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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 20 persons for allegedly scavenging at night in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NSCDC Commandant in the FCT, Olusola Odumosu, who paraded the suspects on Monday, said the scavengers popularly called, “Baba Bola” were arrested by the operatives during a midnight patrol at different locations. He said: “Scavenging at …

Lightning killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday. Eye witness account disclosed that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. “The students were practicing on the football pitch with their coach preparatory to a football tournament. “The coach had …

Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, Chief of the Air Staff, stated on Saturday, that the service has received two of the six T-129 ATAK helicopters that the federal government purchased. He stated that the helicopters would shortly be added to the NAF’s inventory. According to a statement from Air Cdre Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information, the CAS revealed …

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) have restored the sight of over 2,000 visually impaired people in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The beneficiaries received free eye testing, optical services, surgeries, glasses, and other preventive/corrective treatments for various eye defects. The initiative is part of FCMB’s Priceless Gift of Sight programme, which has been running for 14 years …

Police on Tuesday arraigned two men at the Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly defrauding 21 officers to the tune of over N100 million. The defendants – Nura Mohammed and Abubakar Iliyasu – were arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, cheating, and cheating by deception. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecution …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a South African, Erasmus Jean-Pierre, over an alleged attempt to export 2.6kg of methamphetamine through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the 29-year-old was arrested on August 23 while heading …

A combined team of the Nigerian Army and operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), on Friday, thwarted a planned attack by terrorists in Gezawa local government area of Kano State, while two insurgents were arrested during the operation. The Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, who announced the development in a statement, said five AK 47 rifles, five …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has accused the management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure of negligence in the death of Akeredolu Ayomide, a 500-level student. The late Ayomide reportedly collapsed in his dorm before being transported to the hospital where, according to the school’s top student body, he passed away from a lack of basic amenities. …

A former Chairman of the Benue State Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) Mrs. Mimi Urubibi-Adzape has threatened to sue bloggers and persons connected to a publication making the rounds in the social media by an estranged wife of a popular Benue businessman against her. The allegation claimed that Mrs Urubibi-Adzape planned to abandon her family and force another man …

The Rivers State sector of theNigeria Customs Service (NCS), has revealed impounding nine containers bearing ammunition, four vehicles used in the concealment of 76.9kg special cannabis, and various items such as 724 bales of used clothing, 1805 pieces of used tyres, 2070 cartons of Tomato paste, with a total value put at N1,162,424,371 billion in six months. The Comptroller of …