Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, has disbanded satellite offices created under the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) nationwide. Adamu, who gave the order on Tuesday described the satellite offices established by the Assistants-Inspector General of Police (AIGs) as an aberration. This follows the riot in Sagamu over the killing…
A corp member, Oluwatosin Medaiyese, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court, in Osogbo, Osun State, for allegedly impersonating a judge to get favour from an official of the National Youth Service Corps. Medaiyese was said to have claimed to be one Justice Aliyu Jimoh to NYSC South-West Zonal Coordinator, Emmanuel Attah. The 26-year-old,…
Five persons including a pharmacist have been killed following a violent clash involving two cult groups in Ugbokolo town, Okpokwu Local Government Area in Benue State. It was gathered that four of the victims were hacked to death on Monday night while the pharmacist, pictured, was killed in his shop by the suspected cultists on…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead with suspected stab wounds in a home in east London. Police were called to a residential address on Magnolia Close in Leyton at around 11.50 am on Tuesday morning after concerns were raised about occupants. The officers who responded found…
The police in Katsina on Tuesday, arrested and detained a serving corps member in katsina for allegedly raping a student in the secondary school he is doing his primary assignment. The corps member whose identity was not revealed is being detained at the Sabon-Garin police station, Katsina. The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP…
Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has stated that men who are married to only one wife are “missing a whole lot” and are “living a half-life“. The polygamy advocate made this statement while reacting to a video of a man being entertained by his two wives. “If your life is centered around one wife, my…
A strange incident occurred at the Ministry of Animal Health Argungu, Kebbi state on Monday as a pregnant goat gave birth to a billy with abnormal features. Veterans were shocked to find out the strange billy had a human-shaped skull and it looked very deformed after they performed a caesarean section on its mother. According…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a staff of Polaris Bank, formerly Skye Bank Plc, Babatunde Keshinro before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly stealing N12.6 million belonging to a customer. The EFCC charged Keshinro with nine counts bordering on theft, forgery and fraudulent use of the account. EFCC counsel,…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the extension of the closing date for its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) school registration. This was contained in a tweet via its official Twitter handle, @waecnigeria, in the morning of Tuesday, February 25. Going by the extension notice released the registration has been extended…
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has donated N10 million to victims of Yan katako market fire in Gusau. Matawalle, who commiserated with the victims, urged them to consider the disaster as an act of God. “God knows why this happened. I urge you to consider it as a test from our creator, and I pray…