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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on January 12, 2025, carried out a successful raid on an illegal weapons manufacturing factory at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State. According to a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the operation led to the recovery of nine locally fabricated pistols, one…
9 Jan
Residents of Mile 2 Estate, in the Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos State, are worried for their safety following the death of three persons in a cult war that lasted between Saturday, January 4 and Monday, January 6, 2025.
23 Dec
Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, is a worried man. This is because the clear vision he caught before his assumption of office in 2021 on how to make the needed difference from his predecessors in the state is being threatened by insecurity.
17 Dec
Oyo State Police Command yesterday paraded 15 suspects linked to cultism and firearms offences.
27 Nov
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has outlawed the Ibom Youth Council (IYC), saying the group is a security risk to the government and people of the state. The governor's decision followed worrisome reports of killings and clashes in the state involving the group. The group's proscription was announced by the state’s Commissioner…
21 Nov
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has arraigned Savoir Robort, alias Timba, on a two-count charge of cultism and attempted murder. According to court documents, Robort and members of his cult gang allegedly ambushed Chief Gani Topba, leader of the Conscience of Ogoni People, on March 12, 2023, while returning from Zaakpo…
6 Nov
Operatives of CP - Special Assignment Team (CP - SAT), Delta State Police command have reportedly killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested five suspected cultists at various locations in the state. Confirming the incident, the Police image maker, Bright Edafe said on October 28, 2024, at about 1948hrs the operatives led by ASP Julius Robinson…
5 Sep
Delta State Police Command on Thursday paraded 16 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists, and others arrested for various crimes at different locations across the State. The Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, who paraded the Suspects at the command headquarters in Asaba, said four AK-47 rifles, 138 ammunition/cartridges, eight Pump Action guns, 15 cut-to-size guns, and…
22 Aug
The Ezinano community in Awka has warned cultists and other criminals in Anambra State to avoid the area because of its zero tolerance for their activities.
11 Jun 2024
The Edo State Security Council has concluded plans to commence the disarming and flushing out of cultists and Okaigheles in all communities
11 Jun 2024
Aggrieved students of the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic (AkwaPoly), Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Council have decried incessant attacks by
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A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel, whose price has skyrocketed amid an economic crisis. "The death toll stands at 70 so far," Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, told AFP by…
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Kano State Government has approved N61 million compensation for residents of neighboring villages affected by expansion projects at Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Musa Tukur-Yakasai, disclosed this when he received the Chairman, Wudil Local Government Council, Muhammad Tukur and his council members. “Gov. Abba Yusuf…
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US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his own cryptocurrency, appropriately called $TRUMP, sparking feverish buying that sent its market capitalization soaring on Saturday to several billion dollars. In a message posted on his Truth Social platform and X, Trump unveiled the so-called meme coin, which is designed to capitalize on the popularity of a certain…
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The wife of Plateau Governor, Mrs Helen Mutfwang, on Saturday distributed 500 household appliances to 500 women as part of the Renewed Hope Initiative Support Scheme (RHIESS). Mrs Mutfwang, who spoke during the distribution of the appliances in Jos, said the programme was designed by Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, to empower women across…
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The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has matriculated a total of 6,549 students for the 2024/2025 academic session, spreading across eight schools with 57 various programmes. The institution’s Rector, Prof. Salisu Usman, disclosed this at the 32nd Matriculation and Orientation ceremonies on Saturday at polytechnic campus, Lokoja. Usman said that out of the 57 programmes in…
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The management of Ekiti Queens Football Club of Ado-Ekiti has suspended the team’s manager, Moji Adekanye, over alleged “unethical behaviour”. The Technical Advisor to the State Governor on Sports Development, Olusola Osetoba, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday Osetoba said that the suspension was with immediate effect,…
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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, today commiserated with the Ibru family of Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the State on the death of their wife and mother, Mrs. Edna Ibru. Mrs Ibru, who reportedly died after a brief illness, was the wife of late Olorogun Senator Felix Ovuodoroye Ibru, the…
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The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja), Prof. Aisha Maikudi, has said that the university will soon commence a Confucius Institute, that is, Chinese language learning and culture programme. Maikudi disclosed this while welcoming students from China’s Tsinghua University’s School of Journalism and Communications to the institution. She said that the University of…
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The Borno government has called for decisive military action against series of attacks by insurgents which claimed five lives and destroyed properties in Chibok Local Government Area. Prof. Usman Tar, the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, made this known to the newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri. The commissioner said that Zulum made the…
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Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru, on Saturday, warned over 200 Ebonyi students sent by the government to schools in the United Kingdom not to behave like Simon Ekpa. The governor stated this at the Wilberforce Chuba Okadigbo International Airport in Ezza South local government area of the state during the flag-off of the state scholarship…