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Nigeria finds it difficult to attract investors to the country due to low integrity and high corruption, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said. He spoke during the 11th annual summit of the Association…

THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has banned the use of spy number plates nationwide. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a chief superintendent of police (CSP), said the IGP announced the ban on Monday. The numbers are…

The Delta State police command has confirmed the murder of a promising Nollywood actor, Emma Buchi, in Asaba, days after they discovered his decomposing body. Bright Edafe, the Delta State police command spokesperson, said the actor’s death was a murder case currently being…

In an apparent move to forestall the reoccurrence of the armed invasion of Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Arẹgbẹsọla, on Tuesday, paid a surprise visit to the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium Security Custodial Centres in…

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (a.k.a. Wadume), escaped from custody during Friday’s jailbreak at Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja. The Public Relations Officer,…

Police in Osun, yesterday, confirmed that gunmen attacked the residence of Lasun Yusuf, Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for the July 16 governorship election in the state. Police’s spokesperson in Osun, Yemisi Opalola, said unspecified number of gunmen attacked the residence of the…

As the search for some of the terrorists, who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre in the wake of an attack by members of ISWAP terrorist group, stern-looking soldiers have been deployed in Abuja, with roadblocks mounted in some major locations in…

The authorities of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have confirmed the authenticity of a leaked memo generating dusts on alleged fresh plots by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to attack more locations in Abuja, the Federal…

The Niger State Police Command has announced that it has recaptured one Kazeem Murtala aged 54, who escaped from the Kuje Custodial Centre. In a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, he said the inmate…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested one of the wanted terror suspects, Suleiman Sidi, who escaped from the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje, following an attack on the facility by insurgents last week in Abuja. Spokesman of…