No fewer than 100 students of Idogbo Secondary School, Benin, have been trafficked to Libya in the last four months. This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki…
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Sue Rivers state govt – IG orders F-SARS chief
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the Rivers State Commander of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), Mr. Akin Fakorede, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), to sue the government for libellous publications against him. A May 17 letter,…
ATTACK ON ONI: FAYEMI, FAYOSE TRADE WORDS
The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Office has alleged a clandestine plan by Governor Ayodele Fayose and the Peoples Democratic Party to carry out “coordinated attacks” on supporters and associates of former Governor Segun Oni. According to the campaign group, the…
CULTISTS: SUSPECTS NEVER IMPLICATED ANYBODY – KWARA DPP
The Kwara State Ministry of Justice has said that the suspected cultists arrested in the state did not implicate anybody in their confessional statement contrary to reports by an online media. The Director of Public Prosecution in the state ministry,…
POLICE DEBUNKS REPORTS OF BANK ROBBERY IN ILORIN
PRESS RELEASE 18/5/2018 FALSE ROBBERY ALARM IN ILORIN The Command is shocked to receive an avalanche of calls from panic stricken individuals, arising from a false alarm to the effect that Robbers are operating in some banks along Unity and…
Melaye’s trial on false Information adjourned indefinitely
Trial of the senator representing Kogi West senatorial district , Dino Daniel Melaye in the alleged false information dissemination brought against him by the Federal Government suffered a major setback in Abuja yesterday. An Abuja high court trying the senator…
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: COURT STRIKES OUT CASE ON MELAYE
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has struck out the assassination case involving the Administrator of Ijumu local government area Alhaji Taofiq Isa and four others for want of diligent prosecution. The police had charged Taofiq Isa and…
KWARA GOVERNOR SET TO SWEAR-IN NEW COMMISSIONERS
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has promised to swear-in new commissioner-nominees whose names were forwarded to the State House of Assembly for screening next week. Governor Ahmed disclosed this in Ilorin at the monthly stakeholders’ meeting of the state chapter…
EBIRA/BASSA CLASHES PERSIST AGAINST SECURITY PRESENCE
Bassa people in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have raised the alarm of the continuous attack of its people by the Ebira militia, even as the security presence could not prevent the menace of the genocide, now going into…
SAUDI ARABIA TO BEGIN RAMADAN FASTING ON THURSDAY
Saudi Arabia said the Ramadan fasting will begin on Thursday across the globe, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported yesterday. The new moon of Ramadan was not spotted on Tuesday evening and Wednesday will mark the last day of…