Buhari warns service chiefs over abduction in North Central, North West
President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked heads of security agencies to end “selective abductions and killings” in the North Central and North West. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, disclosed this to State House reporters Tuesday while fielding questions after a security meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Baba said Buhari directed them to redouble their efforts to restore security across the country to enable citizens go about their normal businesses. He said Buhari praised them for their efforts so far, which he said, were yielding encouraging positive results in the North East and South East, but that “there’s more
Director of Federal Agency Commits Suicide Following EFCC’s Invitation
An assistant director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja. Orji’s lifeless body was reportedly found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence at Federal Housing Authority Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, at about 4pm on August 30. Sources within NABDA told Daily Trust that police homicide detectives were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 59-year-old Orji. Reports said he had been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to report at its Abuja office on the day he was found dead. However,
