The six officers of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) who brutalised and almost killed a journalist, Kofi Bartels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, are to appear before the Commissioner of Police (CP), Usman Belel, today. Bartels, an employee of Nigeria ...
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IGP Adamu seeks stronger laws against kidnapping, banditry, others
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has called for stiffer laws against kidnapping, banditry and other heinous crimes, including possible seizure of questionable assets and proceeds. This, he believes, would act as a strong disincentive to potential kidnappers ...
Read More »Fire razes internally displaced persons materials in Maiduguri
An early morning inferno has destroyed relief materials worth millions of naira at the Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative’s (PCNI) warehouse in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire which, started at about 6.00a.m, consumed about ...
Read More »Police, group disagree on alleged plot to criminalise Yoruba, Igbo youths, Adams, Odumakin, Babatope task S’West governors on loyalty
A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Apapo O’odua Koya, (AOKOYA), has alleged that dozens of Yoruba and Igbo youths were about being framed up by the police high command with kidnappings. It claimed that the force was deploying its covert code-name ‘Operation ...
Read More »Jukun women in Taraba protest against spouses’ killings by suspected Tiv militias, group clears Benue indigenes of wrongdoing
Jukun women took to the streets of Donga in Donga Local Council of Taraba State to protest against the incessant killings by suspected Tiv militias of their spouses. During a march to the palace of the first class traditional ruler ...
Read More »Architects get leave to file contempt proceedings against Minister of Housing, others
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has granted leave to two architects to file contempt proceedings against the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and two others for allegedly disobeying court order. Fashola, Architects Registration ...
Read More »Under-five deaths reduce by 47 per cent in Nigeria, others, says report
Nigeria has recorded a major feat in its infant mortality rate profile by almost halving her under-five deaths. The feat was contained in a new report released yesterday by Save the Children, an international organisation working to deliver change for ...
Read More »Lawmaker seeks protection of helpless teenagers, others
Representative of Obokun Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Oyintiloye John Olatunbosun, has said Nigerians should use this year’s Children Day celebration to scale up activities aimed at restoring the dignity of the child. Olatunbosun, who highlighted the ...
Read More »Court sacks APC lawmaker-elect in Imo State, awards plaintiff N13.5 million
A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State has sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ugonna Ozuruigbo as House of Representatives member-elect for Nkwerre/Njaba/Isu/Nwangele Federal Constituency of the state. In suit marked FHC/OW/CS/25/2019 between Harrison Nwadike (plaintiff) and APC, ...
Read More »Abuja Internally Displaced Persons lament government’s failure, seek land for farming
ICPC boss tasks youths on anti-corruption fight, nation’s future Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja have lamented Federal Government failure to provide good welfare packages for its, especially the internally displaced populace. Public Relation Officer (PRO) of Abuja IDPs camp, ...
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