Residents of Obadeyi at the Ijaiye-Ojokoro axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Tuesday called on security operatives to conduct a ‘thorough search’ on a building allegedly used by kidnappers in the area. Some of the […]
The police have said they would carry out the order by the Nigerian Senate to arrest the chief executive officer of 30 companies alleged to have been involved in the loss of revenue believed to […]
Nigeria places a very low premium on human life and safety. This is why crime proliferates in every nook and cranny of the country. This chronic nightmare is graphically illustrated by unremitting kidnapping, armed robbery, […]
No fewer than 70 lecturers have resigned from the University of Maiduguri since the outbreak of Boko Haram insurgency in the North- East, SUNDAY PUNCH, has learnt. Also, while five lecturers have been killed, three […]
The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Friday inaugurated the newly reconstituted state Joint Security Task Force, codenamed `Operation Burst,’ at Idi-Arere, Ibadan. A statement by Yomi Layinka, Mr. Ajimobi’s media aide, said the state […]
After several months of dithering, the Nigerian government has finally set up a commission to investigate alleged rights abuses by the military. Despite reports by local and international groups and media accusing the military of […]
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday nominated Bolaji Owasanoye, a professor of law, as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC. Mr. Owasanoye will steer the affairs […]
The police in Lagos have confirmed at least four deaths in a recent attack on a family in Ikorodu. The attack is believed to have been executed by members of the ‘Badoo’ cult that has […]
Findings yesterday revealed that the Ondo State Government negotiated the release of six male students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla-Epe, who were kidnapped on May 25 at the height of Lagos@50 anniversary. The new […]
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai is admired in multiple ways. He is a soldier who stands up for the truth and a puritan to a fault. His disarming frankness, […]
The Senate on Tuesday finally passed a bill to make the Nigerian Peace Corps a para-military agency. The Senate adopted the conference report on the bill to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps, after it was […]
At my age and with my profession, it is inescapable that I would have had encounters with the police at different levels. I have been locked up, put under house arrest, invited to make statements […]
The Defence Headquarters has said that “lack of appropriate marking’’ caused the air strike by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, on an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Rann, a remote village in Borno state. The […]
Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, has asked those agitating for state police to consider the “political maturity” of Nigeria. Speaking at a meeting with governors in Abuja on Thursday, Idris said federal police system is […]
Procurement processes should be transparent and open without necessarily compromising national security. The anti-corruption strategy should be from the top to bottom i.e. from the presidency down to the lowest level, and the military must […]
The police have denied the report that Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, better known as Evans, has vanished from custody. In a statement on Saturday, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said Evans is “intact” in custody. He said after […]
The crime rate in Nigeria – which has always been a problem, though — is not only worrisome but shows how ineffective policing is in the country. A few days ago, commuters on the Benin-Lagos […]
BY ADE ALADE and CHIOMA IGBOKWE After weeks of public furore and media frenzy, a sudden blackout has descended on the case of Chukwuduneme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, Nigeria’s infamous billionaire kidnapper, thus fuelling speculations that […]
Between June 2016 when it came to public notice and now, the notorious Badoo cult in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has reportedly killed 26 residents and injured several others. Strangely enough, its trademark is unprovoked, dastardly […]
The Nigerian Police Force on Monday said they were not under pressure in the handling of the case of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans. The police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, said this […]
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