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The Borno State Police Command claims to have rescued a soldier who was kidnapped along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road with 15 other people. The travellers were kidnapped by the Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) sect in Borno State, according to a statement from the force’s spokesman, ASP Sani Kamilu. “Police operatives on patrol around Auno axis rescued a soldier attached to 4 Battalion Marte and 15 others from abduction by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. “The motorists were coming from different locations into Maiduguri but on reaching Yanakiri/Kondori village along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road, they were intercepted and abducted to the bush,”…

The website of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is down, shutting out citizens from accessing content and travel advisory on the website. The police did not state why its website was shut down as citizens prepare for the December festivities. A check by Chronicle NG revealed that even though the website was quoted on the official Facebook page of the police, it is not functional. While the official website of the police force is down, that of the ongoing recruitment, Police Recruitment, remains functional. FG condemns gruesome murder, beheading of Nigeria policemen by IPOB/ESN The police force recently concluded Computer…

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Monday, November 29, 2021 convicted a 29-year-old ex-convict, Joshua Ajayi Oluwatobi for impersonating the Dean Student Affairs, University of Ilorin and others to defraud unsuspecting students seeking to pay school fees and hostel accommodation. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 arraigned Oluwatobi on a four-count charge bordering on fraud, attempt to defraud and impersonation, to which he pleaded guilty. Oluwatobi, had sometime in June 2020 been convicted by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 29, 2021 secured seven convictions before different Justices of the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State. The convicts are Akanji Musa Olawale (a.k.a Casey Harris), Oyetunji Habeeb Opeyemi (a.k.a lucy Stewart), Adeboye Abdulazeez Ayodeji,(a.k.a Thomas Ruchie) Agbedi Shola Peter (a.k.a Matthew Duke), Shonubi Oluwafemi Samson (a.k.a Benitadykes), Akinboade Fatai Abiodun and Sodiq Olelekan Saliman The convicts were prosecuted on separate charges. Justice Uche Agomoh of Federal High Court , Ibadan, found Akanji and Oyetunji guilty of offence of…

The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) reached a cresendo after a faction sacked interim chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni and installed his replacement. At an event held at 251 Herbert Macaulay Way CBD Abuja, Opposite NNPC Towers in Abuja, Prince Mustapha Audu, a former governorship aspirant from Kogi state was sworn in to act in interim capacity. After he took the oath, Audu said a National Reconciliation Committee will be formed to reconcile aggrieved members before the February 26, 2021 convention. He also announced a zoning formula for national positions in the new National Working Committee (NWC).…

Despite Canadian officials’ claims that two passengers from Nigeria tested positive for the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, the Federal Government emphasized on Monday that Nigeria has yet to record a case of the virus. Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, stated at a Presidential Steering Committee briefing in Abuja that there was no need to give in to speculation. “I do not encourage citizens to waste energy on speculating,” he said. “I think what we need to do is to focus on what we actually know. And what we know, for now, is that we…

US President Joe Biden has called the Omicron Covid variant a “cause for concern, not a cause for panic” one day after it was detected in North America. He said he saw no need for a lockdown “for now”, adding, “if people are vaccinated and wear their masks”. Cases have been found in Canada, and the US has imposed travel bans on eight African countries. Despite vaccines and Mr Biden’s vow to “shut down” the virus, more Americans died this year from Covid than last. At the White House on Monday, the president called it “almost inevitable” that the Omicron…

Outspoken professional basketball player Enes Kanter will legally change his name to Enes Kanter Freedom to celebrate becoming a US citizen. The Swiss-born, Turkish-raised Mr Kanter, 29, tweeted a video of his citizenship ceremony on Monday. He recited the oath using his new name. He has repeatedly condemned human rights violations in China and Turkey. The NBA star has said his Turkish passport was revoked by authorities in 2017. In an interview with CNN, Enes Kanter, who plays with the Boston Celtics, said the name change will reflect his “fight” for freedom throughout his life. “Here [in the US] there…

Barbados ditched Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived at the Caribbean island. At the stroke of midnight, the new republic was born to the cheers of hundreds of people lining Chamberlain Bridge in the capital, Bridgetown. A 21 gun salute fired as the national anthem of Barbados was played over a crowded Heroes Square. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, stood somberly as Queen Elizabeth’s royal standard was lowered and the new…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe. The variant could lead to severe consequences in some regions, the WHO said on Monday. The head of the organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, renewed a call for a global push to get vaccines to poorer nations. Covid-19 is “not done with us” yet he warned. The variant was detected in South Africa earlier this month with initial evidence suggesting it has a higher re-infection risk. South Africa has been praised for its prompt reporting of the variant.…