A serving officer of the Nigerian Army has been arrested in connection with the robbery attack on a bullion van in Ebonyi State last Wednesday, which claimed the life of four policemen. Forty-three-year-old Sergeant SAMUEL AYENI was arrested alongside six other suspects, following an investigation that spread across different states in the South-East and South-South. Sergeant SAMUEL…
One ADEYINKA ABIODUN has been stopped from committing suicide by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon. The incident, which happened over the weekend, is said to be the 8th suicide attempt foiled by the Lagos State Police Command in the last two months. Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has intervened and paid off a bank loan that forced the 45-year-old…
Nigerian troops have killed a total of eight armed bandits in the ongoing “Operation Sahel Sanity” in the northwestern part of the country. Troops have also arrested 33 suspected bandits, as well as 14 informants and collaborators within the first month of the operation. Within the same period of the operation, from July 1 to July 31;…
A former Director of Finance in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, AYINLA ABIBU, has been sentenced to one year in prison. ABIBU is also to forfeiture two plots of land in Kubwa and Bwari areas of Abuja to the Federal Government over a six-million-naira fraud. The convict was sentenced by an Abuja High Court in a…
Nigerians and groups within the country have spoken out against the imposition of six percent stamp duty on rent and lease agreements. Social and Economic Rights Accountability Project, SERAP, is among the groups that have taken a hard stance against the policy, which has become a trending topic on Twitter. In a short message repeated several times…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has commended the interim leaders of the ruling All Progressives Party, which is chaired by Governor MAI MALA BUNI of Yobe State. President BUHARI made the commendation during an online meeting with the APC leaders and governors of APC-controlled states in the country. During the meeting, which also had Vice-President, YEMI OSINBAJO in attendance,…