The Lagos state police command has taken a new step to curb police harassment and extortion in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu who restated his zero tolerance for unethical and inhuman conducts in the police, ordered all checkmating units in the command including provost, X-Squad, CP Monitoring Team and Public Complaint Bureau (PCB), to wake up…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has justified President Buhari’s comparism of fuel price in Nigeria to Saudi Arabia, in his Independence day speech. Recall that Buhari in his Independence day speech said “We sell petrol at N161 per litre when same is sold at N168 per litre in Saudi Arabia; N211 per litre in Egypt;…
The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has called for restructuring of Nigeria to forestall a possible breakup and agitation across the country. Speaking at a 60th Independence Day Celebration Symposium co-organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Nehemiah Leadership Institute on Saturday October 3, Adeboye stated that…
A cleric identified as pastor Kayode Ogunleye has been killed by unknown gunmen in Ekiti State. It was gathered that the lifeless body of the cleric, who was also a staff of the Ekiti West Local Government Area in Ekiti, was found on his farm along the Aramoko-Ijero-Ekiti highway in Ekiti. According to reports, Ogunleye, who worked for…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has facilitated the rescue of 11 victims from bandits without ransom.The victims, eight males and three females, are from Bauchi, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara respectively. Matawalle, who received them at the Government House on Saturday, October 3, assured his administration will not rest on its oars until total peace returns in…
Former aide to former Nigeria president Goodluck Jonathan and author, Reno Omokri, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to send operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS of the Nigeria Police Force to Borno state to help in combating terrorism rather than “harming innocent Nigerians.” According to Omokri, Buhari should stop ‘rehabilitating Boko Haram terrorists’ but…
The Anambra state police command has confirmed the arrest of a 46-year-old man who allegedly sodomized three underage boys in the state. The suspect identified as Michael Nwoha was arrested at 8:30pm on October 2, following a tip-off. It was gathered that he has made voluntary confessional statement to the police and blamed his act on demons. The statement…
A member of the House of Representatives, Simon Karu, has claimed that each member of the House earns N9.3 million monthly. The lawmaker, who represents Kaltungo/Shongom federal constituency of Gombe State, stated this on Thursday, October 1, in Abuja at an event to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary. The event was tagged “FixingNigeria at 60- Sustainable and…
A nursing mother and her baby have allegedly been detained in a hospital for 7 months since she gave birth, due to her inability to pay her hospital bills. Blessing Bassey, 27, was rushed to Mojol Hospital, Church Street, in Shasha, Egbeda, Lagos in March. She had lost consciousness on March 6 while she was 7 months…