One of the eleven Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel detained in Burkina Faso has confirmed that their aircraft made an emergency landing in the West African country due to a technical fault, which has since been resolved. The personnel made this disclosure during a meeting with a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign…
A senior police officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has died while in active service in Ebonyi State. The incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday during a management meeting at the office of the Commissioner of Police in Abakaliki, the state capital. Until his sudden death, ACP Popoola was the…
The Borno State Police Command says it is on the manhunt for a suspect, Abdulsalam Adakwaki, who is alleged to have raped a five-year-old girl in the State Low-Cost area of Maiduguri, the state capital. This is just as the police clarified that the report that the command had already arrested and released the suspect…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, dismissed the video of suspected bandits claiming sponsorship by the state government. Speaking while declaring open the Kwara State Police Security Summit in Ilorin on Wednesday, AbdulRazaq dismissed the claim as baseless. āUnder no circumstances has the Kwara State Government harboured or provided safe haven to bandits, contrary…
The Studentsā Union Government (SUG) of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), under the leadership of Comrade Temitope Afolabi, popularly known as Big Afo, has extended warm birthday wishes to Dr Adegboyega Abdulateef Sulaiman, the Coordinator of the City Boy Movement, Ogun State chapter. In a goodwill message issued on Thursday to mark Dr Sulaimanās birthday on…
After Nigeria high delegation secured the release of 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel from Ibrahim TraorĆ©, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, met the personnel at Ouagadougou, the Burkina Faso Capital. According to multiple sources, the delegation sent by President Tinubu and the eleven Nigerian Air Force personnel are expected back in Nigeria today (Thursday)….
The Fidipote Royal House has notified the Ogun State government that it is next in line to present candidates to contest and assume the vacant stool of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Ijebu-Ode. The Fidipote Royal House, which Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde hails from, explained that the 14 days granted by the Ogun State Chieftaincy…
A tanker laden with premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, crashed along the BenināAuchi Road in Edo State on Wednesday evening, triggering a fire outbreak. The tanker spilled fuel into drainage channels linking several communities around Auchi, causing the flames to spread rapidly along the paths created by the escaping PMS. As the…
Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says there was over N300 billion in the state government account when President Bola Tinubu suspended him due to the emergency rule. In March, President Bola Tinubu imposed an emergency rule in Rivers, and suspended Fubara, Ngozi Odu, his deputy, and the house of assembly for six months. Speaking on…
Burkina Faso has finally released 11 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots and crew members nine days after their detention, following high-level diplomatic intervention by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The release came shortly after a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, concluded engagements with the BurkinabĆØ authorities in Ouagadougou,…
