Police arrest Offa robbery suspects in Lagos
The police have trailed and arrested in Lagos two of the Offa robbery suspects who took part in the deadly attack on five banks and a police station on 5 April, killing as many as…
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Surrender now, embrace amnesty, Army tells Boko Haram
By Rabiu Sani The Nigerian Army on today, 29/3/2019 asked Boko Haram insurgents to lay down their arms and embrace the federal government’s amnesty offer. A statement signed by Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, Director, Army Public Relations,…
Dino Melaye: Kogi Police Commissioner removed over escape of suspects
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has removed Ali Janga, the commissioner of police in Kogi over the disappearance from detention of six suspects, two of whom had claimed they were hired and…
DELTA Governor grants pardon to 5 inmates, commutes death sentences of 30 others to life jail in the Spirit of Easter
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa The Delta State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa,has approved the grant of total pardon to five inmates serving various terms of imprisonment and commuted 30 others on death row to…
Don’t send your girls back for Western education, terrorists tell Dapchi parents; Lai Mohammed chides PDP over statement
Parents of abducted Dapchi girls who were released by Boko Haram have revealed that the terrorists told them not to send their children back to school for western education. The girls were released by the…
Help! Fulani Herdsmen take over Delta community, charge farmers levy to enter farms, Okowa cries out, as AIG Zone ‘5’ keeps mum on herdsmen menace in Edo/Delta
Governor Okowa welcomes AIG Zone 5,Rasheed Akintunde to his office. bY Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba The worrisome issue of frequent attacks on farmers in numerous communities in Delta State by Fulani herdsmen may have taken…
Benue to auction confiscated livestock
By Nicholas Dechi The Benue State Government has directed its Ministry of Finance to appoint a registered Auctioneer to auction livestock confiscated in violation of the state Anti-Open Grazing Law 2017. The Commissioner for Information,…
AIG Zone ‘5’ to visit Delta State Police Command on a one-day familiarization tour
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge Zone ‘5’, comprising Edo, Bayelsa and Delta State, AIG Rasheed Akintunde, psc , will arrive Asaba, Delta state capital on familiarization tour on Friday, 16th March, 2018. A…
Ambode seeks 25 yrs jail term for rapists, calls for amendment of Domestic Violence Law
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday called for the amendment of the 2007 Protection against Domestic Violence Law. Ambode made the call during a symbolic walk against domestic…
Matrix oil and Gas seek end to illegal bunkering to avoid fire disaster
By Chukwudi Abiandu The authorities in Nigeria have been called upon to swing into action and prevent avoidable accidents that may cause fire disaster by nipping in the bud activities of illegal bunkerers operating in…