Suspected cultists on Friday, September 8, shot dead the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, SP Bako Angbashim. According to reports, SP Bako and his men were engaged in a fierce gun battle with a notorious cult leader in the area called 2baba when they reportedly ran out of ammunition. In…
North Korea said it has launched its new submarine capable of nuclear attack, after years of development. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the vessel, named “Hero Kim Kun Ok,” is designed to launch tactical nuclear weapons from underwater but did not specify the number of missiles it could carry and fire….
A young man suspected to be a power cable vandal has been electrocuted on the premises of Niger State Printing Press, Kateren-Gwari Area of Minna, the state capital. A staff member of the agency confirmed that the suspected vandal was found dead Friday morning near the transformer that supplies power to the facility, with…
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, said she would usually not be found in her Abuja office but on the field every day reaching out to the poorest of the poor. The minister, who stated this during a two-day visit to Maiduguri, Borno State, on Friday said high level poverty…
GIOTV reports that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has revealed that flight operations have been moved from the old terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, to the new one (terminal two). In a statement on Thursday, the agency also urged travellers to arrive at the airport three hours before…
Rotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo state has returned to Nigeria after his medical trip abroad, according to a report by Daily Trust. A competent source in the government circle confirmed the return of the Ondo governor, on Thursday. The source, who pleaded anonymity, said Governor Akeredolu landed in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, and…
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested ten suspects in connection with the murder of a 200-level nursing student of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Atanda Modupe Deborah. It was reported that Deborah, who was declared missing within the campus on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, was found dead in a shallow grave about 30 metres…
Troops of Operation Haderin Daji, a component of the military troops have rescued six kidnapped victims and recovered 11 operational motorcycles from the ravaging bandits operating in State Zamfara. According to a statement issued on Wednesday in Gusau by the Assistant Director, of Army Public Relations, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, the troops have continued to…
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has put an end to its two-day warning strike, issuing directives for its affiliate unions to return to work on Thursday, September 7. The labour union embarked on a two-day warning strike on Tuesday, September 5, to draw the attention of the government to the hardship being faced by Nigerians…
Police operatives in Adamawa State have foiled an attempt to kidnap a businessman and killed one of the suspected gunmen. The Adamawa Police Command, in a statement on Wednesday, said the command operatives attached to Gombi Divisional Police Headquarters and some hunters, in an operation on 6/9/2023, “foiled an organized crime to kidnap One…