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The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby alerts the public of a sinister plan by some elements to stoke violence in parts of the country particularly the North Central. The aim is to cause ethno-religious crisis, ignite reprisals and heat up the polity. In a bid to achieve this, the…
The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) says it’s developing a comprehensive ten year master plan for the rebuilding of the North East region ravaged by insurgency. The Managing Director of the NEDC, Muhammed Alkali stated this at a consultative meeting with stakeholders in Damaturu on the proposed North- East Stabilisation and…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered drugs from a 52 years old father of four. The suspect named Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu was found with 20.75 kilograms of the black liquid cocaine, upon his arrival at the Abuja airport. He explained that he was a business man dealing…
19/3/22 ARSON/IMO A Police division in Umuguma, Owerri west local government area of Imo state has been set ablaze by gunmen at the early hours of Saturday.Sources say the gunmen who invaded the station attacked…
Ban/Immigration officers 19/03/22 Two officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service at the Lagos International Airport, have been banned from working in any Nigerian airports over extortion. Their On Duty Cards have also been withdrawn permanently, to serve as deterrent to others. Their banned followed an investigation by at team of…
18/03/22. Police/Criminals Not less than Thirty suspects have been apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force for complicity in banditry, kidnappings, terrorism, killing and other violent crimes in Nigeria most especially in the North Central region.This was revealed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP…
The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairperson of the Edo State Police Command, Mrs Helen Atekha Odemwingie.The suspension follows a trending picture of the PCRC chairperson and other members seen wearing black uniforms similar to that of the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for humanitarian no fly-zone to stop Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns. Zelensky made the call while addressing U.S. Congress on Wednesday via webinar from Ukraine amid Russian attack on Ukraine on multiple fronts. He said that when he sees the war in…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested six persons, including a native doctor and two women, for allegedly involving in parading a widow naked in public. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the woman was accused of causing the death of her husband through her alleged infidelity. Commissioner of Police…
An 18-year-old man, Aminu Rabi’u, has been sentenced to to 14 days of community service for stealing two hens by a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano State. Rabi’u, who lives at Kwanan Bariki Quarters, Kano, was convicted on a two-count charge bordering on theft and cruelty to animals. The prosecutor,…