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A gang of kidnappers at Amavo Village in Owerrinta, along Enugu/ Port-Harcourt expressway, have been arrested by the Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Abia State Criminal and Intelligence unit in Umuahia.  The members are Ifeanyi Monday, Ikenna Ubani, Uchenna Nwosu ...

Abia State Government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure increase in her internally generated revenue from the 2017 fiscal year. To this effect, the state has banned the use of agents as revenue collectors in the state in 2017. ...

This revelation was made in a revised Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) submitted to the National Assembly last week. The MTEF showed that the amount included $320million equivalent to N97.6 billion Abacha loot being expected from the Swiss government. Minister ...

Military officer fighting Boko Haram, Lt. Col Otos Umusu, killed in an ambush in the North East

The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested the 10th gang member in the CBN Governor’s wife kidnap saga of September 2016, Umar Abubakar aka Kiriwa, after trailing him to Minna, Niger State, on 9th December, 2016. ...

Two female suicide bombers had, on Sunday, struck Maiduguri Monday market in Maiduguri, Borno State. However, only both suicide bombers died though some were injured. Some students were also victim of the attack. The attack was considered an unsuccessful mission ...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 07, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Police Force said it redeployed DSP Promise Nwosu, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Gov. Nyisome Wike of Rivers state as a result of gross professional misconduct denying accusations that the move was ...

The three men alleged to have kidnapped and killed the human resources manager of the Dangote Industries Limited, Istifanus Bello, have revealed why he was killed The suspects – Abdullahi Saliu, Babuga Adamu and Abubakar Gide – who were Fulani ...

Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday awarded a traffic warden, a road sweeper and three other civil servants each with 2 bedroom flat, for his or her dedication within their respective jobs. The Governor said he had been monitoring ...