The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost one of its Special Forces (SF) personnel in a gun battle in Zamfar State. The troop died as troops of Operation Hadarin Daji neutralised 30 bandits near Yar-Katsina in Bungudu Local Government Area. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). His spokesman, Garba Shehu, made this known on Monday. Shehu said Buhari has conveyed his approval to the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who made the nomination. Fikpo will be…
A suspected phone thief was burnt to death by a mob at the Egbeada international market in Imo state over the weekend. According to reports, the suspected thief attempted to snatch the phone of a female passerby. When she refused, he stabbed her in the process. Eyewitnesses caught up with him, beat him up, and…
Hon. Adamu Babban Bare, a lawmaker representing the Kafin-Hausa constituency in the Jigawa state house of assembly is dead. Chairman of House Committee on Information, Hon. Aminu Zakari Tsubut told newsmen that the deceased died at the age of 57 after a prolonged illness suspected to be cancer and kidney failure. Tsubut described the death of…
A clergyman identified as Tiamiyu Yusuf has been apprehended by officials of Osun State Police Command after he was caught with a human head in Iwo community. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Wale Olokode confirmed the arrest of the suspect with the exhibit. The suspect was transferred from Iwo Divisional Police Headquarters…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of cocaine. This is contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, said the illicit substance…
Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has reacted to reports of him paying $5million bribe to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. Reports had it that Akpabio allegedly bribed Malami, who is the Minister of Justice with $5million to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development…
A 13-year-old autistic boy who was declared missing by his family has been found alive and reunited with his family. Chidozie Emenahi, who lives with his mother at the Raji Raski estate in Amuwo-Odofin, walked out of the compound on Sunday, January 10, and wasn’t seen for days, prompting his family to report to the…
10 people have been killed after a bandit attack in the Janbako community of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It was learned that local vigilantes withstood the bandits who invaded the community by 10.30 am yesterday January 17. 5 out of the 10 people killed were said to be vigilantes, and four other…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a suspected Internet fraudster, popularly called yahoo boy, with his girlfriend’s corpse after he was caught attempting to dump the body of the lady, Blessing Akpovwovwo, in a bush. The suspect, said to be a resident of Urhuoka, Abraka in the Ethiope East Local Government Area…