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Coup in Sudan, Prime Minister, others detained by soldiers

Sudanese acting Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, was on Monday reportedly placed under house arrest by a group of an unidentified military force, local television station Al Hadath TV is reporting.…

Group urges ICPC to probe alleged multi-billion naira fraud in Police Trust Fund

Pix: Muhammad Dingyadi, Nigeria’s Police Affairs Minister The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called for a thorough investigation into the alleged procurement of substandard equipment totalling…

NSCDC Arrests 11 Over Banditry, Cattle Rustling…Detains 30-Year-Old For Sodomy In Jigawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, Monday, said it had arrested no fewer than 11 suspects over banditry and cattle rustling in the state. Mr…

Declaring bandits as terrorists ’ll come at a price —Gumi

FILE: Sheik Gumi (second from the left) with some bandits. Controversial Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has warned that declaring bandits as terrorists will come at a price. It was earlier…

Council chairman decries presence of Cameroonian soldiers in Taraba communities

Cameroonian soldiers. PHOTO: REUTERS/Bate Felix Tabi Tabe An alarm has been raised by the local council chairman of Kurmi in Taraba State, Amamzalla John Danladi Joseph over the alleged invasion of soldiers from…

575 Inmates Escape as Gunmen Invade Oyo Prison

The federal government yesterday asked the 575 inmates that escaped from the Abolongo Medium Security Custodial Centre in Oyo State to return to the centre voluntarily or face full weight…

10 days after, abducted Umuahia Catholic priest regains freedom

The abducted priest A catholic priest, Rev. Father Mark Chimezie Godfrey, who was kidnapped on October 13, 2021, in Umuahia has been released on October 23, 2021, after spending ten…

People’s Security Monitor CEO Pays Courtesy Visit To FCT Police Commissioner…commends CP Babaji for drastic reduction of crime in FCT

L-R Isiaka Mustapha with CP Sunday Babaji yesterday Chief Executive Officer of People’s Security Monitor, Isiaka Mustapha on Friday described Mr. Sunday Babaji, Federal Capital Territory Police Police Commissioner as…

NSCDC arrests herdsman for attacking farmer with machete in Kwara

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it has arrested a herder who attacked a 16-year old farmer with a machete. The suspect, Bugi Juli, cut Abubakar Sulade’s hand…

Nigerian Government Says Nnamdi Kanu Is Responsible For Murder Of Akunyili’s Husband, Ex-Presidential Aide Gulak, 177 Others

The Nigerian Government has alleged that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is responsible for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late…