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No less than 16 West African Provincial Commanders (ISWAP), and a number of unspecified fighters have been eliminated by the Hadin Kai Operations forces from the Nigerian army and the air components as well as the Civil Task Force (CJTF), following their hiding place in the forest in Damboa in cities in Borno. The Nigerian army in a statement about …

The State Service Department (DSS) on Thursday attracts sharp legal differences between the native Biafra (IPOB) and its paramilitary arms, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), and southwest security clothing, Amotekun, in a sustainable trial from the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Testify before the Federal High Court in Abuja as the second prosecutor witness, an operative DSS who was identified in …

Judge Nkeonye Maha from the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday recognized in evidence of detailed telephone conversations in which a suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Abdulazeez, demanded that N20 million ransom from businessman relatives. The judge received a joint telephone conversation with other evidence tendered by witnesses to the State Service Department (DSS), Mr. Tunde Afolabi. Afolabi in his testimony stated …

A service officer of the Nigeria Police Force, the agent Idris Oloyede, was declared sought after by the Ogun State Police Command after fleeing the case just five hours after his arrest for alleged involvement in IT crime and other criminal activities. The Times platform reports that Oloyede, popularly known as “Abuja” and connected to the headquarters of the Oededa …

Judge Olugboyega Ogunfowora from the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Thursday sentenced two people, Wale Adedeji and Akeem Sulaimon, to death by hanging due to armed robbery and attempted murder. The third inmate, Wahab Idowu, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the same violation. The three were sentenced to accusations of four conspiracy counts, armed robbery and …

The father of a teenage boy who was killed by the police during the pursuit of traffic in Ibadan, the state of Oyo, had spoken why he refused to stop when the traffic official stopped him while bringing his deceased to his school for the West African High School Certificate Examination (Wassce). The grieving father, Odunayo Alade, who spoke in …

Creator of Nigerian content, actor, and activist Debo Adedayo, known as Mr. Macaroni, has been taken to social media to knock on the Nigerian police for a student killed by a stray bullet fired by a police officer in Ibadan, the capital of the state of Oyo. Social media and local people are angry by the incident, which occurred during …

A delivery rider, Matthew Adoche, was captured by a zonal anti-crime unit from the Zone 2 police command in Lagos for allegedly escaped with high-value medical equipment intended for shipping to clients in the state of Zamfara. The arrest followed the formal petition proposed by Dr. Ajefolakmi John, a medical practitioner based in Iloromu, Ile-sife, Osun State. According to the …

In a new effort to clean up the informal financial sector, the Lagos state government has approved and closed 21 people and the entity found to operate as a lender of money without permission. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, by the Commissioner of Domestic Affairs, Mr. Olanrewaju Layode, during the Minister’s press briefing to mark the …

The tragedy hit Awka, in the state of Anambra, when the reverend Father Anthony Udogu of the Catholic Diocese of Awka collapsed and died while playing garden tennis in the premises of the Cathedral of San Patrizio. The tragic accident was confirmed in an official declaration issued by the diocesan chancellor, Rev Fr Charles Ndubuisi. “With faith in the resurrection …