Solomon Odeniyi
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IG orders clampdown on killers of policemen in Borno
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Police recover over 1,000 diverted UN wheat bags, arrest suspects
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Insecurity: NAF conducted over 8,000 missions in 18 months – Air Chief
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Chadian forces repel Boko Haram attack on presidential palace
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Air chief celebrates NAF engineers for reviving moribund aircraft
Nigeria lost 100 lives, N67.1bn to fire outbreaks in 2024
The Federal Fire Service has revealed that Nigeria recorded the loss of 100 lives and properties worth N67.1 billion to fire outbreaks in 2024. The service also said 30,890 lives and properties worth ...
10th January 2025
IG orders clampdown on killers of policemen in Borno
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an immediate clampdown on those responsible for the explosion at Nganzai Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno State, which claimed the...
10th January 2025
Police recover over 1,000 diverted UN wheat bags, arrest suspects
The Nigeria Police Force, Eastern Ports Command, has recovered 1,238 bags of wheat and arrested five suspects involved in the diversion of 1,840 bags of wheat belonging to the United Nations World Foo...
9th January 2025
Insecurity: NAF conducted over 8,000 missions in 18 months – Air Chief
The Nigerian Air Force has conducted 8,665 missions and 9,928 sorties across various operations within the last 18 months. The service also recorded a total of 15,915 flying hours during the same peri...
9th January 2025
Chadian forces repel Boko Haram attack on presidential palace
Chadian security forces successfully repelled an attack on the presidential palace in N’Djamena by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday night. The forces killed several attackers and arreste...
9th January 2025
Air chief celebrates NAF engineers for reviving moribund aircraft
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has commended military engineers and technicians for successfully reactivating a Dornier DO-228 aircraft that had been grounded for 23 years. Abub...
9th January 2025
How soldiers repelled B’Haram attack, killed 34 – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, gave the details of last Saturday attack by terrorists on the Forward Operating Base in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The PUNCH reported on M...
9th January 2025
Suspected traffickers arrested as 59 Kano children rescued in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has intercepted a white Peugeot 15-seater bus transporting 59 children suspected to have been trafficked. The children are between four and 12 years old. A...
9th January 2025
Air chief celebrates NAF engineers for reviving moribund aircraft
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has commended military engineers and technicians for successfully reactivating a Dornier DO-228 aircraft that had been grounded for 23 years. ...
9th January 2025
PSC appoints Towuru to represent South-South as Pedro retires
The Police Service Commission has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police Jonathan Towuru as the new Deputy Inspector General of Police representing the South-South geopolitical zone. The PSC ...
8th January 2025
Suspects held as police rescue 59 trafficked Kano children
The Federal Capital Territory police command has intercepted a white Peugeot 15-seater bus transporting 59 children suspected to have been trafficked. The children are between four and 12 years old. A...
8th January 2025
DHQ confirms death of six soldiers, 34 terrorists in Borno clash
The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday said over 34 terrorists and six troops lost their lives during a fierce encounter in Sabon Gari village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, on January 4...
8th January 2025
Nigeria drops in military ranking, US maintains lead
The Nigerian military has dropped three places in the latest global military ranking. The ranking, published by Global Firepower, placed the Armed Forces of Nigeria at 39th out of a total of 145 count...
8th January 2025
Military retirees end protest as FG pays entitlements
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, began paying retired military personnel their long-overdue entitlements after repeated protests by the veterans. The ex-miliary men, who converged on the Ministry...
8th January 2025
Navy rescues eight police officers, civilian from drowning in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy has said it rescued eight police officers and one civilian following a boat accident near the Agbura community in Bayelsa State. The passengers were en route Yenagoa, but encountered...
8th January 2025
Abuja school explosion case of national, international interest - Police
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, said significant progress is being made in uncovering the cause of a recent explosion at Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari Area C...
7th January 2025
Navy rescues eight police officers, civilian from drowning in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy has said it rescued eight police officers and one civilian following a boat accident near the Agbura community in Bayelsa State. The passengers, the Navy said, were en route to Yenag...
7th January 2025
FG bows to pressure, pays military retirees
Retired military personnel have begun receiving credit alerts for the full payment of their long-overdue entitlements. As a result, they have started leaving the protest site and dismantling the canop...
7th January 2025
PHOTOS: Retired military personnel block finance ministry over unpaid entitlements
Retired military personnel on Tuesday barricaded the entrance to the Ministry of Finance in Abuja with canopies and chairs, demanding the full payment of their long-overdue entitlements. This protest ...
7th January 2025
JAMB generated N22.9bn, remitted N6bn to FG - Board
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a remittance of over N6bn to the coffers of the Nigerian government in 2024. According to the board’s weekly bulletin released on Monday by...
7th January 2025
EFCC sacks 27 corrupt officers, probes $400,000 fraud complaint
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it dismissed 27 of its officers last year for misconduct and fraudulent activities. The anti-graft agency also said it was investigating “a trending...
7th January 2025
Unpaid entitlements: Military retirees resume protest today
Retired military personnel are set to resume their protest today (Tuesday), demanding the payment of outstanding entitlements. The retirees, who had previously shut down the Ministry of Finance in Dec...
7th January 2025
Police dismantle Plateau child-trafficking syndicate
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have dismantled a child trafficking syndicate in the Bukuru area of Plateau State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on M...
7th January 2025
Police arrest proprietor as Abuja school explosion kills two
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested the proprietor of Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari Area Council, Adamu Ashimu, following an Improvised Expl...
6th January 2025
JAMB remits over N6bn to FG in 2024
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a remittance of over N6 billion to the coffers of the Nigerian government in 2024. According to the board’s weekly bulletin released on...
6th January 2025
EFCC fires 27 officers for fraud, misconduct
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed 27 officers from its workforce in 2024 for various offences related to fraudulent activities and misconduct. In a statement issued on Monday ...
6th January 2025
Police arrest 50 over manhole covers, streetlights theft in FCT
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested 50 suspects for allegedly stealing streetlights, manhole covers, and other items. The police said the arrests were made in coll...
6th January 2025
Police arrest cop-killer, rescue five abducted children in Jos
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a suspected cop killer and dismantled a child-trafficking syndicate. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on M...
6th January 2025
ICYMI: Nollywood filmmaker arrested for illicit drug shipments
A Lagos socialite and a Nollywood filmmaker, linked to major illicit drug activities across the country, were among prominent individuals arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Ag...
6th January 2025
Mother arrested in FCT for abandoning baby over hardship
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a woman, Khadija Ali, for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby. Ali was said to have dumped her baby along a bush path near Crush Rock, beh...
6th January 2025
Artisans, traders to benefit from NSITF hazard compensation - MD
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund has announced plans to incorporate the informal sector into its Employees’ Compensation Scheme. The NSITF has the core mission of providing “ an open and fa...
6th January 2025