•Bandits Bandit attacks on rural communities in Zamfara State have taken another dimension as the hoodlums now concentrate in raping married women and girls in their family homes. This came on a day suspected bandits arrested by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC and personnel of [...
•Rivers CP, Olatunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command has said one of its men identified as Inspector Michael Odey involved in an act of extortion has been dismissed. Similarly, it disclosed that two other operatives involved in the act had been queried and recommended for dismissal according to established procedures, reports The PUNCH. I...
•Arrested suspects The Special Military Taskforce in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau state on Wednesday said its troops raided some mountains in the Mangu Local Government Area of the state and uncovered a weapon factory in the area. The spokesman for the Military Taskforce, Captain Oya James, who disclosed this in a statement today [&h...
•Nyesom Wike Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has placed an N20 million bounty on the heads of two criminals terrorising residents of the territory, dead or alive. Wike made the announcement in Abuja today, while making remarks at the FCT Police Command, where 15 arrested suspected kidnappers and one chance robbers were pa...
The federal government has asked the International Police (Interpol) to place three Nigerians on the watch list over alleged forgery. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha yesterday said that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s signature was forged by those who withdrew $6,230,000 as authorised by the Central...
•Marwa and governors wives The Nigeria Governors Spouses Forum (NGSF), has called on the federal and state governments to declare state of emergency on substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria with a view to mobilising resources to tackling the pandemic. The call was one of the resolutions in a communique signed by Chairperson [...
•Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has sought the permission of governors in the South-West to go after the killers of three Yoruba monarchs. Adams, in an open letter to the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji, yesterday, said he had the capacity to deal with those he called […]
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate, yesterday asked security agencies to adopt proper synergy in their operations to address the insecurity in Nigeria. The Senate also urged the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to ensure the immediate release of funds to the military to combat insecurity. The ...
•Godwin Emefiele and Boss Mustapha Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, today, appeared at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, and testified in the ongoing trial of ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is standing trial before Justice Muazu on 20-co...
•Gunmen Gunmen have attacked the Senator representing Imo-North senatorial district (Okigwe zone), Senator Patrick Ndubueze, resulting in the tragic death of one of his orderlies. •Senator Patrick Ndubueze A source close to the senator told our correspondent that the gunmen stormed the senator’s residence during the early hours of yesterday, M...

