The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has replaced DCP Abba Kyari with DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). CP Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the appointment was with immediate […]
Crime
The youth leader of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Hong local government of Adamawa State, Ikamu Hamidu Kato, was today sentenced to two years in jail for insulting president Muhammadu Buhari and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. A Chief Magistrate Court IV […]
There was palpable tension and anxiety at Magistrate Court IV sitting in Yola, last week as 3 suspected child witches regaled the court how they turn to lizards, cats and cows, feed on human flesh and afflict their victims will illnesses. The court was presided by Magistrate Adamu Abdulrazak. During […]
Following the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the suspension of the Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, over his alleged involvement in the $1.1 million fraud by […]
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned the American Court that allegedly ordered for the arrest of DCP Abba Kyari, while also dismissing what it described as “the attempted intimidation of a police officer right inside his independent fatherland”. In a statement by its President-General, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, on […]
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was on Saturday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. Tgnews gathered that Saraki arrived at the EFCC office around 2pm. As at the time this report was filed, it was not clear if […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba on Thursday met with officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who demanded the arrest and extradition of Deputy Commission of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States. According to reports, a top source disclosed that four FBI agents met with the IGP on […]
…..court orders him be remanded in prison till further hearing For rising tension in Adamawa state through his video that many consider a deliberate blackmail by one Alhaji Ikama Halidu Kato, who you could recall was reported to be a propagator of hate speech and meted unwarranted and unprintable foul […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 55 suspected Internet fraudsters often referred to as ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Enugu and Ebonyi states. The suspects were said to have been picked up in separate operations in the two states by the operatives of the commission. The EFCC, which revealed […]
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat have been flown to Abuja where they would have access to medical services. A Kaduna State High Court discharged and acquitted El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat and ordered their release from detention. It was […]
….condemns lavish funerals by Nigerians The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama, has said that the escalation in the prices of foodstuff is also biting hard in his home. He also called on Nigerians not to distance themselves from grandparents and the elderly due to social distancing over COVID […]
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Nigeria’s police commissioner Abba Kyari, Peoples Gazette can report based on court documents. Judge Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to track down Kyari and produce him […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the use of 1,495 members of the military to help neighbour, Mozambique, fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, parliament said on Wednesday. The use of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comes after the southern African regional bloc (SADC) last month approved the […]
As the battle to ensure the release of the Yoruba freedom fighter continues, more lawyers have joined his legal team. The activist initially has nine lawyers in his legal team, but two more have now joined the team, making the number 11. The Yoruba Nation’s agitator, who has been moved […]
No fewer than seven naval officers of the Nigerian Navy in Edo State have been abducted by yet to be identified gunmen. Tgnews gathered that the officers were ambushed and abducted around Sapele-Warri road while on a journey to Delta from Kaduna State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP […]
The Nigerian Army in collaboration with Security Affairs Limited, has organised a social media seminar to bring social media Influencers together with other media stakeholders for cross fertilisation of ideas aimed at supporting the Nigerian Army in its various operations. In his welcome address, the Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Major […]
Adamawa State has recorded 774 cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) between 2020 and the first half of 2021. Two-hundred-and-ninety-seven of the perpetrators have so far been convicted. These were disclosed in Yola on Monday by Dr Ukohi Ukiwo, Technical Lead, Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN) Programme at […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N982,729,695,343 into an Act. The development was disclosed to State House Correspondents by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matter (House of Representatives), Umar Ibrahim el-Yakub. The newly signed Act will largely focus on funding […]
The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, resumed at the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday without Kanu’s presence in court. When the matter was called up, the prosecution counsel, M. B. Abubakar, informed the court that the matter was slated for hearing and […]
The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is reportedly being rocked with crisis following the arrest of its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. He was reportedly rearrested in Kenya and extradited back to Nigeria on the 27th of June, 2021. The secessionist was then arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako who ordered […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reiterated the resilience, safety and soundness of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks and other financial institutions under its supervision. This was contained in a statement released on Saturday by the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Osita Nwanisobi, in Abuja ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee […]
Bandits, on Sunday, set free 28 of the 121 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna State. The bandits released the students after 20 days in captivity. Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Revd Joseph Hayab, confirmed the abducted students’ release. On July 5, 2021, […]
…say ‘Nigeria, Benin have no such treaty’ Ibrahim Salami, one of the five lawyers representing Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, on Saturday, vowed that he and other lawyers will never allow the extradition of the Yoruba Nation activist to Nigeria. On Monday, Igboho was arrested by security forces at the […]
Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have killed a soldier in Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the soldier was shot dead on Friday in Igbogene, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, the slain soldier was said to be a Lance Corporal. […]
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has backed the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matttew Kukah, on ugly events in Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari. Kukah had during a recent virtual presentation with the US Congress in Washington on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria by Islamic extremist groups in […]
A Staff of Ganye Local Gocernment Council in Adamawa State, Usman Hammawa, has been arrested by the operatives of the State Police Command for allegedly beating his wife, Rabiyatu Usman to death over N1000. Usman who is 41 years old and resident of Jada Ward in Ganye LGA, was alleged […]
Ahead of the planned arraignment of a Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, supporters of Yoruba nation have stormed Cotonou court where the hearing will take place. The supporters were noticed in large numbers at the court named Cour De’appal De Cotonou on Thursday. They were said to have laid siege […]
The Nigerian Air Force on Thursday took delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the United States. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement in Abuja. According to Gabkwet, the aircraft arrived in Kano […]
Churches under the Association of Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) in partnership with UNICEF under the European Union (EU), united Nations (UN) spotlight initiative to end violence against women and girls (EVAWG). The leadership of the Association in a Media Parlay at LCCN (Grace) in Yola told journalists that they […]
….Zamfara, Kebbi, Niger top chart of violence No fewer than 1,031 persons were killed in violent incidents in June 2021 across the country with Zamfara, Kebbi and Niger recording the highest of the casualties, a security report has revealed. In Zamfara State, no fewer than 275 persons were killed, while […]
The people of Gyawana in Lamurde local government of Adamawa state are demanding an indefinite shutting down of the Dangote Company pending when all issues concerning re-occurring clashes with the military and other security agencies are resolved. This according to them, we allow all the contending parties to agree in […]
Indigenes and residents of Aghoro II community of Iduwini Kingdom, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have gone on the rampage over alleged plot by the government to impose a king on them. They reminded the state government through the Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, that the person they have […]
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, and Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra State to Gombe state. The Benue state command of the agency said Afam used multiple […]
The Nigeria Electricity System Operator has said that at its peak, Nigeria’s power sector was only able to generate about 15.6 per cent of the total projected national daily requirement of 28.880 megawatts. NESO, a semi-autonomous arm under the Transmission Company of Nigeria, is responsible for operating the transmission system […]
Gatekeepers News reports that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has urged the public to disregard the headline that stated that the price of PMS could rise to N1,000/litre upon the subsidy removal without alternative energy. The Head, Public Affairs DPR, Paul Osu, in a statement, said the news which […]
Police in Zamfara have rescued 100 kidnap victims from bandits in the Dansadau area of Maru Local Government Area of the state. The captives rescued on Monday were said to have spent more than 40 days in the bandits’ den before their release. It was learnt that repentant bandits facilitated […]
Benin Republic Gendermes, on Monday night, arrested the wanted Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Cotonou, the country’s capital, First News has gathered. He may be repatriated to Nigeria today, it was further learnt. FirstNews learnt from top security force sources in Nigeria’s West African […]
Kebbi State governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, on Sunday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had mandated seven North-West governors, including himself, to end banditry in the zone. Bagudu, who is also the Chairman, APC Governors’ Forum, made the disclosure at the continuation of a Fulani Stakeholders’ Peace, Security and Unity Meeting […]
A pilot with the Nigerian Airforce, Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, has been rescued after intense gunfire by armed bandits grounded a Nigerian Airforce Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet, who confirmed the crash in a statement […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has in collaboration with other stakeholders, flagged off Operation Safe Eid-el-kabir” 2021. The joint.operation witnessed presence of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Nigerian Red Cross and Kaduna State Transport Law Enforcement Agency (KASTLEA). In his remarks, […]
