Security: Sokoto State Government Approves N1.759 billion to boost security  

The Sokoto State Government has approved N1.759 billion to purchase 1,000 Bajaj motorcycles for security agencies to strengthen operations against banditry in the state. The approval was made at the sixth regular meeting of the State Executive Council, chaired by the Deputy Governor, Idris Muhammad Gobir. The motorcycles will complement the 62 armored vehicles worth N27 billion recently procured by the state government and distributed to security agencies to enhance operations in areas affected by...

Insecurity forces NURTW to shut Mokwa-Kainji road

Following worsening insecurity along the Mokwa–Kainji road in Niger State, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mokwa Branch, has suspended commercial transport operations along the road with immediate effect. The suspension was contained in a statement issued by the union, dated Sunday, August 9, due to incessant kidnapping and killing of drivers and passengers along the route. The union said the suspension would remain in place until the security concerns along the Mokwa–Kainji...

Kogi police command rescues 15 kidnapped passengers

Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command have rescued fifteen (15) passengers abducted along Itobe–Anyigba Highway in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, after an intense gun battle with their abductors. The Commissioner of Police, Naziru Bello Kankarofi, who briefed journalists on the development at Command’s Headquarters in Lokoja on Monday, said that the incident occurred at about 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, 9th August 2026, between Ojuwo Ajengo and Mamerebo. CP Kankarofi said a...

PFIPC probe: ICPC uncovers two more fake agencies, clear State House, CBN

Two additional fictitious government agencies allegedly created by Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), have been uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The findings were contained in an interim report presented to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, August 6, according to the ICPC chairman, Musa Aliyu. Aliyu disclosed that investigators uncovered two additional fictitious agencies allegedly floated by Adeyemi to...

Fake Medical Doctor apprehended in Kano 

A suspected fake medical practitioner has been arrested in Kano, accused of distributing unapproved drugs to residents and collecting money from them during an unauthorized medical outreach in the Panshekara area of Kano. He was arrested by officials of the Kano State Ministry of Health, the Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA), the Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC), and the Nigeria Police Force following intelligence reports about the suspect’s activities. In a statement,...

20 Family members of terrorists, collaborators arrested in Borno, Yobe States 

Troops of 222 Battalion (Main) have intercepted 20 suspected family members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) terrorists who had fled their enclave following intense military pressure. Those intercepted by the troops during routine patrol along the Gezuwa axis in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State comprise nine women, two men, eight female minors, and one male minor. Also, troops of Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai recorded another significant breakthrough...

Police Investigates the Shooting of Businessman by a Military Officer

Hundreds of youths took to the streets in Mubi, the commercial hub in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria, expressing their displeasure and grievances following the shooting of a businessman, Sulaiman Alhaji Abubakar, by military personnel on the night of Sunday, 2nd August, 2026. The victim was said to have violated the time allowed for an electric bicycle bearing the brand name ‘Salti’ to ply the area’s roads, despite an existing order restricting the movement of electric...

State Police Will Operates After Constitutional Amendment-Gbajabiamila

The Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that State Police will commence operations in Nigeria after necessary constitutional amendments are completed. Gbajabiamila, who is Chief of Staff to the President, explained after a meeting of the working group at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday that every state must meet national standards before establishing its own police service. He said the Nigeria Police Force will remain...

Three Local Government Chairmen In Kano Suspended Over Misconduct  

The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved through resolution the suspension of three local government Chairmen for three months over allegations of financial misappropriation, abuse of office and other acts of misconduct. The affected local government Chairmen are  : Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Gadanya (Bagwai), Dr. Alhassan Salisu (Bebeji), and Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha (Rogo). Their suspension follows adoption of the report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, presented by its chairman, Hon. Aliyu Muhammad, during plenary presided over by Speaker Ismail Falgore. Muhammad said the committee investigated separate petitions against the three council chairmen after the Assembly referred the complaints to it for legislative scrutiny. He said the committee examined documentary evidence obtained from the affected councils and held interactive sessions with their legislative councils before arriving at its findings. According to the report, the committee established cases of alleged misappropriation of public funds earmarked for developmental projects in Bagwai Local Government Area. In Bebeji, the committee said it uncovered credible allegations of abuse of office, persistent violations of due process in contract awards and execution, improper sale of council land, diversion of public funds, unlawful deductions from contract payments and other procurement irregularities. It further alleged that contractors were compelled to remit contract payments into accounts allegedly nominated by the council chairman, contrary to extant financial and procurement regulations. The committee also reported that the Rogo Local Government chairman was accused of undermining government policies, violating administrative procedures, abusing his office and misappropriating funds meant for feeder road construction and electrification projects in Unguwar Dawa and Hausawa Fulani communities. The report therefore recommended the immediate suspension of the three chairmen pending the conclusion of a full investigation, invoking the Assembly’s oversight powers under Sections 128 and 129 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Following a unanimous voice vote, the House adopted the committee’s recommendations. Ruling on the matter, Speaker Falgore announced the suspension of the three council chairmen for three months and directed the vice chairmen of the affected local governments to take over in acting capacities pending the outcome of the investigation. He also mandated the committee to conclude its investigation and submit its report to the House within 10 weeks. Falgore, then  directed  the Clerk of the Assembly to immediately communicate the resolution of the House  to the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

Nasarawa State University Takes Over Federal Medical Centre Keffi

The federal government, Nasarawa State Government, and Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the takeover of the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Keffi, as the university’s teaching hospital. The agreement, signed at the Conference Hall of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Abuja, marks a significant milestone in the university’s drive to strengthen medical education and expand healthcare services in Nasarawa State. The Minister of...

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