Mrs Rose Bassey, a former Accountant General of Cross River State and three others have been abducted at the Uyanga axis on the Calabar-Ogoja highway. Gunmen, who laid siege on the busy highway, abducted the persons, by shooting at the motorists to force them to stop. They shot a popular evangelist, Edim Edim Omin during […]
Two persons died in a clash between policemen on duty and gunmen on Monday night in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. SP Chris Anyanwu, Spokesman of the Police Command in Ebonyi, said the incident claimed the lives of a mobile police officer and a member of the gunmen. Anyanwu said the attack occurred at Presco axis, Abakaliki […]
By Our Correspondent Four suspects, arrested for allegedly invading the residence of Senator Sani Musa (Niger East), have confessed they planned to kidnap him. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, DSP Abiodun Wasiu, announced this in a statement on Monday in Minna. The NewsZenith reports that one of the suspects said the gang claimed […]
By Our Correspondent The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate deployment of armed officers drawn for the resumption of railway services along the Abuja-Kaduna rail lines. The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced this in a statement, late on Sunday in Abuja. Adejobi said the officers were drawn from the Mobile Force […]
By Our Correspondent The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday, charged a 19-year-old unemployed man, Abdullahi Aliyu before a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged drug trafficking. In a five-count charge, bordering on illegal peddling of restricted narcotics, the NDLEA Counsel, Mr Lambert Nor, alleged that Aliyu committed the offence on Oct. […]
By Our Correspondent Police have arrested three suspected armed robbers, believed also to be Eiye secret cult members, recovering guns from them in Benin, Edo. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Benin. Nwabuzor said the Anti-Robbery Team arrested the dare-devil armed robbers and members of […]
By Our Correspondent The Police have arrested a 20-year-old housewife (name withheld) for allegedly killing 30-year-old co-wife of the same husband in Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmad Wakil, announced the arrest in a statement on Monday in Bauchi. Wakil stated that the incident happened in Gar village of Alkaleri Local […]
The Police, on Thursday, charged 34-year-old Gift Okpomini, before an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly posting obscene materials on Tiktok. Okpomini is facing a three-count charge of conduct likely to cause a breach of trust, sending dangerous or obscene things by post and theft. The defendant, whose address was not provided, however, pleaded not […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the enhanced salary and welfare scheme for judicial officers nationwide. The President announced the scheme at the inauguration of the Nabo Graham-Douglass Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Port Harcourt. The President’s announcement is contained in a statement issued from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). […]
By Our Correspondent The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement has rejected the N58 million capital allocation in the 2023 budget proposal for the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). Rep. Nassir Ahmed, Chairman of the Committee rejected the budget proposal when Mr Mamman Ahmadu, Director General of BPP appeared before the committee to defend […]