The Federal Government has dismissed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation of frame-up and impending arrest as groundless and the concoction of a mind worried by guilt. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the government response in Lagos today, saying the Buhari Administration will not be distracted by frivolous allegations from any […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the Buhari administration of plotting to slam false charges on him, to pave the way for his indefinite detention. The former leader said the government was planning to use fake documents and witnesses against him. He said he had it on good authority that his name has been placed […]
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Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, has been re-arrested at Zankli Medical Center in Abuja. Senator Melaye was taken to the hospital after he jumped out of a moving police vehicle on Tuesday afternoon. In a statement , the police said unknown thugs blocked their vehicle while the senator was being taken to court. The statement issued […]
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Melaye was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday morning. The lawmaker was on his way to Morocco at the time security personnel accosted him. In an interview with NAN, Sunday James, spokesman of the service, […]
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A high court sitting in Abuja has granted Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, an interim order restraining the police, Department of Sate Service (DSS) and other law enforcement bodies from arresting him. Omo-Agege had on Wednesday, allegedly stormed the senate with unidentified persons who made away with the mace. The act caused chaos in […]
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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, said it arrested 115 Shiite members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria ( IMN) during a violent protest in Abuja. The police also debunked stories in the social media that some lives were lost. “No life was lost in the violent protest as the […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to an incident involving some officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS and one Immanuel James, a businessman who alleged he was forced to hide in a Zenith Bank toilet to avoid bribing the men. The incident happened at Ago-Palace way, Okota, on Monday. In a statement released […]
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The Police Command in Kwara, on Wednesday paraded a suspected ritualist it arrested with three human skulls in Ilorin. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Lawan Ado, said that one Suleiman Adenifuja was caught with three human skulls along Ogbomosho-Eiyekorin Area, Ilorin, on March 26. Ado said that when the suspect was interrogated […]
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Operatives of EFCC and ONSA, have discovered $9 million cash at the residence of the sacked Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh. Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Muhammadu Buhari has also been arrested. The discovery of the cash was made a few hours after his arrest by a […]
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There was tension in the Ojota area of Lagos state following a violent clash between two groups at Scavengers Land, near New Garage. Mohammed Ali, the state deputy commissioner of police (operations), confirmed this to NAN, saying 100 persons have been arrested in connection with the incident. He said the arrested persons had been transferred to the […]
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