After denying ties with the recently disbanded Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the UK government has finally admitted to providing equipments and training to the defunct group. The minister for Africa James Duddridge, who is one of Boris Johnson’s ministers, admitted British officials had trained officers from the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) between 2016…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this is in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga, on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Aregbesola, who made the declaration…
Ten persons comprising six policemen and four civilians were killed, and 38 cops injured in Lagos during violent protests that erupted last week, the police have said. The police also said 16 police stations were burnt and 13 vandalized by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful #ENDSARS protests across the state. Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu gave…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday attacked Sabon Garin Bilbis community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State and killed a man. It was gathered that the suspected bandits stormed the community at about 1 AM on Sunday, October 25.
Messaging service, Whatsapp, has updated its service which allows users mute chat for hours and pearly.In its upgrade, the US-run messaging service says users on the platform can now mute chat forever, be it group o r individual The Facebook-owned platform, with over two billion users worldwide, broke the news in a post on Friday….
118 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, October 19, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-51, Riversp0-26, Imo-12, Osun-8, Plateau-6, FCT-5, Kaduna-4, Ogun-3, Edo-2, Niger-1. There are now 61,558 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,125 deaths have…
I met again with the IGP tonight.Our determination to reform the police should never be in doubt. I am being briefed regularly on the reform efforts ongoing to end police brutality and unethical conduct, and ensure that the Police are fully accountable to the people. The IG already has my firm instructions to conclusively address…
Gunmen have abducted two doctors working in Kogi state. The victims identified as Dr. Ebiloma Aduku of the Zonal Hospital Ankpa and Kelechi Mgbahurike of Christ the King Hospital, Anyigba, Dekina LGA were reportedly abducted on different days and under different circumstances. While Aduku was kidnapped at Ankpa on October 6, Mgbahurike was abducted from…
A Nigerian journalist, Chigozie Effe shared photos showing the amazing transformation of a of 5-year-old girl, Adanna Ifewulu from Anambra State, who beat cancer of the blood. Taking to Facebook on October 7, Mr Effe shared a photo of Adanna during her battle with cancer in 2018 and in 2020 after her recovery, thanking well…
A Liberian man, Tamba Lamine, has drowned after jumping from a bridge into a river in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, to retrieve a $20 note that he had mistakenly dropped according to a report by BBC. According to police spokesman Moses Carter who spoke to the BBC, Mr. Lamine was walking with a friend on the…