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A soldier attached to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment in Tungan-Maje in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers. According to Daily Trust, the operation that led to his arrest was carried out last week around Dankogi Park in Zuba in collaboration …

The bandits who kidnapped three sisters in Kaduna, including a pregnant housewife that gave birth in captivity, have threatened to kill the hostages, including the newborn baby if the family fails to pay N50m ransom within two days. The three sisters were kidnapped on July 17, 2022, at their family house in the Mando area of the state where they …

Some retired military officers, on Monday, defied early morning downpour to stage the third phase of their protest at the headquarters of Ministry of Defence, Abuja. The protesters lamented the non-payment of their Security Debarment Allowance, among others. The aggrieved protesters, joined by some relatives of the deceased personnel, blocked access road to the Ministry located at Ship House on …

A three-storey building has collapsed on Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in the Mushin area of Lagos. This is coming barely two weeks after a seven-storey building collapsed in the Oniru area of the state, killing six persons. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the latest incident said it occurred around 12 noon. “A …

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has ruled that the imposition of fines and forceful towing of vehicles belonging to alleged traffic offenders, by officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA without a court order is illegal. Justice Olalekan Oresanya made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit filed by a legal practitioner, Lawal Aliyu against LASTMA, …

A magistrate’s court sitting in Wuse, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has remanded Prof Zainab Duke Abiola in Suleja Prison over the assault of Inspector Teju Moses, a police orderly attached to her. The professor was arraigned alongside her domestic aide, Rebecca Enechido, on Friday. In a video clip that went viral on Wednesday, the officer was seen seated on …

The police have arrested an Abuja-based lawyer and human rights activist, Professor Zainab Duke Abiola, for allegedly assaulting her female police orderly, Inspector Teju Moses. The professor, who was arrested alongside her housemaid, Rebecca Enechido, reportedly assaulted the orderly for refusing to do some domestic chores she assigned to her. In a video clip that went viral on Wednesday, the …

Alhaji Tukur Mamu, Kaduna-based publisher who was involved in the controversial negotiation that led to the release of some train passengers, has opened up on his encounter in Egypt. ionigeria.com gathered that Mamu was arrested in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday on the “orders of the Nigerian Government.” Mamu, who claimed he was on his way to Saudi Arabia …

Terrorists have attacked a mosque in Borno, killing the Chief Imam and three other worshipers. Many people were injured in the attack, which occurred in Ngulde community of Askira-Uba Local Government Area, on Friday. According to Daily Trust, the terrorists, numbering 20 launched the attack early by opening fire on worshippers who had finished their Fajir prayers at the Mosque. …

Bandits on Friday abducted dozens of worshippers from a Jumuat Mosque in Zugu community of Gummi local government area of Zamfara state. Residents said the armed men hid their guns inside their clothes and stormed the mosque when the Imam was about to start delivering sermon.. The intruders reportedly told those outside the mosque to go inside. “When they laid …