Fresh facts, which emerged yesterday about Thursday’s robbery in Offa, Kwara State, showed that many policemen and others at the police station, died because the station had no exit door. This was the argument of some junior officers yesterday as…
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IGP ORDERS REDEPLOYMENT OF 3 PMF UNITS TO TARABA, KWARA
The Federal Government, yesterday, vowed that those behind last Thursday’s armed robbery and killings in Offa, Kwara State, would be arrested and brought to justice to serve as deterrent to others. Recall that seven police officers and scores of residents…
COMMUNAL CLASH CLAIMS 7 LIVES IN CROSS RIVER
At least, seven persons may have died following renewed hostilities between the people of Onyadama and Inyima in Obubra and Yakurr Local Government Areas of Cross River State. Hundreds of residents, especially women and children, have fled the warring communities…
NIGERIANS SHOULD TELL FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO STOP WRITING FRIVOLOUS LETTERS – KALU
Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday defied the order of Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose not to come to the state to campaign for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. He slammed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for his attacks on…
SPECIAL ADVISER: SARAKI APPOINTS EX SENATOR
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has approved the appointment of Abubakar Danladi as his Special Adviser on Special Duties. The appointment was announced through a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on…
NATIONAL THEATRE OF GHANA VISITS RTD. JUSTICE MUSTAPHA AKANBI
It was a glorious evening of refreshing musical, dance and theatrical galore at the residence of Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd.) in Ilorin, as the National Theatre of Ghana paid him a courtesy visit recently. The gathering, which had in attendance…
KWARA BANK ROBBERY: POLICE CONFIRMS DEATH OF 9 OF ITS OFFICERS
Offa, Kwara State remained in shock yesterday, 24 hours after a gang of robbers attacked five banks and a police station in the town, leaving massive blood on their trail. The Kwara State Police Command confirmed yesterday that nine of…
NIGERIAN SINGER ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BY ITALIAN HUSBAND
For Ali Zainab Nielsen, the dream to become one of Nigeria’s greatest singers seemed to be finally coming true with her husband and daughter by her side. However, her life was cut short and her dreams, destroyed, by her Italian…
STOP MEDDLING IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY – AYCF LASHES OUT ON OBJ
The national president of the Arewa Youth consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has lashed out at Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president, for allegedly meddling in the affairs of the country, saying the latter’s interference is now disastrous. In a personally…
EKWEREMADU: OHANAEZE FAULTS FG UNWARRANTED INQUISITION
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has flayed the alleged attempt by the Federal Government to discredit the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, through unwarranted inquisition into his life and person, when no prima facie case had been established to prove that he embezzled…