Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed the deployment of new Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Edo, Lagos, Ogun, and Cross River states. Also affected in the new postings are Bauchi, Kano and Akwa Ibom states. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, Thursday night, listed the new […]
Ogbaku area of the Owerri-Onitsha express way has become an axis of evil occasioned by the alleged questionable activities of Nigerian policemen stationed there. Beyond the brazen extortion that goes on at literally every police roadblock in Imo state, the policemen at Ogbaku has introduced a dangerous twist to their operation. They allegedly harass parents […]
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, says the Department of State Services (DSS) is increasingly becoming a fascist organization and an embarrassment to Nigeria. The DSS has refused to comply with a court order for Sowore’s release. The agency said it received the court order for his release, but that no one had come to receive […]
Officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Kaduna State, have reportedly arrested a Sharia Court judge, Murtala Nasir, for officiating a wedding. Also arrested along with the judge were a former Chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN), Alhaji Sani Dauda, who is the father of the bride, and his son, Shehu Dauda. New Telegraph […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday alerted the public on frozen raspberries contaminated with Norovirus from China. According to the public alert posted on the agency’s website and Twitter handle (@NafdacAgency), Norovirus is a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. It read in part: “The contamination of […]
Operatives of the Edo Police Command, Tuesday evening foiled an audacious attempt by armed robbers to raid the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Benin the state capital. The robbers had attempted to break into the CBN when a bullion van carrying cash to an unknown commercial bank was about leaving the CBN premises. The […]
Richard Oludare, a journalist with The Guardian newspaper was Tuesday brutally attacked and beaten to stupor by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Oludare who had come to carry out his legitimate duty of covering the protest march by the #FreeSowore campaigners at the head office of the DSS was attacked as the […]
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Secretariat in Lokoja has been burnt down by suspected thugs in the early hours of Monday. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Busari who confirmed the attack said the police had commenced investigation on the incident. The party had earlier raised the alarm that there was an ongoing plan […]
The Federal Government Strategic Communication Team on border closure has alleged that a well-orchestrated international conspiracy against Nigeria was major the reason the country has become a dumping ground for all manner of imported goods, including expired foods. The team also listed conditions for reopening of the country’s land borders for goods importation from neighbouring […]
