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The divisional police officer (DPO) of Wusagu police division in Kebbi state, Halliru Liman, has allegedly been shot dead by a soldier. The incident happened on Wednesday at a military checkpoint in Zamfara state. In a statement on Thursday, Yazid Abubakar, the Zamfara police spokesperson, said the DPO was heading to Birnin Kebbi, the […]
The State Police Commissioner in Akwa-Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, is reported to have passed on in the early hours of today, Thursday. According to sources close to the family, Ayilara had undergone prostrate cancer surgery on Wednesday in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, but died hours later. ” We are very […]
A nurse working with a butt enlargement clinic has been arrested by the Lagos State Police over the death of a 36-year-old patient, Mrs Abiola, who came for a buttocks enlargement on Monday. Reports had it that the late Mrs. Abiola, who resides at Diamond Estate, Sangotedo-Lekki, asked her driver to take her down […]
The Governor of Kano State, Kabiru Abba Yusuf, has ordered the Accountant General of the State to close all accounts linked to departments, ministries, and agencies in the state with immediate effect. The directive was given at the State House by Governor Yusuf during a meeting with the Chairman of Kano State Internal […]
Controversies trail the new government policy banning under 18 from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, National Examination Council, NECO, and JAMB. The announcement by Prof. Tahir Mamman on Sunday was backed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, but not by the Secretary-General of the National Union […]
Governor Babagana Zulum lost a cabinet member on Monday, making it two members of his team that have died in the space of one year in office. Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Commissioner for Finance in Borno State was found dead inside his room after suspicion was raised over his long stay in his room at […]
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has spoken about the clash between security officers and Shiite members on Sunday that led to the death of two police officers. On Sunday in Abuja, during a procession by the Shiites, two police officers were murdered at the Wuse junction by traffic light. According to the Abuja command, […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a seven-day nationwide warning strike over the abduction of Ganiyat Popoola. Popoola, a registrar in the department of ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna, was abducted on December 27, 2023, alongside her husband and nephew. They were abducted at the senior staff quarters of […]
Following the police invitation of Comrade Joe Ajearo, the Nigerian Labour Congress President, over a treasonable felony and financing terrorism, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has threatened to shut down the power sector if Ajearo is arrested. In a statement pouring out their grievances towards the Intelligence Response Team, IRT of the […]
Nigerians have been warned to take precautions over the rate at which Monkey Pox is resurfacing in Africa and has spread to different states of the country with 39 cases already recorded. In Rivers State, two cases of Mpox have been confirmed, according to the State Commission for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh. She confirmed […]
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