Kaduna State Police have detained 530 people for a variety of crimes including banditry, armed livestock rustling, culpable homicide, rail track vandalism, and other connected offenses. Among the suspects is one Ismail Mohammed of Maijere Village Saminaka in the state’s Lere local government area, who kidnapped and later killed his brother, Kabiru Mohammed, after demanding N120,000 in ransom from the family. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarter , the spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Muhammed Jalige told reporters that the suspects were arrested between May to June 2023. He explains that four AK47 rifles, three revolver pistols,…
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The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that the deployment of police officers to individuals will be “reviewed and regularized.” This was stated in a tweet on Wednesday in response to a viral video showing an unidentified VIP being escorted on foot by no less than seven armed Mobile Policemen. The Police PRO’s statement was in response to a Twitter account with the name Oluyemi Fasipe, who posted the video requesting to know who the man in the video was and why he had so many policemen securing him. In his response, Adejobi condemned the act…
Four people were killed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province when heavy rain and a tornado struck the region, police reported on Thursday. Winds and rain caused damage to roads and flooded homes and sewer systems, and a tornado occurred north of Durban on Tuesday. “Regrettably, so far four people have been confirmed to have lost their lives,” the province’s disaster management department said in a statement. Three died in Durban and a fourth in wider KwaZulu-Natal, it said, adding that a fifth person was missing and more than 150 were homeless. The rainy season in KwaZulu-Natal usually runs from November…
The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used to invoke the spirit. The former Lagos State governor said the hardship that accompanied the Central Bank of Nigeria cash swap policy during the electioneering period forced him to invoke the spirit of freedom in the South West state. “I invoked the spirit of freedom in Ogun,” the President said while speaking at the palace of Awujale and paramount ruler of…
Ohaneze warns Media against Unauthorised Statements The apex Igbo Socio-Cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday in Enugu urged the media to desist from publishing press statements from unauthorised persons on its behalf. The organisation described the action by some media as unacceptable and embarrassment to it. Addressing newsmen on behalf of its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, said Ohaneze Ndigbo condemned the act in entirety. He spoke after the group’s National Executive Council meeting. “Some of Igbo youth groups issue statements in the name of Ohaneze Ndigbo surprisingly, journalists accept it from them…
One person was killed and one was injured after gunmen invaded Magamin Kano Village in Bauchi State’s Ningi Local Government Area on Monday, Meridian Spy learnt The gunmen also broke into the home of the area’s Village Head, Alh. Bashir Abubakar, and abducted his wife and son to an unknown location. . A source told journalists that the gunmen shot and killed one person, while the injured person was shot in the thigh and is receiving medical attention at the Ningi General Hospital. According to the source, the traditional ruler was the main target, but he was able to escape,…
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, prayed for lasting healing for Nigeria and Nigerians, urging them to be united. “May Allah heal us from whatever afflicts us in our private lives and as a nation, and may this day bring forth enduring unity and progress to our beloved country,” Shettima told journalists after observing the Eid prayers at the National Eid Ground, Abuja. The State House Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, revealed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday titled ‘VP Shettima at National Eid Ground, prays for Nigeria’s unity, progress.’ He also…
The senator representing Ondo West, Jimoh Ibrahim has charged Nigerians to be patient with the administration of President Bola Tinubu in his efforts to revamp the nation’s economy. Ibrahim gave the advice on Wednesday in Okitipupa in a message to the Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eld-el-Kabir Ibrahim also urged the citizens to work for peace and unity of the nation by showing love for one another irrespective of their religion and political affiliation. He said some of the new economic policies of the government would take some period for the impact to manifest. “Economic policies are not…
Sunday Areh, media adviser to former Senate Deputy President Ovie Omo-Agege, says people accusing his principal of conspiring against the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the presidential election are forgers. According to Tom Onah, Delta north chair; Nelson Ogharama, Delta south chair; Michael Orunefe, Delta central chair; and Michael Inana, Delta APC secretary, Omo-Agege colluded with Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer in the past elections. “Omo-Agege, Peter Obi and the Obedient movement went into alliance to support Peter Obi for the presidential election and support Omo-Agege for the governorship,” they had said. “There were billboards and…
The World Bank says Nigeria’s government will save a total of N11 trillion from the recent petrol subsidy removal policy. However, the financial body said more people would be pushed into poverty in Nigeria if the government does not provide palliatives to alleviate the effect of the recently implemented reforms. In its latest report Nigeria Development Update (NDU) released on Tuesday, the Bretton Woods institution said over four million people were pushed into poverty between January and May 2023. The bank, in the report, titled ‘Seizing the Opportunity’, said it was important for the country to implement a comprehensive reform…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says Nigerians should be patient with President Bola Tinubu’s new administration. In his Eid al-Adha speech on Tuesday, Akpabio urged citizens to remain calm since some of Tinubu’s measures, as he addresses the country’s endemic difficulties, “will cause inconveniences.” Tinubu announced the end of the petrol subsidy when he took office in May. Nigerians are now paying extra for the commodity. The unification of the exchange rate and a free float of the naira have also contributed to spiralling inflation in a nation that is import-dependent. “As we join our Muslim brethren to observe this day,…
Singer Davido is embroiled in yet another baby-mama scandal, as Anita Brown, a US-based lady, has accused him of impregnating her and requesting her to get rid of the baby. She also shared screenshots from alleged discussions with him to back up her claims. Brown also denied knowing he was married and claimed she was asked to lie about her account being hacked when she first announced the news. Davido who is married to Chioma Rowland has a number of children with other women. Miss Brown in a video she shared, took a pregnancy test that returned positive and disclosed…