The Kano State Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Gidan Murtala, Kano, has remanded Jamila Muhammad Sani, wife of the alleged kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, who was arraigned on a count charge of alleged concealing of a kidnap victim. Jamila, a 30-year-old woman, is the wife to Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of the school,…
Rotten bodies abandoned by kidnappers at an abandoned government hospital in Elele-Alimini community, Emohua LGA of Rivers State have been discovered. The bodies are believed to be victims of kidnappers. Chairman of the council, Dr Chidi Lloyd made the shock discovery. He also discovered that a part of the hospital is being used for storage…
The Police Force on Thursday said its helicopter didn’t crash but only suffered tail rotor damage. Recall that it was reported that a helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Police Force crashed in Bauchi on Wednesday, injuring six persons. Reacting to the development, the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba told The Nation in Abuja…
The federal government has been urged to increase the minimum wage of the Nigeria Police to N100,000. j The call was made by the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi. Akanbi added that when this is done, citizens can courageously challenge bribe taking police officers. The Oluwo made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan,…
A batch of 167 Nigerians stranded in Libya has been repatriated to the country. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Tuesday night. The returnees comprised 65 adult females, eight female children, 76 male adults, and 18 male children. The reception exercise, which was coordinated by the National Commission for…
Oba Adesina Oluwadare Adepoju, the deposed Deji of Akure, has passed on. This was made known in a statement issued by Prince Dapo Adepoju, spokesman for the Adesina Royal Family of the Osupa Ruling House. According to the statement, the late monarch passed on in the early hours of Thursday after a brief illness. The…
Maroof-deen Oshodi, the Chairman, Oshodi-Tapa Chieftaincy Family, has said no one has been endorsed to become the Oba of Oshodi in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that insinuations emerged that a joint body of all the ruling houses in Oshodi had settled for the state Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu…
A police helicopter carrying about six persons has reportedly crashed in Bauchi. The sad incident happened on Thursday. The Bell 429 helicopter which belongs to the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), it was gathered crashed at the Bauchi airport. The crash was confirmed on Thursday in a statement by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) which revealed…
Nigerian fraudster and Instagram big boy, Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. BBC Pidgin reported that this was confirmed by United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California and the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek. A plea agreement document signed by Hushpuppi; his lawyer,…
Police Service Commission Orders More Probe Into Kyari’s Link to Hushpuppi The Police Service Commission has given a new directive to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba concerning indicted senior police officer, Abba Kyari. PSC ordered that the police should deepen investigations into the connection between Abba Kyari, the suspended head of the Intelligence Response…