A security guard physically assaulted by the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, in Abuja on Monday, has narrated his ordeal. The victim, Clement Sargwak, tracked down by our correspondent on Wednesday, is a 22-year-old employee of Jul Reliable Guards Services Limited, posted as a security guard to Banex Plaza, in […]
A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports. Nearly three weeks later, police have not found a motive and have made no arrests, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for […]
Ogun State government on Thursday launched the State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. At the event which was held in Abeokuta, the state capital, the state Governor Dapo Abiodun also decorated Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka as Super Marshal of the corps. The governor also commissioned scores of patrol vans and motorcycles to aid the operations […]
Less than 24 hours after gunmen attacked Prof Chukwuma Soludo, a former CBN governor and the governorship aspirant under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the forthcoming Anambra 2021 guber election, the Anambra State Police Command, says it has arrested one suspect in connection with the incident. The arrest was contained in a statement […]
THE Federal Government on Thursday said about fifty one (51) million Nigerians have so far completed their enrollment in the ongoing National Identity Number, NIN. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, who disclosed this during the ministerial organized by the Presidential Media Team at the State House, Abuja, said about 189 […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended its membership registration and revalidation exercise by three weeks. In a statement on Thursday, Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, said the extension became necessary because of the number of people willing to join the party. “The audit of the reports […]
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has gone missing while on an operation in the north-eastern region of the country, authorities have said. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the aircraft lost contact with radar while on an interdiction mission in […]
Armed bandits have allegedly killed seven persons, including five military officers, in the latest attacks on communities in Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. The bandits were also said to have abducted over 10 persons, stole seven motorcycles and damaged military vehicles among others in the attacks they unleashed Wednesday and early Thursday morning. The […]
