Number Plates: FRSC begins clampdown Nationwide

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has begun full enforcement of clampdown on motorcycles and tricycles without number plates recording 1,750 violators nationwide. Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. He said the exercise

PDP members accuse party’s governor of being a tyrant

Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross Rivers state has been under attacks over the arrest and detention of a publisher, Agba Jalingo, who is based in the state. Recall that Jalingo was charged over a report alleging  diversion of N500 million by the Ayade-led

Bandits Still Strike Despite Amnesty As Zamfara Government Calls Emergency Meeting

Zamfara government has summoned an emergency meeting with Fulani leaders over an attack on an outpost in which nine soldiers were killed in Sunke village, Anka local government area. Senior Special Assistant to Governor Bello Matawalle on Security Matters, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, told

Pomp as Soldiers captured suspected kidnappers

A seven-man kidnapping squad that has been terrorising residents of Ajowa, Akunnu and Auga, in Akoko area of Ondo State, were at the weekend arrested through combined efforts of soldiers, Police and Department of State Services (DSS) at Ajowa, in Akoko North West

30 Nigerian Navy personnel quit tough counterinsurgency training

By Philip Nwosu, Lagos Thirty members of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Services (SBS) abandoned ship during a training on asymmetric warfare and emergency maritime threats. The 30 trainees were part of 53 personnel engaged by the Special Boat Services unit (equivalent to

Ekiti to commence payment of N30,000 minimum wage this month – Gov. Fayemi

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has stated that his administration would commence payment of N30,000 minimum wage to Ekiti workers this month. Dr Fayemi said the payment of the minimum wage was to motivate workers, especially teachers, to deliver the best to

Berserk: Judge tries executing Self by shooting Inside Courtroom

A chief judge on Friday at a provincial court in southern Thailand tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the chest but survived. Khanakorn Phianchana, the chief judge at Yala Provincial Court, was seriously injured and was rushed to the hospital after

NAF destroys another insurgents hideout in Borno

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed another Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists (BHTs) hideout in Borno. NAF also neutralised several of their fighters at Kirta Wulgo on the fringes of Lake Chad in the state. NAF director of public

Igbos in Benue facing widespread attacks, threats of annihilation — Intersociety

The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety) has written to the duo of Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue State in North-central Nigeria and the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Mukaddas, alleging “widespread and coordinated attacks and threats of

DSS detains infant, parents for texting Gov Bagudu to pay dad’s gratuity

  Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto Four family members, including a six-month-old baby in Kebbi have sued the Kebbi State Government and the Department of State Services for alleged illegal arrest and detention for 13 days without trial. The complainants — Abdulrahman Nasir Jato, Hadiza Nasir