President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness about the fresh killings in Bassa Local Government of Plateau State, saying that the recent incident is not in keeping with the principles of the peace agreements reached between the Irigwe and the Fulani…
A Makurdi Magistrates Court on Thursday remanded a 25-year-old businessman, Godwin Ochai, for alleged criminal conspiracy and robbery. The Magistrate, Mr Victor Kor, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction. He ordered that the defendant…
The Police Command in Plateau has arrested one Moses Oko, 20, for allegedly killing Miss Jennifer Anthony, a 300-Level student of the University of Jos. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka, presented the suspect to journalists on Wednesday in…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure has ordered the Arijodi/Ologunmolaare family in Akure to set up a standing committee that would be in charge of the family’s property in order to reunite the entire…
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said on Wednesday that it had reduced smuggling in Kebbi by 35 per cent last year, when compared with similar activities in 2020. Area Controller of the Service in the state, Mr Hafiz Kalla, who…
By Mike Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, presided over by Chief Magistrate Abdulhameen Lawal has granted an order to remand one Kayode Abayomi (39) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti for fourteen (14) days to allow…
By Tobi Adetunji Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the release of the wife of Silas Vem, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plateau Government House, Dorcas Vem, who was kidnapped by gunmen. The Spokesman for the Plateau State Police…
By Tobi Adetunji The Federal Government has faulted the requests by a former Abia Governor Senator Orji Kalu for the unfreezing of his bank accounts and the striking out of his name from a pending money laundering charge. The Federal…
…Maritime security tied to successful anti-drug war — Jamoh The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the execution of their respective mandates in the country’s common…
Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 200 people in multiple raids this week in northwest Zamfara state, a government spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday. Clashes between herders and farmers over access to land has plagued northwest and central Nigeria for…
