THE Nigerian Military has recorded another decisive blow against armed bandits in the North, neutralising more than 100 terrorists during a coordinated air and ground assault on Makakkari Forest, in Bukuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The stillness of Zamfara’s Makakkari Forest was shattered in the early hours of Sunday when the thunder of […]
By RAMATU GARBA THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Strategic Command, says it has arrested a suspected notorious drug dealer, Faisal Yusuf-Umar, 23, in Fagge Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano on Sunday. He […]
By MUHAMMAD NASIR BASHIR A 45-year-old man suspected to be involved in the killing of a Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) operative in Jigawa, has reportedly fallen off a moving vehicle and died. This was announced by the spokesman of the NSCDC command, ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani, on Saturday in Dutse. Report indicated that […]
By POLYCARP AUTA TROOPS of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Plateau, have arrested one Musa Ali in Jos for impersonating as its personnel. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of the operation disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Jos. Zhakom said that the suspect was arrested over attempt to defraud unsuspecting members of […]
A British health officer who stole £80,000 to send to her online boyfriend in Nigeria has been handed a two-year jail sentence. Hyacinth Blair, 63, worked as an administrator for South London and Maudsley NHS trust. Between June 2021 and January 2023, she withdrew £80,000 from the trust’s accounts. Blair sent the money to a […]
HOSTELS at Rivers State University (RSU) have become sources of fear and distress, with a series of unsettling incidents plaguing Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Students of the affected hostels, A and C, lamented that they were facing a series of robberies and attacks. In Hostel A, a recurring problem of theft has reached […]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, said its investigations have revealed that many abandoned estates in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, are owned by civil servants. Noting that some of the estates have been abandoned for over 10 years, the anti-graft agency, through its Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, said it has […]
Lawyer drags EFCC to AGF over “double jeopardy” arrest AN Abuja-based lawyer, Khadijah Bayern, has petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over what she described as “double jeopardy” and intimidation following the re-arrest of her clients by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the same matter already being handled by the […]
ALICK Kapikanya, who once tried to broker a deal to takeover Notts County and become a majority shareholder in Grimsby Town, has been sent back to his native Zambia after a 25-year battle against deportation. Kapikanya was jailed in 2014 for six years for heading up a group which targeted elderly homeowners in Manchester and […]
THE Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, SAN, has warned that any titled holder in Asaba found to be involved in drug abuse will be stripped of their title. The pronouncement was made during a courtesy visit by the State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Halilu Hamidu, in Asaba. He said […]