NO fewer than 1,872 alleged violators of COVID-19 prevention measures have been arrested by the police in Lagos for breaching social distancing, ban on interstate travels or dusk to dawn curfew. Also, the command impounded 483 vehicles, 704 motorcycles and 73 tricycles within the last two weeks, said spokesman Bala Elkana in a statement on […]
THREE inmates and some officials of a correctional service in Aba, Abia State on Sunday hospitalised after an attempted jailbreak. The Nation gathered that it took the combined effort of police and the correctional service official to quell was what described as chaotic situation, with the inmates intent on breaking jail. The three prisoners, who […]
KANO State Government on Sunday said over 2,000 Almajirai quarantined to check mate COVID-19 would be discharged today. The State Commissioner of Education and Chairman Committee on Repatriation of Almajiris Students Muhammadu Sanusi Kiru, confirmed this yesterday, during a visit to the two centres at Kiru and Karaye local government areas where the over 2,000 […]
POLICE in Lagos have arrested two fake soldiers Kehinde Elijah, 45, and Eze Joseph in connection with the killing of a police sergeant, Onalaja Onajide. Onajide, who was attached to Ilemba Hausa Division, Ajamgbadi, was gunned down about 9:30pm on May 10 in front of the division. It was gathered that the suspects were apprehended […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the armed forces an order to rout every trace of banditry and kidnapping from his home state of Katsina. The President gave the order on Sunday during an audience he granted the Chief of General Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, at the State House in Abuja. A statement by the Senior […]
As the seven-man caretaker committee, constituted during the week by the National Working Committee to oversee the affairs of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resumes duty, party members said the committee’s major task would be to help reconcile the two warring PDP factions in the state. The committee, chaired by […]
As fallout to the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari and echoed by the Minister for Finance, Budget and Planning that some ministries, departments and agencies be scrapped or merged, so many news have appeared in the print, electronic and social media. Among the news going round is that the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is […]
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Nigerian Army troops on Sunday killed 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) terrorists at the north west of Baga town in Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of 130 Battalion with […]
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the weekend urged religious leaders to sensitize residents on measures to curb the spread of coronavirus and stay safe. He said their role in the sensitization is very vital because what is happening now is community transmission and many of the residents in the State worship […]