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Lagos Island fracas: Governor’s Aide urges warring parties to seek peace
Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Gbenga Oyerinde, has urged warring factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, hoodlums, and street urchins on Lagos Island to embrace peace and avoid bloodshed.
Abductors kill 8 year old girl after collecting ransom in Zaria
Abductors have killed eight-year-old Asma’u after collecting over N3m ransom in Zaria 42 days after she was kidnapped.
President Buhari mourns murdered 5 year old Kano girl, Hanifa, State vows to secure justice
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of the five-year-old school girl Hanifa Abubakar whose body was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after near two months of fruitless search.
Abiodun Alabi replaces Hakeem Odumosu as Lagos Police Commissioner
The Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba has appointed Abiodun Alabi to take over from AIG Hakeem Odumosu as Lagos State commissioner.
Reps to investigate alleged missing 178,459 police arms
The House of Representatives has said it will investigate alleged missing firearms and ammunition belonging to the Nigeria police force in excess of 178 thousand since in 2019.
Troops kill 49 terrorists, 863 surrender, various arms, ammunition recovered – DHQ
Director of Defence Media Activities, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, revealed this during a briefing on military operations in Abuja on Thursday.
Afenifere Laments worsening insecurity, kidnapping along Lagos Ibadan road
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has lamented the rising levels of insecurity in Nigeria, just as it decried kidnappings along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
NDLEA intercepts 1.5million tramadol tablets, seizes cash, arms, others across 7 states
About one million, five hundred thousand tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5, and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Yauri, Kebbi state have been intercepted in Edo state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA).
NSCDC Boss Disbands Anti Vandal Unit Of Rivers State Command
The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has disbanded the Anti-Vandal Unit of the NSCDC Command in Rivers State.
Five killed, many injured in fresh farmers-herders clash in Imeko-Afon, Ogun state
At least five persons have been killed in a fresh clash between farmers and herdsmen in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State