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Agency Report The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt..-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured Nigerians of the Nigerian Army’s commitment to combating all threats and ensuring peace across Nigeria in the foreseeable future. Lagbaja gave the assurance during the Inter-denominational Church Service in commemoration of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2024 on Sunday in Abuja. He said the threats that Nigeria was facing as a nation were complex and adaptive, assuring that the troops were adapting to the situation. “I would say we are one step ahead of the threats and in doing so we have been able to…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said that its men have destroyed several illegal oil refining sites in Rivers. NAF said it also succeeded in eliminating scores of terrorists in Niger in recent coordinated air strikes. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja. Gabkwet said that as the activities of oil thieves and economic saboteurs had become sophisticated, so also the NAF and other security agencies re-strategise to checkmate their activities and be ahead of their game. He said that the oil thieves…
By Kamil Opeyemi Social media influencer and activist, Mr. Martins Vincent Otse (a.k.a. Very Dark Man or VDM) has been arrested in Abuja. The order for his arrest was said to have been given by the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Bennet Igwe on Sunday. His arrest is coming less than 24 hours after VDM called out and exposed another social media influencer and skit maker, Amarachi Amusi, popularly called Ashmusi over an alleged breach of contract over an online advert. VDM had alleged that Ashmusi had collected a sum of N1m from a paid advertiser but failed to…
By Halimah Olamide Wife of veteran actor Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva has debunked the rumours making the rounds about her husband’s death. Media reports have said Jacobs who is 81 died today. It is the third time reports of his death would fill the media only for it to be denied. A once virile and agile actor has lost weight over the time over undisclosed illnesses. But he is also believed to be suffering from dementia. Amidst the growing rumours, the wife said in a statement on her Instagram story that her husband was alive and doing well. She…
Agency Report A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ambrose Aisabor says it’s time for Nigeria to embrace state police to mitigate the security situation in the country. Aisabor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Benin that the failure of the centralised police system to nip insecurity in the last 15 years necessitated the need for a decentralised policing. “It is time to embrace state police; the debate whether or not Nigeria should go for state police has been raging with many Nigerians urging the government to embrace it. “The question now is why are many people…
By Kamil Opeyemi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday has arrested about 60 drugs suspects after its raided of a ‘drug party’ in Abuja. NDLEA said that the raid followed credible intelligence about the drug party organised by one Stanley Ikechukwu, who was arrested at the venue. Spokesperson of the agency, Mr. Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said that the Friday party was dubbed: “Go hard or Go Home, Pick Your Poison”. “The suspects comprised of 25 males and 35 females; they were arrested at an apartment in Sun City estate in the Federal Capital Territory,” he…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said his government will not allow a return to an era of fear and violence. He said this while condemning the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of lives and the maiming of other citizens in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media, President Tinubu described the attacks “as desperate acts of terror and a clear manifestation of the pressure mounted against terrorists and the success achieved in degrading their capacity to launch offensives.” He said the President…
By Kamil Opeyemi Nigeria’s advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday said it has given the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) one week within which to explain the whereabouts of about N100bn `naira notes said to be dirty. SERAP said this also should include other large sum of cash awaiting examination’ which are kept in various branches of the CBN. The group said the allegations are documented in the latest annual report recently published by the Auditor-General of the Federation. SERAP also urged him to “explain the whereabouts of the N7.2 billion budgeted for the construction…
By Kamil Opeyemi Men of the Lagos Police Command have arrested 30-year old Musa Ibrahim and 22-year old Ibrahim Danjuma after they robbed a woman in her shop at about 11pm in the Imude area of Ojo LGA. According to the police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, a patrol team from Ilemba Hausa Division swiftly responded to a distress call. Hundeyin said the suspects were apprehended with the help of community members. “A locally made firearm was recovered. Indeed, security is everyone’s business.” Meanwhile, another suspected armed robber was arrested in the Idimu area of the state. Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in…
By Halimah Olamide A former Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi, has died in Abuja. NPO Reports learnt that Ogohi died in the early hours of Sunday after a a brief illness. He was said to have come under incessant sickness as a result of old age. He died at the age of 75 having been born in 1948. He was the first Naval officer to become Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003 and the first Naval Officer to reach four star rank in the Nigerian military during the civilian administration of Nigeria. The late…