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Fubara vs NULGE: Police tell Rivers workers to suspend planned strike
The Rivers State Police Command has called on the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to postpone their planned protest against the closure of 23 local government council secretariats. The command…
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Police increases armed security at rival Emirs’ palaces in Kano
The police have increased the deployment of armed security personnel to the two palaces of the rival emirs in Kano’s metropolitan local government areas. Outgoing police commissioner AIG Usaini Gumel confirmed this…
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Two brothers killed in Niger boat accident
A boat accident in Kippo village, located in the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, has resulted in the death of two brothers. Habibu Wushishi, the Director of Media and Strategy…
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Amnesty International Seeks Justice for 15-Year-Old Student Murdered by Seniors At Air Force School
Amnesty International Nigeria has strongly condemned the recent killing of a 15-year-old student of Air Force Comprehensive School in Kaduna by fellow students. Blaise Felix Aliyu, an orphan, was reportedly tortured to…
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BREAKING Gunmen kidnap Rivers monarch’s police orderly, driver
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a police orderly and driver working with a respected royal father in Rivers State. The victims were abducted on Saturday at the residence of the monarch, His Royal…
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Brigadier General killed in Abuja, police begin investigation
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have launched an investigation into an attack by armed robbers at Sunshine Homes Estate, which resulted in the untimely death of retired Brigadier General…
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Naval officers allegedly kill Police Inspector
Tragedy struck in Okokomaiko, Lagos State, as a Police Inspector was allegedly killed by individuals suspected to be naval officers. The incident occurred during a routine patrol along Igbo-Elerin in Ojo Local…
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25-year-old man to stay prison for stealing N1,000 food items
A magistrates’ court in Isabo, Abeokuta, sentenced 25-year-old Kazeem Salami to one year in prison on Friday for stealing food items worth N1,000. Magistrate V.B. Williams ruled that the prosecution had presented…
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Nigerian Boxer shot multiple times by Neighbour in US, Dies
The commencement of the hearing in the case of Nicholas Francis Xavier Giroux, 36, who shot dead a Nigerian boxer, is set for July 17. He is charged with first-and-second-degree murder in…
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Court remands alleged secret cult member in Ekiti
A 36-year-old man, Abbey Olorunfemi, facing charges of belonging to a secret cult, was ordered remanded by a chief magistrates’ court in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. Chief Magistrate Saka Afunso presided over the…
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NDLEA seized 761,000 tonnes of illicit drugs in three years
Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), reported that the agency confiscated 761,000 tonnes of illicit drugs and substances from January 2021 to March 2024. He…
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EFCC Arraigns One for Tearing Investigation Letters
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 11, 2024 arraigned one Usman Mallam for allegedly tearing EFCC’s official Investigation Activities’ letters and obstructing The Commission’s…