•Armed Fulani herdsmen The Edo State Commissioner for Public Safety and Security, Festus Ebea, has alleged that some people are bringing criminal elements from outside the state for kidnapping and other crimes. The commissioner disclosed this yesterday in Benin during the monthly briefing organised by the state’s Ministry for Information and S...
•Hadi Abubakar Sirika The 12th prosecution witness in the trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, on Wednesday, told Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, how Sirika allegedly passed off an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines as that of the promised Nigeria Air by the government [&...
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a woman accused of abducting two babies in separate incidents in Ughelli, Delta State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed the arrest in a video shared on social media, stating that the suspect, identified as Joy, was apprehended after allegedly taking th...
•Bandits Bandits have invaded Government Secondary School, Iluke Bunu, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing three persons, including the Vice Principal, Mr. Gani Anifowose, and two others, while abducting some students. According to some residents, the incident happened around 9:45am today. The bandits were said to have targ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives said today that it will prioritise the issue of state police and is set to pass the bill to amend the constitution to allow for the establishment of state police in the country. The House said that it will vote on the constitutional amendment bill allowing the establishment […]
•Blessing CEO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, today, arraigned self-styled relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged fresh ₦13 million fraud. Blessing CEO was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The Edo State government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area following intelligence reports of a planned kidnap attack targeting students. Authorities said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure to safeguard students, teachers, and ot...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has warned the service chiefs to step down honourably if the country’s deteriorating security situation persists and public confidence in the government’s efforts is not restored within a clearly defined period. It also urged President Bola Tinubu to come up with a comprehensive and aggres...
•The slain NSCDC officer, Ayo Olukotun Armed men suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Ayo Olukotun, and abducted his daughter along with several other residents during an attack on Odo-Ere, the headquarters of Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. Resi...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to summon the Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, and the Director-General of the State Security Service (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, to appear before it to outline details of funds released to the securi...

