Category: Metro
Air force jet in pursuit of Boko Haram may have crashed, says NAF
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its fighter jet deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgents may have crashed.
The jet on Wednesday evening lost conta [...]
‘He threatened to jail me,’ says hospitalized guard assaulted by CCT chairman as NBA begins investigation into assault
The security man who was assaulted by Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), in Abuja, says that the CCT boss threatened to jai [...]
CCT chairman asked me to use ‘Biafran boys’ in response to assault says spokesman
Ibraheem Al-Hassan, spokesperson of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), says he was under intense pressure when he wrote the statement in murdered [...]
Anambra CP visits Soludo, arrests one suspect in connection to gunmen attack
Following Wednesday’s attack on former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, by gunmen, the Commissioner of Police, Anambra S [...]
Chief of Air Staff, Amao storms Maiduguri as fighter jet goes missing
Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, in the early hours of Thursday morning, arrived in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State [...]
Sanwo Olu launches body cameras for security operatives
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, has rolled out the plan for law enforcement officers in the state to use body cameras.
The governor announced tha [...]
Herdsmen slaughter multitudes in Ebonyi (Graphic)
An attack by herdsmen on Igbo communities in Ebonyi State has left an unconfirmed number of persons dead.
It was gathered that Fulani herdsmen inva [...]
Buhari to depart Nigeria today for London on medical trip
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the country on Tuesday for a medical trip in the United Kingdom, the presidency said on Monda [...]
FG, bandits competing to recruit unemployed, says Tinubu, wants 50 million youths recruited into army
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigeria is competing with bandits to recruit unemployed youths.
Nigeria h [...]
EFCC arraigns insurance company CEO over N6bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Cecilia Osipitan, chief executive officer of Great Nigeria Insurance Plc, for allege [...]