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Three persons have died in a boat accident which occurred on the River Kaduna at Wuya village, along Bida-Mokwa road. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency confirmed that the incident occurred around 12:00 pm on Friday, however, the agency only received the news on Saturday morning. According to the NEMA Public Relations Officer, Mr Ibrahim […]
One of the suspected internet fraudsters, wanted by the Federal Bureau Of Investigation, (FBI) Joseph Oyediran, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin zonal office in Kwara State. The zonal head of the EFCC in Ilorin, Isyaku Sharu, disclosed this during a press conference on Friday to give updates […]
Security operatives in Lagos, have intercepted a truck carrying 123 persons and 48 motorbikes from Jigawa State. According to a statement by the government, the truck was seized following a tip-off by members of the public who raised concerns over the way the occupants of the truck were seen to have been conducting themselves. They […]
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD 7 has ended in Yokohama, Japan. Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe declared the conference which was attended by various world leaders, closed on Friday. It was centred on economic transformation and improvements in business environment and institution through private investment and innovation; promotion of resilient and […]
As part of efforts aimed at effectively curtailing crimes in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of Police aerial surveillance helicopters to major cities in the South-West and North-West of the country. This comes after the murder of a catholic priest, Rev. Father, David Tanko, in the early […]
The Federal Government has taken delivery of a calibration aircraft worth $8.5m that will serve in the calibration of navigational aids across Nigerian airports. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who made the disclosure on his twitter handle, says the aircraft would help make Nigeria’s airspace safer. The minister says, ‘just received new calibration aircraft […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to appeal Federal High Court judgment which discharged and acquitted Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and a banker, Joseph Iwuejo. The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi on Thursday discharged and acquitted Dudafa, a former Senior Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs and the banker, […]
The Nigeria Army has pledged to root out Boko Haram terrorists from the northeast part of the country through its new operational strategies. The General Officer Commanding seven Division covering Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, Brigadier General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim, told Channels Television in an interview on Thursday. According to him, the new strategies introduced […]
The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Taraba Police Command to fish out the killers of the Catholic Priest, Rev. Father David Tanko. Rev Father Tanko was murdered by suspected bandits in the early hours of Wednesday, at Kpankufu Village along Wukari Road on his way to Kofai Amadu Village in Taraba […]
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo Owei-Dudafa has been discharged and acquitted by a Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos on an alleged N1.6billion fraud charge. Justice Mohammed Idris in a 190-page judgment on Thursday held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove any of the 22-charge beyond reasonable […]
