Some unknown gunmen have reportedly shot dead a middle-aged man, identified as Khalid Bichi, in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday night. Bichi, said to be an employee of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, was reportedly killed by his attackers just before 9 pm while he was out to get food, the Guardian reports. According to sources,…
Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi State on Saturday expressed dismay that all the CCTV cameras were switched off before the abduction of students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Kogi. The governor disclosed this when he visited the university campus for an assessment of the security situation in the wake of the…
The Nigerian Police authorities have released Daniel Ojukwu, the detained journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ). Ojukwu, who went missing last Wednesday with his phone numbers switched off and whereabouts unknown to colleagues, regained his freedom on Friday. But it was later found out that he was detained and held in a police…
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has intercepted and arrested the MV BLU-SHARK, a vessel alleged to have escaped from Port Gentil, Gabon, without obtaining necessary customs clearance documents. The arrest was made by the Nigerian Navy Ship OSE (NNS OSE) at Latitude 040 49 929’E, Longitude 008017 602’E, off Calabar waters. Commodore Adams-Aliu, speaking on behalf…
The Senate has approved the death sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as part of the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill. The proposal was adopted on Thursday during a clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Chairman of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters and Drugs & Narcotics…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has affirmed a Court order to Investigate and Prosecute Delta State Government Officials for corruption acts. This is confirmed by the ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare on Wednesday in a news statement by the Commission. The Delta State Government Officials in defence, in Suit FHC/CS/165/2023 has…
One week after he was taken from his Lagos residence by armed men who turned out to be policemen, Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with an online news platform, the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), has remained in police custody despite strong calls for his release. Ojukwu’s lawyer, Abimbola Ojenike, told Channels Television on Tuesday that…
Disquiet and palpable fear have enveloped the atmosphere in Ezioha – Mmaku, a hilly community in Awgu LGA, of Enugu state, in the South East region of Nigeria, following the leak of information that the Magistrate Court sitting in Awgu town plans to release sometime this week, two murder suspects remanded by a sister Magistrate…
Nigerians and the international community have come decried the wave of abduction of journalists in recent time, under the Tinubu-led democratic government, citing the abduction of Daniel Ojukwu on a Lagos street as being the latest and a point of concern for media practitioners. The arrest and detention of Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation…
Nigerian authorities said they have arrested the mastermind of a 2022 terrorist attack on a moving train that killed 10 passengers. Police arrested Ibrahim Abdulahi, who is also known as “Mande,” during a raid in January at the Abuja-Kaduna road flyover near Rido junction, Police Force public relations officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi told journalists on Thursday….
