Author: David Great

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. The Brigade Commander, 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.- Gen. Oluremi Fadairo, said that the soldiers took a rescue operation to the bandits’ enclaves at Yan-Tumaki and Dan-Ali forests. He explained that the troops successfully engaged the terrorists in a gun battle, after which they successfully rescued the victims. Mr Fadairo then handed over the victims to the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr Nasiru Mu’azu. He stressed the…

The Special Adviser to Oyo state governor on security, Fatai Owoseni has disclosed that three persons will be prosecuted in connection to January 16 explosion in the Old Bodija area of Ibadan, which claimed five lives, injured 77 persons and destroyed 58 houses. Owoseni, a retired commissioner of police stated this after delivering an official report on the incident to Governor Seyi Makinde in Ibadan. The report, it was learnt, comprises findings of the medical, security and engineering teams set up by the government. “Three persons of interest have been identified in connection with the cause of the unfortunate incident,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in an effort to stem the free fall of the naira in the FOREX market, has constituted a Special Task Force to curb what it terms the ‘dollarization’ of the economy. The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, revealed this in a statement released on Wednesday. According to Oyewale, the task force will be spread across all zonal offices of the anti-graft agency. “The Task Force, inaugurated by the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, was raised to protect the economy from abuses, leakages and distortions exposing it to instability…

Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho dispatched the winning penalty as Nigeria beat 10-man South Africa in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the final of the African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, William Troost-Ekong scored from the spot to give the West Africans the lead after Victor Osimhen had been fouled. But the South Africans drew level when defender Teboho Mokoena struck past Stanley Nwabili from the penalty spot. AFCON: Super Eagles will win the trophy – Kanu Nigeria goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali saved two penalties in the shootout to guide his side to…

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three persons in connection with suspected currency racketeering. The suspects: Musa Gideon, Abdul Seidu Adamu and Justine Musa were arrested along Yakubu Gowon way, Kaduna on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 while trying to sell new naira notes to an EFCC’s undercover operative. The operative, a member of the Special Task Force set up for the enforcement of extant laws against currency racketeering, mutilation and dollarization of the economy by the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, functioned in a sting operation carried out by the Team. Illegal Mining:…

Reactions have continued to trail Chippa United chairman Siviwe Mpengasi public declaration of support for Stanley Nwabali and the Nigerian national team ahead of the semi-final clash between the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Mpengasi in a statement released on the club’s X handle, disclosed the club’s support for their goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali and the Nigeria Super Eagles. “As the Chairman of Chippa United FC and as a proud South African, I find myself in a unique position during this 2023 AFCON tournament in that our very own Nigeria international Stanley Nwabali has been…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has impounded 12 trucks containing different types of solid minerals mined without licence. The anti-graft agency also arrested 41 suspected illegal miners operating on different mining fields in the State. Mr. Michael Nzekwe, the EFCC’s Zonal Commander, paraded the suspects in Ilorin on Tuesday, saying they were apprehended in a variety of places, including Patigi, Igbeti, and Ogbomoso near Kwara State. Nzekwe said that most of the arrested suspects were truck drivers, adding that some of them had named some foreign nationals and one or two Nigerian big…

The police in Ogun State have arraigned the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Oladipupo Adebutu, in the State High Court located in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Adebutu alongside five others appeared before  Justice Abiodun Akinyemi over seven-count charge bordering on vote buying and other offences in a case number AB/10c/2023 (FRN Vs Adebutu &Ors) Adebutu, during the governorship election held on March 18, 2023, was accused of inducement during the poll by security agents alongside other members of his party. He was accused of ordering the distribution of 200,000 preloaded ATM verve cards worth N10,000 through his bank…

The Western Nigeria Security Network (codenamed Amotekun) has arrested 149 suspected criminals at different black spots within three local government areas of Ondo State. Commander of Amotekun in Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, made the disclosure on Tuesday while parading the suspects before journalists. He said that the majority of the suspects claimed that they came into the state as hunters. Mr Adeleye said that the suspects were arrested with guns, bags of Indian hemp and cutlasses. He also said that the suspects were arrested where robbery and kidnapping usually occurred in the local governments. “They surprisingly and carefully concealed and…

The Lagos State Taskforce today in a significant operation led by the chairman of the agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, successfully apprehended 51 notorious members of a highway gang known for harassing truck drivers along the Apapa/Oshodi and Lagos/Badagry expressway. This set of individuals have been identified for their brazen tactics, coercing truck drivers to part with money under the pretext of working for the defunct Lagos State Parks and Garages Agency. Operating with impunity, the gang has subjected many drivers to physical harm and acts of bestiality when they resist extortion attempts. “We (Lagos Taskforce) have been on the trail…