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If you want to know how the kidnapping industry in Nigeria is expanding, this story of an abducted kidnapper will give you a clue.   Mohammed Ahmadu, a notorious Nigerian kidnapper, drank his own medicine recently, as he had to pay N1.5 million to regain his freedom from another kidnapper.   Ahmadu was kidnapped by […]

The Nigerian government has said it would review the resumption date for schools in the country on account of the rising cases of Covid-19 infection. “The issue of January 18 for school resumption is subject to review. Even at our PTF meeting today we discussed it in line with the rising cases in the country. […]

A female Corpse member, Chidinma Pascaline Oduma, has been arrested by the Police in Akwa Ibom State for killing a man in the state.   Oduma, aged between 25 and 26 years, and Batch ‘A’ Corps member, is  alleged to have killed one Akwaowo Japhet with a machete.   The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr […]

A man who was kidnapped along with his wife has dismissed claims by the Police the couple was rescued by the security agents.   Mr. Gbenga Ibikunle was kidnapped alongside his wife at Uso village along the Akure-Owo in Ondo state last week on their way back from Ebonyi State in the southeast after the […]

What could have been a bloodbath in Oyo State has been averted by the quick action of security agents, who arrested some armed men with guns and other dangerous weapons, apparently on a revenge mission.   The armed men, numbering about 47, were arrested in Igangan, by men of Operation Burst, a joint security team, […]

  Olayinka Olayanju,  retired Army Colonel and Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun,) has said that contrary to reports making the rounds, there were no clashes between his men and Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa land and Oke Ogun axes of Oyo State. Olayanju said that Amotekun launched a six-pronged operation covering four […]

The Lagos State Government says it has shut down the Airport Bridge at Toyota Bus Stop on the Oshodi-Isolo Expressway following a a tanker fire that impacted on the bridge recently.   Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, Commissioner for Transportation in the state, made the announcement in a statement Sunday, explaining that the  closure of the bridge […]

   Admin Featured, Latest, News & Updates Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to promptly drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn of unclaimed dividends and funds in dormant accounts using the patently unconstitutional and […]

   Members of the non-teaching staff in public universities in Nigeria, under the aegis of Joint Action Committee, JAC, will begin a three-day nationwide strike on Tuesday, the group has said.   The strike action is to protest over the government’s handling of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, sharing formula of the […]

Olayinka Olayanju,  retired Army Colonel and Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun,) has said that contrary to reports making the rounds, there were no clashes between his men and Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa land and Oke Ogun axes of Oyo State. Olayanju said that Amotekun launched a six-pronged operation covering four local […]

…as governor hails verdict   A Federal High Court in Abuja on Saturday dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its members, Edobor Williams.   In his judgement, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, declared that the plaintiffs failed to prove their […]

   A Federal High Court in Abuja on Saturday dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its members, Edobor Williams.   In his judgement, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, declared that the plaintiffs failed to prove their claim that Obaseki forged […]