Herdsmen have reportedly killed an unidentified man and kidnapped a 17-year daughter of a teacher at Azagba Mixed Secondary School in Isele-Azagba, Aniocha South Council Area of Delta State. Consequently, the community’s vigilance group has been combing the entire area ...
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Fashola, Arase, Banire canvass community policing, high tech to combat crimes
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase have canvassed community policing and installation of high-tech security devices in strategic locations to combat crimes and insecurity in the country. They argued that ...
Read More »Abacha’s loot was oil proceeds from N’Delta, says Clark, wants fund invested in region’s infrastructure development
National leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has declared that the $308 million recently recovered Abacha loot were proceeds of oil and gas produced in the Niger Delta. He, therefore, maintained that the funds should ...
Read More »Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai revokes C-of-O of late Sani Abacha’s property
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has revoked the Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) of the demolished Durbar Hotel, belonging to the family of late former Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The property is located along the General Muhammadu ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom ready to provide infrastructure for Court of Appeal, says commissioner
Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, has declared that the state is ready to provide the needed infrastructure for the takeoff of the Uyo division of the Court of Appeal. He made the assertion as ...
Read More »Cross River assembly rejects Ayade’s N15b loan request, additional SAs, others
The Cross River State House of Assembly has rejected a N15 billion loan request by the state government, a development that is causing friction between the executive and legislature. A letter dated January 14, 2020 and signed by Secretary to ...
Read More »Sultan of Sokoto, Dogara, others blame FG for lingering terrorism
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Muhammadu Abubakar, former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Usman Bugaje and other Northern leaders have blamed the lingering security challenges on government’s failure to act decisively. They stated this, while reviewing the security challenges ...
Read More »President Buhari pledges continued support for military to tackle insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured the Armed Forces that his administration will continue to fund and equip the military to effectively tackle challenges of insecurity in the country. Buhari stated this at the unveiling of two Agusta 109 Power and ...
Read More »President Buhari to commission three new factories in Cross River
President Muhammadu Buhari will later this month visit Cross River State to commission three new industries built by the state government. The factories are the Cross River noodles factory, the fertiliser factory and the chicken processing plant. Buhari will be ...
Read More »NAF launches Operation Rattle Snake III, destroys ISWAP hideout in Borno State
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole, has launched ‘Operation Rattle Snake III‘ against terrorists in the North East. According to a statement signed by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, ...
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