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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for opting to negotiate with the Niger Delta militants, especially the Niger Delta Avengers and suspending military actions in the region. The governor, however, said there must be a display of absolute sincerity from the Federal Government such that the militants would have trust in the process “The President ...
June, 2016
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8 June
Police (Corporal) kills, buries inspector over N300,000
A police corporal, Daramola Tosin, attached to the Ekiti Police Division in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, has been dismissed from the Force for allegedly killing an inspector, Mr. Lateef Shuaib. Tosin allegedly shot Shuaib after secretly withdrawing up to N300,000 from Shuaib’s bank account without his consent. Shuaib had entrusted Tosin with his Automated Teller Machine ...
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7 June
Ibori Set To Gain Freedom From London Prison
Lawyers representing jailed former Nigerian oil state governor James Ibori have alleged serious misconduct by Britain’s prosecuting authorities, a London court heard on Monday. The allegations include that the prosecution team failed to properly disclose information to the defence in relation to alleged corruption by a British police officer involved in the investigation, and that it made misleading statements in ...
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7 June
Police bar tatooed people from recruitment
The Police have barred persons with tattoo on their bodies from the ongoing nationwide recruitment into the force. Spokesman of the Enugu command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu yesterday that the measure was part of the rules for the recruitment. Amaraizu said that procedures for the screening had been put in place by ...
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6 June
FG recovers 183 buildings, 5 vessels, others from looters
The Federal Government said on Saturday that it recovered 182 completed buildings, an uncompleted one and five maritime vessels from treasury looters. This is contained in government interim report on financial and asset recoveries from May 29, 2015 to May 25, which was made available to newsmen by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Specifically, the report ...
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6 June
N300m Stolen From Saraki’s Bedroom…No,It’s N12m -Saraki
Nigeria police in Ilorin questioned and then released several domestic aides as well as some members of the security detail assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki in connection with the mysterious disappearance of N300 million from the senator’s bedroom in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State. An investigation by SaharaReporters confirmed that the money that went missing at the home of ...
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6 June
Popular Benin City Pastor’s Fake Miracles Scam Exposed
A popular pastor reputed for miracles in one of the pentecostal churches in Benin City, Edo State, is in ‘soup’ over an allegation of faking miracles to defraud unsuspecting church members. An aggrieved member of the gang stage-managing the miracles for the ministry reported himself and the church to the police in the state capital. Operatives of the State Criminal ...
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4 June
Panic over militants’ missile threat
Threat by a militant group, Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), to launch six missiles in the Niger Delta from Tuesday has sparked panic in the geo-political zone. Residents of Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states in particular are apprehensive of the likely effects of the missile launch on an area that is already in turmoil over the spate of attacks ...
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3 June
THANK GOD! Woman caught on CCTV Stole Babies For Keep,Not Ritual
A suspect, Zainab Salisu, who allegedly disguised as a customer to abduct a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State says she named the girl, Taiwo, and another abducted boy, Kehinde (twins). Salisu, 42, who hails from Daura, Katsina State, said on Thursday that she lied to her husband, who she had earlier informed that she ...
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2 June
Woman captured by CCTV with stolen one-year-old arrested
A woman,(Mama Oyin) Zainab Salisu, who allegedly disguised as a customer to abduct a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State has been arrested by the police. Our correspondent gathered that Salisu was arrested on Wednesday by policemen attached to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, in the Idimu area of the state.,police, It ...
