BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than eleven people have been reportedly abducted and one injured by bandits who attacked Angwar Maji community at Jere town in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The community is located close to the Abuja-Kaduna highway and Kaduna- Bwari Road. The attack is yetContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC have been shot dead by gunmen in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Corps Public Relations officer, Bisi Kazeem, the team of patrol operatives of the Corps comprising of an officer, a driver andContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State believes dialogue can go a long way in tackling agitations in the southeast region. Soludo made the comment on Sunday, explaining that brute force alone cannot douse agitations in the region. “A time comes when you realise that you cannot shootContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized at least 9.5 million tablets of pharmaceutical opioids: Tramadol and Exol 5 worth over N5 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Edo State. This was disclosed in aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ten persons were reportedly killed and nineteen others injured during the celebrations of the annual ritual festival ‘Zerreci’ in the Chando Zerreci area of Miango Chiefdom in Bassa Local Government Council of Plateau State. While confirming the incident in a statement, the National Publicity Secretary of theContinue Reading
Shippers’ Council launches Service Charter, Customer Care Policy HandbookIn a bid to boost effective service delivery, the Servicom Unit of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), on Wednesday 30th March, 2022 launched the agency’s Service Charter and Customer Care Policy Handbook. The launching was held at the NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos.The ExecutiveContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A suspected Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Sirajo Abdulkadir, has been arrested by the officers and men of the Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, for smuggling 25 bags of 50 kilograms of foreign parboiled rice, two cartons of spaghetti and macaroni concealed in aContinue Reading
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has said Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country. The All Progressive Congress (APC) member who is representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State said this during plenary on ThursdayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a low-cost housing estate at Kofar Gayan in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped six people including a Customs officer and his son. The police authorities are yet to confirm the incident but a resident of theContinue Reading