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Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has banned the sale and consumption of liquor and alcoholic substances in Maiduguri, citing growing concerns over criminality and anti-social behaviour in the state capital. Speaking during the inauguration of a newly reconstituted committee on Tuesday at the Government House in Maiduguri, Zulum alleged that both serving and former…
The refinery managed by NNPCL has once again failed to start operations after being postponed six times. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited reported that it has discovered and seized products from 63 illegal refineries in the past week. In a documentary released by the company on Wednesday, it was revealed that 19 illegal pipeline…
The gunmen targeted the home of Patrick Ndubeze, the lawmaker representing Imo North Senatorial District. The Imo State Police Command confirmed an attack on a Correctional Service Farm Settlements in Umualomoke community in the Okigwe Local Government Area. This resulted in the release of seven inmates, the abduction of the officer in charge of the…
The two monarchs, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsola, were tragically killed on their way back from a meeting in Irele-Ekiti on Monday. In response to this heinous act, the Nigeria Police Force has deployed helicopters and armored personnel carriers to Ekiti State. President Bola Tinubu…
On November 4, 2023, Daniel Alumun, who is the counsel to Grace Taiga, informed the Federal Capital Territory High Court that his client had passed away. Taiga, the former Director of Legal at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, was facing charges of bribery in relation to the Gas Supply Processing Agreement between Process and Industrial…
According to a letter obtained, Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, requested that public funds be transferred to a private account belonging to Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola, who was identified as a project manager by the minister. The letter, which was signed by the minister and titled “Mandate for Payment of…
ANOTHER HEINOUS CRIME COMMITTED BY THE KATAF YOUTHS. WILL THERE BE JUSTICE FOR UMAR SAMBO?
Umar Sambo, a young Fulani boy living in Zango Urban alongside his elder brother Safiyanu Usman, left home in the early morning of yesterday, Wednesday, 8th March, 2023 for grazing with their cows. When they finished the grazing in the evening and were returning home, they followed different routes with their cows. Unfortunately for Umar, he met his Waterloo at Anguwan Juju area of Zangon Kataf Local Government, when he was intercepted by some unknown armed Atyap (Kataf) youths. The killers tied him, matcheted him to death and then hid the corpse on an unknown location so that no one could trace his whereabouts.
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) in a clandestine operations, arrested two syndicates alleged to be involved in offences ranging from criminal conspiracy, cheating, obtaining by trick (OBT) and production/distribution of counterfeited US Dollars (USD) and new Naira notes into the society. Press Release by…
