Three children of the Federal Government College (FGC) have died after bandits kidnapped about 94 students and eight staff in Yauri in Nigeria’s Kebbi State Nigeria last week, the school principal said on Sunday. The kidnapping for ransom is the latest in a series of such incidents in northern Nigeria, with a sharp rise...
Read MoreThe Nigerian Navy has arrested 10 suspected vandals conveying 210,000 litres of diesel, Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), concealed in water tanks inside a large wooden boat around the Lagos Anchorage. A statement by the Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Sub-Lt. Veronica Effiong, on Saturday, said the vandals were arrested on May 8 by...
Read MoreOperatives of the Kaduna Police Command have arrested a suspected bandit in the Kudaru forest of Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna, and recovered an AK-47 rifle. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Jalige said the operatives on June 18 at about...
Read MoreNigerian Army has cordoned off the forest where Bandits abducted some students of the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State on Thursday as seven of the kidnapped victims rescued. Sources in the military said seven of the people abducted by the bandits were rescued while a student died in the process. Bandits have...
Read MoreThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said that three bodies have so far been recovered from the scene of Thursday night’s tanker explosion on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos State. Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday. A...
Read MoreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has so far recovered over N6 billion, 30 real estates and 32 automobiles between March and June this year. According to the Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the commission also made recoveries for victims of criminals who could be individuals, government or corporate. “From the time...
Read MoreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will soon prosecute again the former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu on corruption charges, according to the chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa, who spoke with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday said Kalu “will be prosecuted all over again.” Kalu...
Read MoreSeven people were killed following a petrol tanker explosion in Nigeria’s southwestern state of Ogun on Wednesday, local authorities said. The fuel tanker explosion occurred at Ajilete, along Owode-Idiroko road, in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State. The truck bearing 33,000 litres of petroleum product was descending the steep portion of the...
Read MoreA fresh shipment of 3.92 million Astrazeneca vaccines will arrive in the country between late July and early August, according to the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib. Shuaib said that the government has resumed vaccination of the first dose in anticipation of the receipt of the next...
Read MoreOne factor responsible for the impactful implementation of the Social Investment Programmes of the present administration over the years is the realization that you can’t reach Nigerians if you don’t have a plan for the grassroots, said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. This realization then influenced the structure designed for the SIP and is largely...
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