Troops of the ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ (OPWS) have arrested 10 suspects for armed banditry and kidnapping in Benue and Nasarawa states. The suspects were paraded before newsmen at the OPWS headquarters in Makurdi yesterday, by Force Commander of OPWS, Maj.…
Court orders forfeiture of nine vehicles to LASG for driving against traffic (Nation)
Magistrate (Mrs) Salau Omobola of the Lagos State Mobile Court has ruled that nine out of 21 vehicles whose drivers were caught driving against traffic along Oshodi-Mile 2 expressway should be forfeited outrightly to the state government while the drivers…
DNA centre will aid our work, says CP (Nation)
The Lagos State Police Command will, henceforth, take advantage of the state-of-the-art government-owned DNA and Forensic Centre (LSD&FC) in its investigation and resolution of crime cases, Commissioner Zubairu Muazu said on Thursday. Speaking during his visit to the LSD&FC at…
Anambra to sack unqualified teachers (Nation)
The Anambra State government has said teachers without requisite qualifications will be disengaged by December 31. Commissioner for Basic Education Prof. Kate Omenugha, in a statement by the ministry’s spokesman, Mr. Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, said the deadline was in line with…
N22b Paris cash: EFCC seizes passports of 34 ex-Kwara officials (Nation)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the passports of 34 top officials who served under former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed over a N22 billion London-Paris Club refund. Ten of them have been watch-listed to prevent them…
AFCON 2019: VAR to be used from quarter-finals (Nation)
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be introduced from the quarter-final stage of the Africa Cup of Nations, increasing the possibility of drama in a tournament traditionally filled with refereeing controversy but this year rather muted. It was originally…
COZA: CAN calls for calm over Fatoyinbo’s rape allegation (Nation)
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the public to allow the investigating team of its elders to make public its findings on the rape allegation against the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo. In…
Task force arrests 77 during midnight raid (Nation)
Operatives of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) in a midnight raid in some parts of the state over the weekend arrested 77 suspected criminals including prostitutes. Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of…
Kwara NYSC camp not fit for human living, says AbdulRazaq (Nation)
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has lamented the condition of the state’s orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, describing it as a “penitentiary…that is not fit for human living”. He said the administration would do something…