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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrest 49 Members Of Outlawed Shilla Gang In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 18, 2024

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested 49 suspected members of the outlawed Shilla gangs that terrorize residents of the state capital including two women. SP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje, the Command spokesman in a statement said the arrest followed renewed commitment of the Police to combating the menace of Shilla Gangsterism in the State. “The Command’s recent operation was targeted to identify criminal hideouts and blackspots within the State Capital including areas around...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsFresh Corruption Charges Awaits Former Governor Of Kano State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2024

The Chairman Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission Muhuyi Magaji said the commission will file new corruption charges and maladministration against former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. He said commission’s investigations uncovered the diversion of N51.3 billion from local government funds to unauthorized individuals during Ganduje’s tenure. Magaji alleged that the Ganduje administration transferred N4 billion to an agricultural company from Kano’s consolidated revenue account and withdrew N1 billion monthly from state coffers before its tenure...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Civil Aviation Authority Suspends Operations Of Three Private Jets

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2024

Permits of three private jet owners has been suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for violating the terms of their permits and using their jets for commercial purposes. The acting Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Chris Najomo said following its heightened surveillance no fewer than three private operators had been found to be involved in violation of the annexure provision of their PNCF and Part 9114 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023. In...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsInterior Ministry Seeks Collaboration With ICPC In The War Against Corruption

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2024

The Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has for all hands to be on deck to fight the menace of corruption and corrupt practices which fuel insecurity in the country. Tunji-Ojo was speaking when he paid a courtesy visit to Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo said the purpose of his visit is to seek synergy between his ministry and...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsCorruption: APC National Chairman Suspended

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 15, 2024

The Dawakin Tofa LGA chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano has suspended Abdullahi Ganduje, national chair of the party, over corruption allegations. Halliru Gwanzo, legal adviser of the ward announced the suspension during a briefing with journalists in Kano on Monday. “Members resolved to suspend his membership after a vote of no confidence passed on the acting National Chairman of the party due to his inability to clear his name from a wide range...

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NewsNigeriaMidnight Inferno Consumes Yola Main Market

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 15, 2024

A midnight inferno has consumed part of Yola’s main market, administrative headquarters of Yola South local government area of Adamawa state with properties worth millions of naira destroyed, though no casualty was recorded. It was gathered that as at the time of the incident, there was no electricity from the public power supply. The report has that some traders who lost millions of naira cash being proceeds of Sunday’s sale in the fire disaster have...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNAFDAC Seal Supermarket Over Alleged Selling Of Fake Products

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2024

One of the supermarkets in Ibadan, PINNACLE, located in Dugbe area was sealed by National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC over alleged selling of fake products. A NAFDAC staff member who preferred anonymity said on Friday that the enforcement unit of the agency sealed the supermarket. According to the source, the owner of the supermarket was earlier refused to honour an invitation by the regulatory agency. The source added that sealing...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Kills188 Terrorists, Arrest 330 In One Week

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2024

No fewer than 188 terrorists were killed and 330 arrested during operations conducted by the Nigerian Army across the northern parts of the country in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, also, said a total of 133 kidnapped persons were rescued by troops deployed across the country within the period under review. He noted that the recent achievements of the troops had...

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NewsNigeriaFire Razes 150 Rooms In A Single Community In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 12, 2024

A fire inferno has razed down 150 rooms in 50 houses as well as domestic animals and foodstuff worth millions of naira in Wuro-Korka’e village of Fufore local government area, of Adamawa State. One of the residents of the village, Abubakar Mohammed stated that the inferno emanated from one of the households and spread quickly to other houses due to a heavy windstorm experienced in the area on the faithful day. According to him, no...

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Crime & SecurityNewsPoliticsGunmen Attack on Police Checkpoint in Ebonyi Leave Officer Dead

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 12, 2024

A deadly attack on a police checkpoint in Ebonyi State has left one officer dead and a patrol vehicle destroyed. The incident occurred on Thursday, 11th April 2024, at approximately 7:15 a.m. at Ishieke junction, along the Enugu–Abakaliki Expressway. According to DSP Joshua Ukandu, spokesperson for the Ebonyi State Police Command, unidentified gunmen travelling in a silver Sienna vehicle ambushed the officers. The assault resulted in the death of one police officer and the burning...

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