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Provide Evidence You Killed Two Bandit Kingpins In Zamfara, Gumi Tells Military

Controversial Islamic scholar, Dr. Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the Nigerian military to provide evidence of bombardment and the killing of two notorious bandits at Zamfara forest last week. Gumi also insisted that what was required to win the war was dialogue. The…

05/01/2022

Breaking: Police CSP Deployed to Magodo by Malami, IGP Defies Sanwo-Olu Openly

An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state. The CSP told the governor that he and his armed colleagues were at…

04/01/2022

El-Rufai: Let’s Bomb Forests to Tackle Banditry

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says security operatives should “carpet bomb the forests” to wipe out bandits. The governor spoke in a chat with Arise TV on Monday. El-Rufai attributed the prolonged inability of security operatives to curb banditry in the northwest…

04/01/2022

Rivers Police Investigate ‘Mob Attack’ on Artiste

The police in Rivers State have commenced an investigation into claims that a popular Nigerian artist, Teniola Akpata, aka Teni, allegedly escaped a mob attack while performing at an event in Buguma Town, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered…

04/01/2022

BREAKING: Magodo Residents Protest Presence of Over 50 Policemen

Residents of Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos are protesting the presence of over 50 armed policemen on their estate. The management early Tuesday shut the two gates leading into the estate. The closure led to the disruption of vehicular movement. People were allowed to…

04/01/2022

Legal Hurdle Clouds Olubadan Succession

Twenty-four hours after the passage of Oba Saliu Adetunji, some Ibadan chiefs, yesterday, held a meeting at the home of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief Lekan Balogun, who is expected to become the new Olubadan. The chiefs, who met at the Ali…

04/01/2022

Lagos Metro Rail Lines to Commence Operation This Year, Sanwo-Olu Assures

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said the Lagos Metro Rail Lines under construction in the state would commence operation this year. The governor said this after a tour of the train project from Ikeja where the Red Line begins to Yaba,…

04/01/2022

31,963 Minor Offenders Served Sentences Through Non-Custodial Measures — NCoS

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that from inception to date about 31,963 minor offenders have served their sentences through non-custodial measures. Spokesperson of NCoS, Mr Francis Enobore, who made this known on Monday in Abuja, said this has helped to reduce…

04/01/2022

Edo To Shut Down Charity Homes Operating As Businesses

The Edo State Government has disclosed plans to set up a committee to monitor and audit orphanage homes in the state, threatening to close down and prosecute orphanage homes operating as businesses as against their designation as charities. The Commissioner for Social…

04/01/2022

Sunday Igboho’s Lawyer, Olajengbesi, Withdraws Services After Disagreement With Ilana Omo Oodua Group

Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the lawyers of self-determination campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, on Sunday withdrew from agitator’s legal team. Olajengbesi, the Managing Partner, Law Corridor, in a terse statement on Sunday on his official Facebook page, announced his withdrawal from futher…

03/01/2022

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