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Police arrest armed robbery suspect in Kaduna

The Police Command in Kaduna State says it has arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered a berretta pistol. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Muri, said this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad…

Police arrest 5 suspects over killings in Kaduna

The Police have arrested five suspects over the killing of one person in Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, announced this in a…

COVID-19: Nigeria increases testing labs to 100

From just two National Reference Laboratories, Nigeria now has over 100 public and private laboratories across all the states for the testing of COVID-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a media briefing…

Buhari mourns ex-UNILAG VC, Prof. Ibidapo-Obe

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the academia over the passing of former Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of First Technical University, Ibadan, Prof Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe. In a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi…

Edo police re-arrest suspects who escaped from state CID

Two out of ten suspects who escaped from the holding cell of  Edo  State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) facility have been rearrested. The state police PRO, SP Chidi Nwabuzor debunked claims that hundreds of suspected armed robbers and kidnappers escaped…