***Weeklong Activities to Culminate In Grand Parade At Eagle Square By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Police Force is set to host the maiden edition of National Police Day on April 7, 2025, at Eagle Square, Abuja. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO, disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The historic event, which will run from April 2 to April 7, 2025, will feature a series of impactful humanitarian and community-based activities, including medical outreaches, community engagements, exhibitions by security companies and partners, among other programs aimed at fostering stronger police-community relations. The National Police Day…
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By Miriam Humbe On March 30, 2024, at about 2120hrs the Nasarawa State Police Command received a distress call reporting an attack by suspected kidnappers at a student lodge behind Nasara Estate, Tudun Kauri, Lafia. SP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday for the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed. During the attack, two students of Federal University Lafia, Sadiq Adinoyi and Sakina Adinoyi, were abducted. Acting swiftly on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and…
By Miriam Humbe The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has lauded the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, for his swift and decisive actions following the tragic killing of travelers in Uromi, Edo State, on March 27, 2025. The victims, who were from Bankure Local Government Area of Kano State, were brutally murdered by an illegal vigilante group operating outside the official security framework of the state. In a statement signed by the Executive Director of CISLAC, Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, the organization expressed strong support for Governor Okpebholo’s handling of the aftermath of the horrific incident. The…
By Lina Ama Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced its audited financial results for the 2024 financial year, revealing that it’s net assets grew to N4.3 trillion in 2024. This was contained in a statement signed on Monday by NSIA’s Head of Corporate Communications, Joyce Onyegbula. The Authority reported that its net assets nearly doubled, increasing by 96 per cent to N4.35tn as of December 2024, compared to N2.22tn in December 2023. The statement read: “Net Assets nearly doubled, increasing by 96 per cent to N4.35tn as of December 2024, compared to N2.22tn in December 2023.” The rise highlights…
***As Police Arrest 6 For Heinous Crimes By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Police Force has intensified its efforts to combat kidnapping, banditry, and other violent crimes across the country, employing decisive nationwide operations to dismantle criminal networks and aggressively tackle kidnapping and illegal arms proliferation. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. In a coordinated series of raids throughout the first quarter of 2025, the Force has delivered crippling blows to organized crime, rescuing victims, apprehending key suspects, and seizing a cache of weapons and illicit funds, marking significant escalation…
By Miriam Humbe The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has extended warm felicitations to the Muslim Ummah across the country on the joyous occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, marking the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. The IGP acknowledged the spiritual significance of this period, and urged all Nigerians to sustain the virtues of self-discipline, tolerance, and compassion fostered during Ramadan to promote peaceful coexistence and national unity. The IGP also directed heightened security deployments across the country to ensure a…
By Miriam Humbe The Chief of Defence Staff, (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa has condemned in strong terms the unfortunate killing of hunters while on transit in Edo State. Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. The incident, which occurred on 28 March 2025, could have been avoided if the appropriate authorities were notified and involved in ascertaining the identity of the victims. General Musa condoled with the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the families of those who lost…
By Miriam Humbe Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede has expressed optimism that Nigerians are capable of breaking the fang of corrupt practices by mustering stronger resolve and determination against them. He stated this in Abuja on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in his Goodwill Message to muslims commemorating Eid- el- Fitr across the country. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. The EFCC Chairman said that tackling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption are achievable through courageous readiness and corporate commitments of…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, CON, felicitates with Nigerians, particularly, the Muslim Faithful on the completion of Fasting in the holy month of Ramadan and the joyous occasion of Eid-El-fitr celebration. SGF urges Nigerians to use the period of the celebration to reflect on the essence of the Fasting and lessons of the Eid-El-fitr which include steadfastness, charity, love, and tolerance for peaceful coexistence and harmonious relationship irrespective of tribes and faith. He enjoins Nigerians to continue to pray for the continued success of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The SGF on behalf of…
On behalf of myself, Service Chiefs and members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, I wish to join numerous well wishers to felicitate with the President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR on the occasion of his 73rd Birthday. On this day, we wish to felicitate and appreciate your enormous sacrifice and uncommon commitment to bequeathing a peaceful, harmonious, and prosperous nation. We pray fervently that the Almighty God will continue to preserve you and your family to be able to shoulder the daunting responsibilities of…
The Edo State Police Command has condemned the killing of some armed travellers in a truck at Udune Efandion Community, along Uromi/Obajana Expressway, Edo State, on 27th March, 2025. The incident occurred when the truck with registration number KKF 225 XA coming from Portharcourt, conveying 25 travellers from Elele, a suburb of Rivers State, was accosted by some vigilante group members at Uromi, and some of the travelers who found in possession of locally made dane guns were arrested. While this was ongoing, some vigilante members raised an alarm of them being suspected kidnappers, which led some members and passersby…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mrs. Christiana Goka, a former Deputy Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on allegations of misappropriating public funds amounting to Five Million, Three Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty-Six Naira (N5,398,656). Mrs. Goka, who also served as the Head of the Department of Research Monitoring Information System at the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), was brought before Justice J.A. Aina of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kwali, Abuja, on a five-count charge bordering on misappropriation of funds and providing false statements.…