BY GODWIN OBI At least 38 bandits have been neutralized and nine hundred and ninety-nine suspects arrested by the police in Katsina State in connection with six hundred and eight (608) reported crimes. In a report for the year, outgoing State Commissioner of Police, CP Sanusi Buba, announced that outContinue Reading
Three drug traffickers wearing uniforms of security agencies to escape scrutiny have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with over 427 kilograms of illicit drugs in Borno State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on ThursdayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration is reviewing the concluded forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with a view to recovering every kobo that is recoverable. The President had ordered a forensic audit of the NDDC in October 2019 to probe allegedContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday December 31st 2021 sign the 2022 Appropriation bill into law. The President is expected to sign the bill by 10am. Senior Special assistant to the president on media and publicity Garba Shehu who confirmed this to Journalists in Abuja On Tuesday said the nationalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday suggested that elements described as ‘unknown gunmen’ in Imo State may soon be revealed after the arrest of Uche Nwosu. Okorocha, a serving Senator at the National Assembly, made the comment while speaking to newsmen According to him, Nwosu’sContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Three persons have reportedly been killed on Sunday after gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded some communities under Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An unspecified number of villagers, mostly women, were said to have been kidnapped during the assault. Some of the villages said toContinue Reading
The Director General of NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh gave out his Daughter Hadiza to Abba Kabir Dankaura at a wedding Fatiha which took place in Kaduna over the weekendre are some pictures from the event. R-L: McGeorge Onyung; DG NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh; bride, Hadiza Bashir Jamoh; groom, Abba KabirContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ebonyi State Governor in South-East Nigeria, Dave Umahi has allayed the fears and suspicion in some quarters that a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction will break up the country. Umahi, who spoke when he hosted some APC Governors to a dinner party in his country home, UburuContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police have arrested a former Imo State gubernatorial candidate, Uche Nwosu. Nwosu, a son-in-law to former Governor Rochas Okorocha, was whisked away by the security agencies at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State on Sunday. The heavily-armed security operatives stormed theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Desperate bids by drug cartels to push out millions of illicit drug tablets across Lagos and other parts of the country for the festive season have been frustrated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with the seizure of 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol, asContinue Reading