President Muhammadu on Saturday sent a delegation to Katsina to condole with a prominent son of the State, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) following the death of his sister, Hajiya Fatima Aliyu. In a message to the bereaved family, and to the government and people of the State, President Muhammadu […]
The police have released the 121 indigenes of Jigawa State arrested in Lagos State. Mr Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday. The persons were arrested on Friday by a team of policemen attached to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after his participation at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (#TICAD7) in Yokohama, Japan. The Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, made the announcement through his Twitter handle. He said the President’s aircraft NAF 001 landed in the country at about 11:37 […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, Jigawa State branch has condemned what it calls unlawful arrest of 123 Jigawa State indigenes in Lagos State. The chairman of the association, Mr Bashir Usaini, faulted the arrest in a statement sent to Channels Television on Saturday. According to him, the people were on their way to Lagos for a lawful business […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has completed the airlifting of relief materials to Mozambique and Zimbabwe to further assist victims of the massive flooding that affected some communities in the countries in April. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He explained […]
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 […]
