UK health secretary resigns after breaching social distancing rules
Matt Hancock has resigned as UK health secretary after he breached social distancing rules. Hancock has been under attack after he was captured kissing an aide in breach of COVID-19…
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- Kidnapping
- June 26, 2021
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Again, gunmen kidnap Ekiti monarch
Gunmen have abducted Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in the Ekiti East Council area of Ekiti State. The gunmen were said to have whisked the traditional ruler…
BREAKING: NAF dismisses report of terrorists attack at Kaduna base
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said its Base in Kaduna was never attacked by terrorists, contrary to the social media reports. In a statement, the Director Public Relations and…
Auditor-General queries multibillion-naira irregularities in NPA accounts
The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has issued seven queries on the audited accounts of the Nigerian Ports Authority in 2017. The queries include standalone financial statements, non-current…
- Drug Offences
- June 26, 2021
- 285 views
Buhari: War against illicit drugs more deadly than insurgency
President Muhammadu Buhari says the danger posed by illicit drugs is worse than the impact of insurgency, banditry and other threats to the nation’s stability. The president stated this on…
Imo NUJ berates commissioner for disowning journalist
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri The Nigerian union of journalists, Imo state chapter has berated the commissioner for information, Declan Emelumba for disowning a Punch reporter, Chidiebube Okeoma. This was contained…
Boko Haram Attempts to Take Over Air Force Base in Kaduna
Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group, has tried to take over the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna on Saturday morning, FIJ has learnt. An Air Force offiicial told FIJ…
Murder of Super TV CEO: Why we can’t take action yet on our student —UNILAG
THE University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has said that it is yet to take any decision against Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student who, on Thursday, publicly recounted…
- Drug Offences
- June 26, 2021
- 264 views
NDLEA arrests 60 suspected drug traffickers in Imo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has seized 646.23 kilograms of hard drugs and arrested 60 drug suspects in Imo State between January and June 2021. The seized…
INEC to comply with court ruling on Anambra PDP executives
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will comply with a high court judgement that dismissed the sacking of the Anambra state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) executives. A federal…
- Kidnapping
- June 26, 2021
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Ekiti poly students kidnap colleague, collect N2.2m ransom
Operatives of the Rapid Respond Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State police command have arrested a fourteen-man gang of kidnappers over the abduction of a student of the Crown Polytechnic,…
11 dead, 22 injured in Osun road accident
No fewer than 11 travellers have been confirmed dead while 22 others sustained various injuries in an accident that occurred in front of Ayedaade Local Government secretariat on Saturday night.…
Protests in London over South-East killings
SOME Nigerians on Friday took to the streets of London, United Kingdom, to protest against alleged killings and general insecurity in the South East region of the country. The protest…
Edwin Clark: South-east most disadvantaged geopolitical zone in Nigeria
Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, says the south-east region is the most disadvantaged geopolitical zone in Nigeria. Clark spoke while addressing stakeholders at the south-south zonal conference in Port…
- Insecurity
- June 26, 2021
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PHOTOS: Police kill suspected IPOB/ESN members, overrun three camps in Imo
Many suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia wing of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) group, were on Friday killed during raids on their camps in…
