Mukaila Lamidi aka Auxila, former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Oyo State chapter was on Tuesday paraded in Lagos State by men of the state’s Police command. Lamidi was arrested on May 10 by a combined team of police anti robbery squad, following a confessional statement by Abdulazeez Amao, an…
Man Jailed for Stealing Generator
Salisu Ali, a middle aged man, was today convicted for stealing a power generating set by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, 28 sitting at Ijaiye Ojokoro Local Council Development Authority, LCDA, Lagos State. Ali was arraigned by the Nigerian Police Force, Ipaja division before O.A. Layinka, Senior Magistrate on Tuesday, on a two-count charge…
ACF Opposes Emergency Rule Extension
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, a pan-Northern socio-political organisation has described as absolutely unnecessary, the decision of the Federal government to extend the over 1-year state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe for another six months. The argument of the ACF is that before the State of Emergency was declared, the total casualties of…
Army Denies Mutiny, Sets Up Inquiry
Chris Olukolade, Major General and spokesman for the Nigerian Army has debunked claims of a mutiny by some officers of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army. Olukolade said,“The fact of the matter is that troops on patrol around Chibok were ambushed by insurgents yesterday. Troops engaged the insurgents in a fierce combat and extricated…
Nyanya Blast: SSS Parades Five Terrorist Suspects
Five persons were yesterday paraded by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Abuja over the April 14 bombing of Nyanya motorpark on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in which over 75 persons were killed and more than 100 injured. Those paraded for allegedly having a link to the bombing are: Ahmad…
Chibok: Shettima Order’s Scrutiny of Video
Kashim Shettima, Borno State governor has ordered a rigorous scrutiny of the latest video clip showing some girls suspected to be the abducted girls from the government girls college in Chibok, in order to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the video. Shettima in a press statement on Tuesday instructed that the video…
Boko Haram Gives Condition for Release of Kidnapped Girls
Boko Haram insurgents have released a new video showing the kidnapped Chibok Secondary School girls and promised to release them on the condition that the Nigerian government release its imprisoned members. In the video recording made available to AFP on Monday, Abubakar Shekau, the sect’s leader was shown vowing to hold on to the girls…
Boko Haram: Israel Offers to Assist Nigeria
Israel has promised to send in security experts to help Nigeria secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls and rout Boko Haram insurgency in the country. In a telephone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister on Sunday, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s President welcomed the offer and commended Israel for the assistance. With the…
Nigeria May Be A Hopeless State – Soyinka
Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laurent has said he will prefer to call Nigeria a hopeless state if the over 230 Government secondary school girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State are not found. Soyinka made the statement on Hardtalk, a BBC programme this morning while responding to questions from the stations correspondent. Soyinka who said there are…
Lagos Police Arrest Robbery Suspects
The Lagos State Police Force has arrested two armed robbery suspects, said Ngozi Braide, Lagos police Public Relations Officer in a statement made available to journalists today. The statement said the duo of Tobi Babatunde and Mojeeb Mustapha were arrested by the Ijora Badia Division of the Force following a distress call that the armed gang was…
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