Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested a 65-year-old fake soldier identified as Jeremiah Joseph, in the state. Disclosing this on Twitter, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said Jeremiah was apprehended after posing as an Army Lieutenant. ”Officers of Ipaja Division have arrested 65-year old Jeremiah Joseph who…
Yar Bulutu weekly market in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, was on Monday, December 5, invaded by bandits who killed six persons, including three policemen. The attack was carried out on the same day President Muhammadu Buhari came to the state to declare the Chief of Army Staff’s 2022 Conference open. Confirming the…
The Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVG, have arrested four suspects for motorcycle theft and possession of illegal firearms in Makurdi. The suspects, Danlamin Musa, 20, of Benue Crescent, and Trust Taiwo, 27, of Bida Street, Wadata Makurdi, were arrested in the early hours of Monday, December 5, 2022, for stealing a motorcycle. Also arrested were…
The Congress of University Academics has concluded plans to sue the federal government. The union expressed its disappointment with the Federal Government, especially the Ministry of Labour and Employment, over the non-payment of its members’ withheld salaries “even when the government knew that the union did not call for strike action and its members were…
The police have confirmed the kidnap of the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu, by some unidentified gunmen. It was gathered that the Commissioner, in the company of three others, was abducted at the notorious Adankari junction along Ado-Otukpo road at about 9 pm on Sunday. Other victims included the…
Bandits in communities of Batsari and Funtua local government areas of Katsina State have abducted about 46 people at the weekend. A source confirmed that in Karare village of Batsari Local Government Area on Friday, one person was killed, while 28 people were abducted. He explained that the gunmen invaded the village in the morning…
As the Abuja-Kaduna train resumes operations on Monday, December 5, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate deployment of armed officials drawn from the Police Mobile Force K-9, Force Intelligence Bureau, Explosive Ordinance Unit and the Railway Police Command. The force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed in a statement Sunday night. Adejobi…
Students and a lecturer of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba in Ondo state recently ran for their lives after some of the students in their class came in dressed as terrorists for a presentation they were having on terrorism. The students who dressed in military camouflage and had their faces covered while carrying “guns”, came…
A suspected vandal identified simply as Ezekiel was electrocuted while trying to steal a high-tension wire in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory. A commercial driver, who asked to be identified only as Hassan, on Sunday, December 4, 2022, confirmed that Ezekiel sustained severe burns from the incident which happened on Saturday night,…
The Debt Management Office (DMO), has warned that the country’s debt sustainability is under threat. In a statement released by the agency which oversees the government’s debt issuance and management,it was stated that while Nigeria’s loans may still be within acceptable range of the country’s economic size, the ability to sustainably meet the obligations…