KATSINA — Some Nigerian customs officers allegedly killed six people and injured 20 others in a car accident in Jibia town of Katsina State early Monday morning. A Hilux van belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service rammed into a people by a roadside while chasing a J5 Peugeot bus they suspected was involved in rice smuggling. A resident of the area, Kabir Jibia, who witnessed the incident reported that it occurred around 8:am after the...

Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has disclosed plans by his administration to drill boreholes in all fire stations across the state in order to boost the capacity of the fire service to respond effectively to emergencies. Represented by his deputy Idi Gubana, the governor who disclosed this Thursday in Damaturu, the state capital, when he received a modern firefighting truck from the Federal Fire Service FFS. He noted that the truck will boost emergency...

AWKA — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, says it apprehended 108 motorists for driver’s licence violation in the ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence’ in the state. The FRSC headquarters in Abuja has directed state commands to go after driver’s licence defaulters from July 5 to July 11. The operation targets motorists without valid licences, expired ones, and those with expired temporary copies. The Sector Commander, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, told the...