growth and prosperity has continued unabated. In recent times, several projects being embarked upon by Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited have been attacked and contractors either killed...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced plans to auction different brands of vehicles forfeited to the Federal government by convicted criminals. The cars ranging from Mercedes Benz, Toyota, and others were listed in the publication released. Below is screen shot of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it operatives have arrested a 29-year-old pregnant woman, Kate Ibinabo with 34.4kgs cannabis sativa in Okrika, Rivers state. NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. He said the suspect, who is...
Zamfara State Anti-Thuggery Committee has arrested a 70-year-old man for allegedly raping a girl-child aged 13 years. Parading the man alongside other suspects on Friday, the chairman of the committee, Bello Bakyasuwa, said the suspected rapist, who has four wives and 20 children, confessed to twice having carnal knowledge...
Imo Police Command says it repelled an attack on the building of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Orlu LGA in Imo by the suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The command further disclosed that the hoodlums, who attacked the INEC facility, later retreated...
The Police in Borno said that eight lost their in a clash between farmers and herders over alleged land encroachment in Bayo Local Government Area of in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar confirmed the incident at a meeting with leaders of farmer association and Miyetti Allah...
Reuters, an international news agency, now part of Thomson Reuters, wrote that it was working on a series of stories about purported actions of the Nigerian military during the government’s 13-year war against Islamist insurgents in the country’s North East. To them, they were committed to producing an accurate,...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja, has accused Reuters, a British international news agency, of attempt to blackmail the Nigerian military through what it described as “mercenary journalism”. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Akpor said the news outlet wrote...
The Nigerian Army Infantry Corps (Queen of the Battle) shone like a million stars at the just-concluded Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) 2022 Merit Awards. The infantry emerged the best as it came first among all others This is contained in a statement on Friday in Kaduna by Capt....
Mr Isa Jere, the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday tasked the newly graduated female officers to put the knowledge and training learnt into use to enhance their capacity and prepare them for future tasks ahead. Jere said this at the passing out parade ceremony of the maiden...
A man has been nabbed in Lagos State for moving N6.5million from his friend’s bank account and using it to bet in Badagry area of the state. In a video trending on Twitter on Friday, the man accused of using 6.5million Naira to play Sporting Bet was dressed in...
Gunmen have abducted a 66-year old traditional ruler, Oba Clement Olukotun, the Oloso of Oso, at Ajowa-Akoko, in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Friday that the abductors stormed the traditional ruler’s residence at about 10.15 p.m. on Thursday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said its operatives from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit have rescued two children abandoned by their mothers in the Marina area of Lagos State. The command disclosed this through a post on its official Twitter handle....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday prayed an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan to convict a former NIHORT Director, Ademola Idowu and former NIHORT Accountant, Isiah Ajisafe of N124 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC is prosecuting Idowu and...
Unidentified gunmen early Friday morning, attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state, leaving 11 worshippers injured. A resident who spoke to NAN on phone, said the attack took place at about 6.47 am when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the Central mosque, located along Okoroda...
The Kogi State Government has confirmed the Kidnapping of passengers from an 18-seater bus in the state. The Security Adviser to Kogi State Governor, retired Naval Officer Jerry Omodara, who disclosed this on Thursday, however, said that the State government was on top of the case. According to reports,...