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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Saturday, said there was need for its personnel to bear firearms while discharging their duties in view of the security challenges across the country. The Corps Marshal, Ali Dauda Biu, said this on Saturday while inaugurating 1,762 personnel of the corps who just concluded their four-month basic course at the Nigerian Army Training …

Gunmen, said to have been heavily armed, on Sunday night, abducted the traditional ruler of of Gurku community in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, HRH Jibril Mamman Waziri, alongside his wife, Hajiya Sa’adatu Waziri. They were kidnapped at the palace located around mountains in the area, after which the First-Class traditional ruler and his wife were whisked …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has dismissed a report of a planned protest by its members. The PTD National Chairman, Mr. Augustine Egbon, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the union members were not planning to embark on any kind of protest. He alerted Nigerians on the antics of some desperate and mischievous individuals to cause crisis …

There was chaos and panic in the early hours of Wednesday following a fire outbreak at the international wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The fire, according to officials, was reportedly caused by a faulty cable on the Tarmac. The inferno was said to have thrown both staff and passengers into confusion before it was put off by …

The Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday, went into a rampage when staffers of the chapter picketed the office of the embattled Chief Judge of the State, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo. The aggrieved staff were said to have stormed the office of the CJ which they shut down and prevented visitors from either …

Operatives of the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Nigerian Navy, on Sunday intercepted 50 sacks of cannabis sativa worth N70 million at Gbethrome community in the Badagry area of Lagos. The FOB Base Operations Officer, Lt. Commodore Kelly Umoru, told journalists the operatives seized the items at an uncompleted building near the beach on Sunday morning. Umoru said: “The operation followed …

Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, has given families of 33 corpses abandoned in its hospital mortuary 21 days to evacuate them. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Christian Anieke, stated this at a media briefing on Sunday in Enugu. He said the institution would be forced to conduct a mass burial for the dead persons if their families failed to …

The Kano Hisbah Board has revealed that some intending couples for the Kano mass wedding, scheduled to be held soon, have tested positive for Hepatitis B, HIV, sickle cell and pregnancy. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of Hisbah Board, Lawan Fagge. According to him, the persons were found with one health issue or the …

Police operatives in Anambra have busted a criminal gang and recovered two pump action guns in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Onitsha, said the operatives encountered the gang at Forward Operating Base at Aguata and recovered a Mercedes Benz SUV from the hoodlums. The …

Nigerian skitmaker cum activist, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has taken to social media to lament about the state of the Nigerian political system. The citizen activist in a post on his Twitter page said that the Nigerian political system is a curse and also urged Nigerians to free themselves from political slavery. He stated however, that some Nigerians have …