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The Abia State government has shut down 197 “substandard” private schools as part of reform in the state’s education sector. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr. Okey Kanu, disclosed this to journalists at the end of the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia, on Monday. He said about 900 private schools had so far been …

Gunmen on Sunday night abducted the Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga. Egaga, who is a professor at the Department of Special Education at the university, was abducted at the institution’s staff quarters. The gunmen were said to have whisked the lecturer away through the river that overlooked the staff quarters. The spokesperson for the …

Police operatives in Bauchi on Thursday killed three suspected kidnappers and arrested 12 others in the Burra Community of Ningi local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Bauchi, said the operatives rescued 10 kidnapped victims and recovered weapons, cash, and animals in the …

Police operatives in Katsina have arrested 15 suspects for alleged kidnapping, fraud, and other crimes in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Katsina, said four among the suspects were members of a notorious kidnap-for-ransom syndicate arrested in April. The operatives also arrested a 30-year-old suspected kidnapper …

The Pastor in charge of a Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State, has been reportedly killed after the church building collapsed on Tuesday morning. Three other people are said to have died in the incident when the building caved in as they were said to be observing prayers inside the church, while three other …

Many commuters were left stranded on Monday, following a protest by commercial bus drivers over alleged extortion by the Task Force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). A few regions in the state were impacted, including Agege, Iyana Ipaja, and Egbeda. In a post on X, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that the …

Five persons died and one other sustained injuries in an accident along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway on Sunday. The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mrs. Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident to journalists in Abeokuta. She said an unregistered Mack truck and a Honda Accord car were involved in the early morning crash. The FRSC official …

Two officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service died in an auto crash along the Kano-Zaria Expressway on Sunday. The spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in the state, Labaran Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said seven other persons were seriously wounded in the crash. The Nissan bus with the Immigration HQ, 1001S number plate was …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday evening, attacked a Mosque at the Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing seven worshippers and injuring an unspecified number of others. Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the State Command, Mansir Alhassan, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, said the gunmen attacked the Mosque around …

Police operatives in Katsina have killed a suspected kidnapper, Nazifi Ibrahim, in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Katsina. He added that the police officers also recovered a large cache of ammunition during the operation. The spokesman said: “On November 11, 2023, at about 03.30hrs, based …