Our Correspondent The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of an Offshore Survey Vessel ( OSV 115) for scientific hydro-graphic and oceanographic missions. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, announced this in a statement, weekend in Abuja. Adams-Aliu said the vessel ”is the latest addition to the Nigerian Navy fleet. It will operate in […]
From Omoniyi Jafar, Kano The Police have arrested eight suspects for allegedly attempting to disrupt the inauguration of a new commissioner at the Kano State Government House. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Usaini Gumel, confirmed the arrest, on Friday, in Kano. Gumel said that the suspects pose a security threat at the […]
From Our Correspondent Ashraaf Islamic Foundation and the Nigerian Armed Forces have called on Nigerian Muslims to always seek ways to balance religious rites, public safety and national security. They made the call during the seventh Annual Ramadan Lecture and Prayers for the Nation, on Saturday, in Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that the theme of the […]
ADVERTISEMENTFrom Abdulfatah Babatunde The Nigeria Police Force says it made significant progress in its investigation into the tragic ambush and killing of six policemen on Feb. 26. To this end, the Police have arrested eight suspects in connection with the brutal ambush attack. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, announced this in a statement emailed to […]
From Our Correspondent Men of the Osun State Amotekun Corps have arrested two men (names withheld) for an alleged kidnapping attempt. The Amotekun operatives, acting on a tip-off, arrested the suspects, aged 19 and 26 years respectively, at Ogidan Grammar School, and Nawarudeen Grammar School, Oke-Baale areas in Osogbo. TheNewsZenith gathered that residents of the […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama Community in Delta State against any form of propaganda to arm-twist the narrative of the gruesome murder of 16 of its personnel by angry youths of the community. Army Spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu gave the warning in a statement in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the community […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Police Force is trailing missing 602 bags of wheat out of 1,840 bags, belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), having recovered 1,238 and arrested five suspects in connection with the diversion of the grains. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relation Officer (FPRO), announced this in a […]
ADVERTISEMENT From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Police, in conjunction with other relevant security agencies, has arrested 40 suspected oil thieves and recovered two vessels in two different interceptions. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force PRO, announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Friday evening. Adejobi stated that the arrests were part of the Force’s […]
By Our Correspondent A faith-based organisation, the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society (AUD), has called on the Service Chiefs to be more strategic and proactive towards containing escalating insecurity scenarios in the country. Dr Abdul-Rafiu Sanni, the AUD President made the call in a statement made available to TheNewsZenith on Sunday in Lagos. Sanni noted that the society […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Gunmen on Saturday morning intercepted a commercial bus on the fleet of the GOU Transport Company, killed the driver and kidnapped all 18 passengers in the bus on the Shagamu-Benin Expressway. TheNewsZenith gathered that the hoodlums killed the driver as he was about to make a U-turn on sighting them. The incident […]