The Imo State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers over their involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping and car snatching. The affected officers were identified as Sgt. Ekwueme Gift, Sgt. Eto Ikechukwu and Cpl. Divine Ogwuaru. They were dismissed following an orderly room trial which found them guilty of the offences levelled against them,…
Kenyan runner, Ezra Kering, on Saturday breasted the tape in a time of 2:11:55 to emerge winner of the 2026 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon to claim the $50,000 prize money. The 40-year-old Kering, a gold medallist at the 2025 Borobudur Marathon in Indonesia with a time of 2:17:27, improved on his previous timing by…
Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has accused ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, of jailing four of his critics when he was in power. Sani’s claim followed El-Rufai’s recent comment describing President Bola Tinubu as a tyrant over an attempt to arrest him. Officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, had attempted to arrest…
By Emmanuel Okogba A Nigerian prison officer based in the United Kingdom has shared his personal decision to stop paying monthly tithes to his home church after relocating abroad. In a candid post that has gone viral, the officer—who identifies on X as @Prestigious_Gt explained that while he faithfully paid tithes every month while living…
By Ozioruva Aliu Commissioner of Police, Edo State Police Command, Monday Agbonika, has assured that the police officer, kidnapped alongside his daughter on February 8 in Auchi, will both be rescued. Agbonika stated this while briefing journalists at the State Command Office in Benin City on the activities of the Command. He assured that the…
President Bola Tinubu says his administration will continue to develop critical infrastructure and partner with state governments in the South-East to advance the region’s strategic interests. Tinubu said this on Friday night at a public lecture titled “Leading Nigeria Forward: Strategies for Security and National Cohesion”, organised by the Abia Government. The event was organised…
Election day in Nigeria arrives with promise. The streets hum with optimism, the queues stretch for miles, and citizens cast ballots believing in change. By nightfall, however, hope has been measured, delayed, and explained away. What began as a declaration of equality ends as a story of compromise, calculation, and the distance between a vote and power….
By Evelyn Usman The Inspector-General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has declared Nigeria’s banking industry a strategic national asset, ordering an immediate intelligence-led crackdown on cybercriminal networks, insider facilitators, and transnational financial crime syndicates threatening the stability of the financial system. Speaking at a strategic meeting with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria CIBN…
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, faction led by Nafiu Bala Gombe has rejected a membership campaign drive initiated by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other members of the opposition coalition. The ADC faction asked the party’s members to stay watchful. In a statement released by Director of Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Christopher Okechukwu,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 64 bags of cannabis sativa concealed inside a cement-laden trailer along the Zaria–Kano road, arresting the driver and launching an investigation into the network behind the crime. The seizure was carried out on February 2, 2026, by officers of the NDLEA Kano Strategic Command attached to…
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