Shehu Umar Nadada
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The police in Nasarawa State arrested 31 suspects for alleged involvement in criminal activities in July 2024. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Shehu Umar Nadada, who disclosed this while addressing the media, said the suspects include 11 kidnappers
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The Nigeria Police High Command has expressed deep concerns over the upcoming hardship protest organized by the Take It Back
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Nigerian troops and police tightened security in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, on Thursday as they prepared for planned protests over the cost of living. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira currency after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu introduced reforms a year ago that aimed to revive the…
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Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has alleged a plan by political actors to hijack the hunger mass protest to unleash terror
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It was a tragic scene in Barkin Sale community in Chanchaga Local Council of Niger State where a young man allegedly killed his father and buried him in a compound.
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The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert to its citizens over the impending nationwide protests scheduled to be held from Aug. 1 to 10 as organised by some groups in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the embassy and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday.…
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A self-acclaimed thug of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Owoeye Olabode, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over alleged murder, armed robbery, possession of firearm among other allegations. Olabode, popularly known as Bode Itaapa, was arrested in July 2024 by the operatives of the Osun State Police…
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Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian authorities to ensure security agencies respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest. Amnesty International, through its Nigeria Director, Isa Sanusi, also called on the government to refrain from issuing rhetoric to demonise protesters and suppress peaceful dissent. READ ALSO:Hunger protests: Anxiety in states as protesters insist, ignore…
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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun says intelligence available to the Nigeria Police revealed that the Aug. 1 planned protest is targeted at unleashing mayhem in the country. This is contained in statement personally signed by Egbetokun on Thursday in Abuja. He said the mayhem was targeted on the polity, innocent citizens, markets,…
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Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), says its 32nd COREN Engineering Assembly is poised to address the incessant engineering infrastructure failure in Nigeria. Abubakar made this known on Wednesday in Abuja ,while briefing journalists on the 32nd COREN Engineering Assembly scheduled to hold on Aug.5 to…
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The National Pension Commission (PenCom) hereby informs the public that the newly appointed Director-General of the Commission, Omolola Oloworaran, has assumed duties at the commission. A statement by the management of the commission disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement said that the appointment was to serve in acting capacity pending her confirmation by…