Bandits kill NAN correspondent’s father, kidnap his niece in Kaduna

Bandits kill NAN correspondent’s father, kidnap his niece in Kaduna

Bandits attacked Manchok in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed the father of a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Philip Daniel Yatai, and abducted his 21-year-old niece, Brenda Friday.   The gunmen also abducted the rector of the Federal School of Statistics, Machok, Amos Magbon. Mr Yatai, 86, is a retiree of the Nigeria…

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NDLEA busts Meth laboratory in Anambra community, arrests drug baron

NDLEA busts Meth laboratory in Anambra community, arrests drug baron

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has busted and dismantled a major clandestine laboratory in Anambra state where the dangerous illicit drug, crystal methamphetamine, called Mkpuru Mmiri in local parlance, was produced for distribution across Nigeria and export. Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa disclosed this on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, when…

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Senators seek to impeach President Buhari, walk out on Lawan during plenary

Senators seek to impeach President Buhari, walk out on Lawan during plenary

The Senate has discovered that even the country’s capital is no longer a safe place. Some Senators, on Wednesday, reportedly walked out on the Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan during a plenary in protest against the worsening security situation in the country. It is believed that this happened because the Senate President allegedly refused the…

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Dubai has banned visa applications for Nigerians over recent fight in Satwa – Actor Aremu Afolayan says

Dubai has banned visa applications for Nigerians over recent fight in Satwa – Actor Aremu Afolayan says

Dubai has reportedly banned visa applications for Nigerians over the viral fight in Satwa. The ban comes after some African immigrants, including some Nigerians, caused chaos in the UAE. A video from the incident shows young men with machetes wreaking havoc in the neighbourhood at night. They broke the side windows of a car, destroyed other…

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ASUU Strike: Gbajabiamila returns to class in the US amidst the ongoing strike

ASUU Strike: Gbajabiamila returns to class in the US amidst the ongoing strike

Universities in the country have been on strike for over 5 months, while a resolution remains in impasse. Nigerians on the microblogging platform Twitter, have expressed their displeasure over a picture posted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, confirming his resumption of a program at a university in the United States…

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Nigerian Government Paid Us N60m Ransom To Free Zamfara Schoolgirls; We Spent It To Acquire More Guns – Bandits’ Leader

Nigerian Government Paid Us N60m Ransom To Free Zamfara Schoolgirls; We Spent It To Acquire More Guns – Bandits’ Leader

New revelations have been made about the spread of banditry in Nigeria and the activities of bandits. One of the notorious bandits’ leaders who carried out the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls at the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe town in Zamfara State in February 2021 have revealed that the Nigerian government coughed up…

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Dubai Police arrests seven African nationals including Nigerians after videos of violent brawl went viral

Dubai Police arrests seven African nationals including Nigerians after videos of violent brawl went viral

The Dubai Police has arrested a group of African nationals including Nigerians involved in a violent brawl.  Videos of the fight that went viral on social media showed the suspects assaulting each other and damaging public property.  The police in a statement on Thursday, July 21, 2022, said the suspects are of African origin and…

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EFCC to charge former Accountant General on Friday over “N109bn Scam”

EFCC to charge former Accountant General on Friday over “N109bn Scam”

Barring any last-minute changes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday, July 21, arraign a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, before Justice A.O. Adeyemi Ajayi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. Idris will be arraigned alongside three others: Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity…

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Five suspects arraigned as police bust fake CAC registration centre in Lagos (photos)

Five suspects arraigned as police bust fake CAC registration centre in Lagos (photos)

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) centre in Jobi Fele Way, Alausa Business District, Alausa, Ikeja. A statement released by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the state police command, said five suspects manning the center were equally arrested for forgery and impersonating CAC officials. He said…

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