Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, has asked officers of the Nigerian Army to do more to “completely defeat” banditry and insurgency. Magashi said this on Thursday during the decoration of senior military officers, at a ceremony held at the army headquarters in Abuja. According to a statement by Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, the minister also […]
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has reiterated that he remains unapologetic to those who perceived him to be an ardent critic of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kukah said this while speaking with journalists in Sokoto. He said, “All what I have been clamouring for are not personal. There are two issues […]
Irrigation farmers in Gassol and Karim-Lamido have raised alarm over the activities of bandits, which they said has threatened farming activities. Farmers in separate interviews with North East Trust said bandits have taken over the forests in the area and are kidnapping people every night. One of the farmers, Mallam Yakubu Binnari said in parts […]
Three drug traffickers wearing uniforms of security agencies to escape scrutiny have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with over 427 kilograms of illicit drugs in Borno State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Thursday explained that a certain Yakubu […]
Nigerian naira weakened against the dollar at the parallel market to trade at N570 amid demand for the currency during the yuletide season. This is a drop of N5 or 0.9 percent from the N565 it traded last week. Street traders across forex markets in Lagos quoted the rate at N570 to a dollar on […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the National Assembly will revisit the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and remove the direct primary clause in it after it resumes from recess. Gbajabiamila, while unveiling some projects in Surulere, Lagos State, on Thursday, also ruled out the possibility of the National Assembly […]
The management of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, publishers of PUNCH Newspaper, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on what it described as the barbaric attack on its correspondent, Toni Ufor, and seizure of his mobile phone and ID card, by police officers attached to the Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, December […]
The royal feud between Queen Naomi and her husband have been allegedly settled. It was gathered that emissaries from Ile-Oodua Palace met with the queen’s family through the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi who was said to have played a major role in settling the differences. Sources in Akure revealed that both families […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Onitsha Gunmen have killed an officer on duty at Uli community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday. However it was gathered that police later repelled the attack by yet-to-be identified gunmen on Wednesday. Crimefacts.news also gathered that the other officer sustained injuries in the attempted.attack and is currently […]
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Thursday shifted Imo stakeholders meeting to 4th of January, 2022 as against 3rd January 2022, as he earlier announced. The Imo state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, disclosed the new date to newsmen in Owerri. Vanguard gathered the first announcement was made by the governor, December […]
