Metro

…Five crew and 20 passengers die as ATR 42 crashes during routine mission Daud Olatunji The Nigerian Air Force has released the identities of 25 people killed in the crash of a NAF ATR 42 aircraft in Igbokoda area of ​​Ondo State. The aircraft, identified as NAF 931, crashed on Monday during a routine mission from Benin to Lagos. The …

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has called for a thorough investigation into the Nigerian Air Force plane crash in Ondo State on Monday. The Sultan, in a statement issued by Prince Bashir Adefaka on behalf of his media team on Monday, described the accident involving …

Gamji secures post-no-debt order exceeding $13.9 million, N157.5 million …Osun asks Court to quash order, alleges fraud and concealment Daud Olatunji A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered commercial banks to impose a “post no debit” restriction on accounts managed by the Osun State Government over a $13.9 million and 157.5 million naira arbitration award to Gamji Nigeria …

Ayomide Awe More than 70 passengers have been rescued while about six others remain missing following a boat accident at the Buruku crossing on the Benue River in Benue State. The accident occurred around 11am on Saturday when the boat, which was reportedly carrying passengers from Gboko Local Government Area to attend a burial ceremony across the river, ran into …

The Anambra State Police Command has alerted residents of an emerging pattern of robberies and other criminal activities involving the use of motorcycles across the state. The warning was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, following recent accidents involving motorcyclists. Police raise alarm over motorcycle-related crimes The Command said …

…La polizia individua l’accampamento forestale dei rapitori con i droni, teme le mine antiuomo; Controversia tra genitori Daud Olatunji Il rapimento di potenziali membri del National Youth Service Corps in viaggio da Ibadan, nello stato di Oyo, ai loro campi di orientamento nel sud-est ha preso una svolta più allarmante, con le agenzie di sicurezza che hanno individuato il nascondiglio …

The families of 20 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) recruits who were abducted while traveling to an orientation camp have called for immediate intervention, following a ransom demand of N1 billion by their kidnappers. The prospective corps members, who were traveling from Ibadan, Oyo State, to their respective orientation camps, were reportedly kidnapped on Thursday along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in …

The Nigerian Navy and the Federal Government’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Petroleum Theft have discovered a 40,000 liter capacity illegal refinery hidden in a tributary of Bonny Island, Rivers State. The facility was discovered in a joint intelligence-based operation coordinated through a Joint Intelligence Monitoring Team consisting of personnel from various security and intelligence agencies. Speaking to journalists in Bonny, …

The Imo State Police Command says they have discovered the hideout where suspected kidnappers were holding members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and other kidnapped victims, Police Commissioner Audu Garba Bosso has revealed. Bosso said security officials used drones to track the kidnappers and were able to identify their exact location in the bush, but said the rescue …

Amidat Abdul Fatai The Federal High Court in Abuja has committed Arinze Nwogba to the Kuje Correctional Center on charges of impersonating the Registrar of the Joint Board of Admissions and Matriculation, Prof. Segun Aina, to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Judge Salim Ibrahim on Friday ordered Nwogba remanded in custody pending his decision on the accused’s bail application. …