Police Operatives have arrested a deadly criminal gang responsible for the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael, of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary at Gonin Gora, Kakau in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Recall that on January 9, 2020, the criminal gang stormed the Catholic Seminary and kidnapped four seminarians, murdered one of them in cold blood and released the remaining three on January 31, 2020, having obtained a ransom. The remains of the fourth Seminarian were found in a bush where the killers abandoned it. The suspects: Tukur Usman, a 37-year-old father of…
Author: Dotun Oladipo
In March, a death threat was left on his garage door, and two days later, two glass bottles, likely filled with alcohol, were smashed in front of his house
The Imam had been leading prayer in the mosque for almost 40 years
This was announced by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Cletus Ofoke, while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital
Narrating the development was Corps Assistant Joshua Philip, who was posted to the Infectious Disease Control Centre, Down Quarters, Kaduna South, to provide security services in and around the isolation centre
Sunday Abdu, the National President of Irigwe Development Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the incident occurred on Tuesday night
The exercise was said to have ended abruptly as many scampered in different directions for safety
The company reacted in a statement on Thursday
Zainab Gimba, representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge Constituency of Borno State, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Thursday
The residents said they are still living in fear as at the time of this report as hoodlums, numbering over 100, are laying siege to their streets
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Thursday in Asaba, said the suspect had been on the wanted list of the command
The development was confirmed in an Instagram post on Thursday by his sister, Noo Saro-Wiwa
A statement on Thursday in Abuja by Pelumi Olajengbesi, National Coordinator of COPA, deplored the alleged extrajudicial killings by security agents, the number of which had risen to 18
The Governors made this known in a communiqué issued at the end of the Forum’s 5th tele-conference held on Wednesday
The announcement was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle
This was revealed on the Twitter handle of the Lagos State Ministry of Health on Wednesday
The development is worrying as breaking social distance measures only encourages the spread of the disease among this already risky group
President Muhammadu Buhari is due to address Nigerians again. The President a fortnight ago addressed Nigerians on the spread of the Coronavirus Disease to Nigeria. During the address, President Buhari announced a 14 days lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Lagos and Ogun States. The 14 days lockdown ends on Monday (today). In a statement on Monday afternoon, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Monday (today) at 7pm. Adesina added: “Television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the…
The defendant, of no fixed address, according to the prosecutor, Inspector Johnson Okunade, committed the offence between 2014 and 2018 at the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State, Ilokun in Ado-Ekiti
Eminent religious leaders from the South East and South South have called for urgent end to insurgency and banditry along with the wanton destruction of innocent lives and valuable property in Nigeria. The call was contained in a 12-point communique issued in Umuahia, Abia State by the clergymen at the end of their one-day colloquium on insecurity in Nigeria, with the theme: “The sacredness of life.” The meeting deliberated on Boko Haram insurgency, herdsmen menace, banditry and kidnapping, cattle rustling, land grabbing and threat to lives. It also discussed the state of the nation, its prospects and challenges on the…