Guaranty Trust Bank offices in Uyo have been sealed. According to NAN, the affected offices are two branches in Uyo. The offices were sealed by the Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service, AKIRS, on Monday over unpaid taxes running into N184 million. Leo Umanah, Executive Director Enforcement and Recovery, AKIRS who lead the team on…
The United Nations has called for the immediate release of the schoolboys abducted by bandits in Katsina state. The incident took place at the Government Science School at Kankara, Kastina State. The organisation expressed its concern in a statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, on Monday. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed the Government…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained officers of the special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT. Adamu ordered SWAT deployment for routine patrols across the country. The IGP’s directive was addressed to the 17 Assistant Inspector Generals of Police in the Force and Commissioners of Police in…
Dr Christian Opata, a chieftain of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the union’s rejection of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Management System (IPPIS) has nothing to do with its current strike. Opata, who is the Chairman of ASUU, University of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter, said this on Monday while briefing newsmen…
The Imo State Police Command has paraded fourteen suspected criminals for various crimes ranging from murder, armed robbery, kidnap, unlawful possession of firearms, and others. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, in a press release on Saturday, said the operatives of the IGP special task force on Petroleum and Illegal bunkering attached to…
Unidentified kidnap and armed robbery suspects on Sunday night escaped from custody at the Cross River Police Command headquarters, Calabar. This was confirmed on Monday by the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo. 19 suspects were said to have escaped, but Ugbo insisted only three suspects escaped. She said, “Only three escaped….
Six persons escaped death on Sunday, when two vehicles plunged into a shallow valley and somersaulted several times in Awka, the Anambra state capital. The accident which involved a Toyota Tacoma SUV with registration number SMK 36 FL, and Toyota Camry, with registration number ENU 430 MW heading towards Onitsha, happened near Federal Road Safety…
Kano State government says it will construct about 5,000 housing units for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state. The state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, disclosed this weekend during a stakeholders meeting in Kano. He said the project was to provide decent accommodation for teachers and their families. It would…
The Ogun State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has stopped the Oniro of Iro, Oba Najeemdeen Alani Aromaye from parading as a monarch. This was contained in a letter sent to the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, by the Ministry. The letter dated December 4, was signed by…
The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), says the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, a Local Government Area in Katsina state, will return home in the next few hours. Magashi gave the assurance when he led a delegation of the Federal Government, including the service chiefs to Katsina to…