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The operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested three men across the state for child abuse and rape offences. One Abubakar Nuhu, aged 50, popularly known as Wanzam of Gwallagan Mayaka, was arrested for inhumanely treating his biological son. According to a statement issued by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, […]
Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army Guards Brigade have arrested no fewer than six bandits during clearance operations in the Federal Capital Territory. During the operations, the security operatives also destroyed identified camps of bandits in Kaduna and Niger States. According to a statement on Friday by the FCT police command […]
Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army Guards Brigade have arrested no fewer than six bandits during clearance operations in the Federal Capital Territory. During the operations, the security operatives also destroyed identified camps of bandits in Kaduna and Niger States. According to a statement on Friday by the FCT police command […]
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said no fewer than 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had either experienced various degrees of flooding or recorded casualties as rains intensified. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Utsev, who dropped the red alert during a press briefing in Abuja, warned that 21 more […]
The Federal Government has presented the outcomes of its review of the accelerated stabilisation and advancement plan, which seeks to inject N2tn into the economy in the next six months. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his administration is determined to, in the next few months, increase crude oil production to two million barrels per […]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, dismissed the ex parte order issued on May 10, 2024, by the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, which barred Martin Amaewhule from parading himself as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The court also dismissed the decision of the state high court stopping […]
The number of Lassa fever suspected cases in the country has risen to 6,902, the latest figures obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday showed. The cases were recorded across 125 Local Government Areas in 28 states from January to June 23, 2024. The data also showed that confirmed cases […]
A two-storey building still under construction and housing traders and shop owners collapsed at the Eke Amawbia market in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Thursday. Although the casualty figure has not been officially ascertained, it was gathered that lives might have been lost in the incident and many are feared trapped under the rubble. […]
Bandits have released the Kaduna judge, Janet Gimba, who was abducted along with her four children on Sunday. However, the judge’s husband, Dr. Musa Gimba who confirmed the release, said the children are still being held by the bandits. Gimba, a medical doctor said the bandits are demanding N150 million ransom for the release of […]
Schools in White Sand Estate, Isheri-Osun in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, have closed their doors, advising students to stay at home as heavy rains and subsequent flooding have disrupted activities. White Sand Estate is one of the hardest-hit locations in Lagos, frequently experiencing severe flooding. Wednesday’s downpour rendered homes flooded, with […]
