•Bandits Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of pupils. The community is located along the Kaduna Birnin-Gwari Road which has been terrorised by bandits for many years, reports Channels TV. The police authorities and the Kaduna St...
•Boko Haram insurgents The United Nations (UN) yesterday strongly condemned the abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of them women, boys and girls, in Borno State. The insurgents struck three Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Ngala tow, the headquarters of Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area at the border of Camero...
•NSCDC operatives Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ondo State Command have arrested a middle aged deportee, Megbowon Olumide Taiwo, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over an alleged visa scam. The suspect was said to have duped unsuspecting number of people in Okitipupa, in Okitipupa local government area of [&hel...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 1607 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to the next rank of Superintendents. PSC had earlier stepped down the consideration of the officers’ promotion at its last management meeting where other recommendations were considered when it noticed some discrepancies in the list, ...
•Armed Fulani herdsman Suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday afternoon killed no fewer than 10 persons in Azandeh, community, Mbasaa, Mbajiga, Ityulugh, Torov district in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue North senatorial zone. But residents of the area put the figures at 30 or more, reports The Nation. Among those who killed was a family of [...
•Burning bush Owner of Royal Farm at Akeredolu village in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State, Rufus Jegede, has cried out over the destruction of his farm produce worth over N150 million. Jegede, a chartered accountant, said he suspected a foul play by someone who intentionally set fire to a section of the […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered stoppage of Point-of-Sales (PoS) machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. Egbetokun said the ban became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions of PoS machine...
Three officials – two from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and one from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) – have been quizzed over $3.4billion loan granted to Nigeria by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is allegedly. They were interrogated last week by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Of...
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested 15 suspects over the looting of a warehouse in the area. Some residents had yesterday morning looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture in the Tasha area of Abuja, reports Channels TV. But hours after the incident, the Fe...
•Enugu State PPRO, DSP Daniel Ndukwe The Enugu State Police Command has fixed dates and venues for the JAMB-administered Computer-Based Test for General Duty applicants in the ongoing 2022 recruitment of police constables. The command said the successful applicants shortlisted in the conducted physical and credentials screening had been slated...

