An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and four civilians attached to the kitchen contractor working with the Conoil Plc located in Koluama 1 in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa state have been abducted by pirates. The victims were abducted while on their way to Koluama 1 with supplies…
Suspected hoodlums have killed a 28-year-old leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade. It was gathered that the assailants stabbed Kunle at his house in Ijeshatedo area of Surulere, trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving treatment and shot him multiple times.The victim’s brother, Kehinde, said…
A 65-year-old man has gone missing and his family members are asking for help to find him. Mr Moses Adebayo Ogunbayo left his home at Adebisi Ogunniyi Crescent, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, at about 3pm on November 24, 2021. When he didn’t return home, his son, Olawale Ogunbayo, called his phone number on the same…
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the issue of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is premature. The AGF said this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday December 1. According to him, the trials associated with Kanu have…
Bayelsa state police command has arraigned 12 women in court for allegedly plotting to stop the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road by the state government with juju (charms). The women who were accused of carrying out a demonstration demanding that the road should pass through their community to give residents a sense of belonging, have…
The Nigerian Police Force has been ordered to pay N15m fine to seven suspected members of Boko Haram who were unlawfully detained for three years without trial. The applicants, Ajiri Dungus, Gudja Giddah, Adam Mohammed, Wardi Dungus, Fanami Mustapha, Mohammed Abba and Makinka Dungus, were reportedly arrested inside a Maiduguri market were allegedly “dumped” at the detention…
Bayelsa State Livestock Management Committee has charged three herders at a Magistrate’s Court in Yenagoa for violating the anti-open grazing law. The herders were arrested around Royal Tulip hotel (Onopa), Tombia-Amassoma road and Zarama respectively on Saturday, November 27, by security operatives attached to the committee for contravening the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised an alarm over plans by terrorists to attack military bases in border towns across the country. In a leaked memo dated November 25, 2021, the secret agency also put the Nigeria Customs Service on red alert to avert the pending attacks by the insurgents on Ogun…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a wanted notorious armed robber, Sabitu Ibrahim, popularly known as Aljan and recovered six stolen motorcycles and tricycles from him. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, November 27, said that the 18-year-old suspect has been on police wanted…
Suspected bandits attacked the Jos Correctional centre today November 28. According to reports, the bandits pretended to be on a visit before they opened fire on reaching the gate of the correctional facility. Five inmates attempted to escape but were stopped by armed personnel of the service. The Jos Correctional Centre is located near the…
