A band of heavily armed bandits has been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike after they were spotted with flocks of sheep and cattle they rustled from Dankolo and Machitta villages in Kaduna State. They were spotted by Nigerian Air Force aircraft on a reconnaissance mission at Kaboru Village…
The Nigeria Police, Bauchi State Command has arrested a 55-year-old man, Shu’ibu Abdullahi who was accused of defiling an eight-year-old boy through the anus. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Ahmed Wakil, the culprit was caught in the act when he lured the minor behind a multipurpose indoor sports hall…
Thirty two Nigerians were on Friday repatriated from Germany for immigration and related offences. The returnees all – males arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos from Dusseldorf Airport aboard a chartered aircraft belonging to Envelope Airline. An immigration source who disclosed the information said the aircraft that flew the returnees touched down about…
An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of one of the Area Commands in Edo State and two other police officers were reportedly attacked and shot by suspected robbers in the early hours of Friday at the popular Murtala Muhammed (MM) Way in Benin City. The ACP and the two other officers were said to…
The management of Access Bank Plc has pleaded with their customers for understanding following an online campaign calling for a boycott. The bank accounts of at least eight persons involved in the #EndSARS campaign were frozen based on the orders of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The accounts were frozen about two weeks before CBN…
One person was confirmed dead and five others injured in a road accident that occurred on Thursday on the Ipetu- Ijesa expressway in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Sector Commander in the State, Mrs. Kudirat Ibrahim, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
Another ethnic clash has ensued at Iyana Ejigbo area of Lagos State as the chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Operators’ Association of Nigeria (TOOAN), a subsidiary of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Iyana Ejigbo branch, who is simply identified as Oke, was stabbed to death by an Okada rider believed to be…
Troops of operation Sahel Sanity has said that while on routine patrol along the fringes of Dajin Wuta forest, it came in contact with bandits on motorcycles, saying that in their attempt to escape from the advancing troops, the terrified bandits ineffectively opened fire and withdrew into the forest. In a press statement signed and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office has arraigned Philip Orumade on a nine-count charge bordering on stealing before Justice Efe I. Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City. Orumade was alleged to have, sometime in November 2019 while working as a banker in charge of Automated Teller Machine, stole…
An International Organisation, Dollar Club Exclusive on Thursday called on the federal government to quickly address the demands of the Academics Staff Union of Universities and allow students to return to school. The association asked the federal government to stop playing politics with academic matters lamenting that students have forgotten what they have been taught…