Governors of the states located in the south-west of Nigeria have obtained an approval from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) to set up a regional security outfit. The Nation reports that the approval will birth a joint task force code-named Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) to tackle insecurity in the region. The […]
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Atletico Madrid made it two wins out of two as Vitolo scored in the second half to secure a hard-fought 1-0 La Liga victory at Leganes on Sunday. Atletico had never won in Spain’s top-flight at their fellow Madrid outfit’s Butarque stadium but Vitolo’s strike ensured they continued their impressive early season form. New signing […]
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The operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, a unit of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested two suspects, who specialised in vandalising vehicles and stealing their brain boxes. The suspects Sodiq Musa, 28 years old, and Saidu Atiku, 34 years old, were arrested at 27, Awolowo road Ikeja with three Toyota vehicle […]
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Prince Tonye Princewill one time gubernatorial candidate of Action Congress and Labour Party in Rivers State, currently a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in this explosive interview throws light on some seemingly knotty issues confronting Nigeria and Nigerians. This great mind commonly referred to as the Prince of Niger Delta Politics proffers solution on […]
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Kosisochukwu Anioma, one of the reported kidnap victims in Enugu last Thursday has been found by the operatives of the anti -kidnap team of the Enugu Police Command. According to the police spokesman, Superintendent Ebere Amaraizu, the “victim”, Anioma, 14, confessed that she was never kidnapped but faked it in order to meet her school […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it did not have budget for thugs and will never allocate resources to a kidnapper or murderer. APC said this in reaction to a claim made by Hamisu Bala, suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume. Wadume had alleged that the APC gave him N13 million for the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria says the world must eliminate slavery -completely- in all its present-day forms. Mr. Buhari said this in an opinion published in The Washington Post on Friday to mark the 400th anniversary of the abolition of slave trade. The president said despite the fact that the descendants of African slaves have […]
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The Nigerian Conservation Foundation has said that only about 300 elephants remain in the wildlife in Nigeria. Oladapo Soneye, Head of Communication, NCF, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Ibadan. Soneye said that the rapidly dwindling number of elephants in Nigeria had made it imperative for […]
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The Chairman/CEO of the commission, NIDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has advised Nigerians indicted in conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through various fraudulent schemes in the United States to turn themselves in to the authorities for trial or risk being extradited. Her comments are coming after the U.S. on Friday announced the arrest and prosecution […]
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Dynamics Intelligence, a global company operating in the United States, Canada, and Nigeria, has shut operations in Africa’s most populous nation over alleged fraudulent practices by its employees and contractors. However, Nigerians have come down hard on Jenna Bourgeois, chairman of Dynamics Intelligence, for giving the impression that some of his employees in the country are […]
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