•Abdul Rasheed Muhammad The Abuja Police Command has arrested a Nigerian Navy officer, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, while parading the suspect today in Abuja, said Muhammad killed Am...
•Shi’ite procession The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, today, ordered operatives to track down and arrest the sponsors and killers of the policemen involved in the recent procession by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, commonly known as the Shi’ite. Yesterday, the Police reported that Shi’ite members attacked its personnel durin...
•Shi’ites A violent clash between Shi’ite mourners and police in Abuja has left at least two police officers dead and three others unconscious, with several Shi’ite members also killed and injured. The incident occurred at Wuse Junction, where police attempted to disperse the Shi’ite Arba’een Symbolic Trek, leading to a confrontation, reports ...
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared the Park and Pay scheme in the nation’s capital as illegal. Wike made the declaration during a live media parley with select journalists in Abuja, today. The interactive session was put together to mark his one year in office. The minister said, [&hel...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye is dead. The Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja yesterday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters, reports Channels TV. The cause of his death is yet unknow...
•Some protesters waving Russian flag in Kano The Kano State Police Command has transferred 76 suspects, including a foreign national, to the Force Headquarters in Abuja for discreet investigation on charges of sedition. The suspects were reportedly arrested for flying Russian flags during the recent nationwide hunger protests, reports Channels...
•Wike and Justice Oriji Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, who gave the order restricting protesters of the just concluded #EndBadGovernance demonstration to MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, hails from Obi Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, like Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike....
•Protesters Protests have resumed in the Federal Capital Territory, Ibadan, Akure, and Abeokuta today after a brief pause caused by raids and arrests of organisers. Recall that the hunger protest, which began on Thursday, August 1, saw a high level of enthusiasm on its first day across the country, but that excitement has since begun […...
•Protesters in Abuja The #EndBadGovernace protesters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, have returned to the streets. The demonstration was previously halted, as normalcy returned to the city, reports Daily Trust. In pictures seen online, the protesters carried placards, some of which read, “End Bad Governance in Nigeria,” “Nigerians are tired ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Nigeria Police Force last night spoke on the alleged raid of the National Headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), also known as ‘Labour House’ in Abuja. In a statement made available to newsmen by the Force Public Relations (FPRO), Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi’, the Police clarifi...
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