Unknown gunmen have killed a Saudi Arabia based oil expert, Ogacheko Atanu, in his Idah residence of Kogi State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday night at about 11 p.m. when the deceased was about retiring to his bed. It was also gathered that when the assassins stormed the compound of late…
A five-year-old boy who went missing after his parents sent him on an errand has been found dead inside a parked car in a compound at Ishiuzor, Egbu Community, in Owerri North council area of Imo State. The Nation reports that the boy was found dead at a compound in the neighborhood where he was sent…
There was a fire outbreak at the Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters in Abuja today January 10. The Service disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter handle this morning. According to the service, the fire affected some of the offices in the headquarters. The tweet reads ”A fire incident occurred in our Service Headquarters this Morning….
Consequent upon the outlawing of stamp duty on electronic bank transfer by the Court of Appeal, the Federal Government, through the Finance Act 2020, has introduced the Electronic Money Transfer Levy. Finance Act 2020, which was recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, has a commencement date of January 1, 2021 along with the 2021 Appropriation…
The Ekiti State Police Command says it has commenced a holistic overhaul of police duties to rise to the increasing cases of kidnapping in the state. The Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Mr. Babatunde Mobayo, said the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the police, has been decentralized to increase patrols across the 16 Local government…
An Indonesian budget airline jet is feared to have crashed into the sea after the Boeing 737 lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday, with flight tracking data showing the plane plunged into a steep dive several minutes after take-off. It was unclear how many passengers and crew were aboard Sriwijaya Air’s Boeing 737-500,…
No fewer than five civilians were allegedly killed at Ilesha-Baruba, Baruten local government area of Kwara following a clash between some soldiers and commercial drivers. The SP Ajayi Okasanmi, the Kwara Police Public Relations Officer who confirmed the incident to newsmen said the command was yet to ascertain the number of casualties, both dead and…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 31-year-old staff of the National Open University of Nigeria NOUN in Benue state, Ikon Danasabe, for allegedly employing the services of his fellow cult members to kill his colleague, Francis Atache, over N70, 000. GioTV reports that an investigation into the case commenced shortly after Francis was gruesomely…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has warned that South-West Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, must not become another Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. Soyinka stated this on Saturday while featuring on Arise TV. The revered author noted that men of the Amotekun Corps must be trained on the issue…
A 27-year-old Nigerian drug kingpin identified as Chukuda Onyabu and his 26-year-old Ghanaian counterpart Emmanuel Osei who were remanded in Abokobi Police Cells near Adenta in the Greater Accra Region has reportedly escaped from prison. The suspects who are facing charges of possession of narcotic drugs and conspiracy to commit crimes and stealing respectively were…