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Police Officer Guns Down Six Colleagues At Police Headquarters In Maiduguri A police officer simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, according to sources. A senior police officer told Daily Trust that the errant officer is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). A family source said the police sergeant had a misunderstanding with his wife and neighbours tried to intervene but he didn’t listen. “He and his wife have…

Palpable tension has gripped some communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State after over 100 cattle were killed and many injured by gunmen on Wednesday evening. The state chairman of the Gan Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Abdullahi Shehu, told Daily Trust that the incident occurred in the evening when the cattle were grazing. Malam Nura Abdullahi, the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), also confirmed the incident, saying aside from those killed, hundreds of other cattle, rams and sheep were still missing. Shehu said: “The cattle were just grazing when…

The Edo State Police Command on Friday recovered N34.5 million and four of the vehicles used in the multiple bank robberies that took place in Uromi on Thursday. In a press release, Spokesperson of the Command, Bello Kontongs, stated that motorcycles, bags containing some items and one Union Bank ATM card were also recovered. The statement said, “Today 25/02/2022 at about 07:30, operatives of the Edo State Police Command in conjunction with local vigilantes accompanied by John Odijie, the Oniha of Ubiaja led by the DPO Ubiaja acting on credible information that some vehicles suspected to have been used by…

The Federal Ministry of Finance building in the Central Area of Abuja is on fire. Fire fighters have arrived at the scene to put out the fire. Similarly on February 10, the headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) was burnt. The fire reportedly started around 11pm on the precious night, badly affecting the building’s third floor. It was learnt that the fire started from the office of the Special Adviser to the FMBN Managing Director, Ahmed Dangiwa, and later moved to the boardroom of the bank. Details later.

ODO IJERE AND ABIA INFRASTRUCTURE MANDATE CONTINUES INFRASTRUCTURE AWARENESS DRIVE IN ABIA STATE WITH VISITS TO ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND ONUAKU INDUSTRIAL CITY BOTH IN UTURU. Abia Infrastructure Mandate (AIM), a non partisan advocacy group formed by Abia professional elites across party lines continued its infrastructure awareness campaigns in Abia State on the 17th of February, 2022, when the group visited Abia State University, Uturu and Masters Industrial Cluster built in Onuaku, near Uturu by Honourable Minister of State, Dr Uche Samson Ogah while on infrastructure audit of public institutions and critical infrastructure across the State. The group led by…

A Commissioner in the Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC), Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, is dead. Gazura, who represented Gummi 2 Constituency at the Zamfara State House of Assembly, died in a fatal road accident on Friday. A statement issued by the Chairman, House of Assembly Service Commission, Alhaji Mansur Bungudu on Saturday, confirmed the incident. Bungudu said the deceased will be buried today according to islamic rites. “He died yesterday (Friday) as a result of a fatal motor accident on Yawuri Road in Kebbi State. “The deceased funeral prayer is scheduled to hold at Gummi Emir’s Palace on Saturday by…

Sources at the Nigeria Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have disclosed embattled senior police officer, Abba Kyari, has confessed to owning estates in Lekki, Victoria Island, Lagos; Gussappe and Highbrow Asokoro in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The disgraced ‘Super Cop’, Abba Kyari, is currently facing a probe over his alleged link with cyber criminal, Ramon Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi, and drug cartel. According to the sources quoted by Vanguard NDLEA has filed an application in court for the extension of the detention of Abba Kyari and four other suspects involved in the 25-kilogramme cocaine deal. This is just as sources said…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Social Development Secretariat (SDS) has arrested a 48-year-old beggar, Hadiza Ibrahim, with N500,000 and $100. Sani Amar, the director, Social Welfare Services of the secretariat said the beggar, an indigene of Kaduna was one of the die-hard beggars that had been apprehended by the secretariat’s taskforce many times. “It was very fortunate that on February 9, Ibrahim was apprehended among other beggars on Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent in Wuse II,” Mr Amar said. He explained that beggars are well searched for harmful objects before they are being profiled to ascertain if they engage in other…