Tag Archives: NIGERIA

The alleged kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala Wadume has said that soldiers aided his escape after he was arrested by the police in Ibi, Taraba State. Wadume narrated in Hausa language how he escaped in a video released yesterday after he was rearrested. Wadume narrated in Hausa language how he escaped …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the newly sworn-in ministers. The full list is below: Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) -Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) -Minister of the Federal Capital Territory 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State)- Minsiter of Niger …

Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources. It was not immediately clear when and where Mr Wadume was taken into custody, but a source informed about the development informed PREMIUM TIMES about it on Tuesday. Mr Wadume was …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has warned Nigerians against comments and actions that could pit the Nigerian Police Force against the Nigeria Army. The warning became necessary following the controversies and public criticism that greeted the killing of three policemen and a civilian last week by soldiers on the Ibi-Wukari Road …

Despite punitive measures being taken by the management of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, many students are battling to overcome the trauma of sexual harassment and abuse by their lecturers. Asabe (not real name) was excited to secure admission into the famous Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. She …

A 45-year-old man who has been as a policeman and a recruitment agent for Supernumerary Police, SPY has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect, Mike Okojokwu, who was clad in full police uniform, had allegedly extorted money from …

Security has been beefed up within and outside the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat are expected to land at the terminal by noon today from India after a botched medical outing in New …

Abubakar Tsav, a former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, has called for calm in the ongoing face-off between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force. The two security agencies have been at loggerheads over the killings of some cops in Taraba State earlier in the week. Tsav, a …

Sorrow and anguish have continued to prevail at the home of the Nwawuike family in Ikorodu, an outskirt in Lagos State following the mysterious disappearance of their daughter, Cynthia Amarachi, 25, after she boarded a vehicle from Ibadan to Lagos to spend the weekend with her parents on March 15, …

In a horrifying incident in India, a man addicted to gambling and alcohol bet his wife after running out of money and allowed his friends to gang rape her after losing the stake. The incident took place in Jaunpur district and after the incident; the victim went to court when …