The Federal Government on Friday explained the circumstances that led to the “repatriation” of  the leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-zakzaky, from India. Mrs. Grace Gekpe, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that “acts of misconduct exhibited by El-Zakzaky in India necessitated his repatriation”. ...

…Declares War against Vandals …As Sanwo-Olu Holds Close Door Meeting with Security Chiefs ROTIMI ASHER Lagos State government is adopting a new security measure that will tighten the noose on criminals engaging in pipeline vandalism and kidnapping. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the weekend, held a close-door meeting with the commanders of all security formations in the state to review the ...

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, Mr Sulaiman Balarabe, on Sunday, said that the police have been tracking some individuls suspedted to be the killers of a Catholic Priest, Rev.-Fr. Paul Offu. Balarabe made the disclosure on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, while speaking on the efforts of the command to arrest ...

The Ogun State Police Command has released the names of five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, kidnapped on Friday while they were on their way to the Redemption Camp to attend ministers’ conference. The police also said they have located the forest where the five abducted pastors were kept at the Ogbere – Ijebu – Ode ...

A South African court on Friday found Duduzane, son of former president Jacob Zuma, not guilty of culpable homicide and negligent driving over a fatal car crash that killed a woman in February 2014. The court said that the prosecutors had failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. Duduzan’s Porsche sports car collided with a minibus taxi on a ...

Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has welcomed reports the government of Brunei Darussalam has placed a full moratorium on the death penalty, inclusive of the Syariah Penal Code Order (SPCO).   The SPCO, which came into effect on 3 April, introduced punishments such as the death penalty, amputation and public flogging. She said, “I have been in contact with the government of ...

Carole Ghosn wife of the arrested former Nissan boss has fled Tokyo as her husband is set to name the people he believes are responsible for his downfall. Carole said in an interview on Sunday that she fled Tokyo out of fear she could be detained. Carlos Ghosn was re-arrested last week in the Japanese capital over fresh allegations of ...

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced to death, Saheed Arogundade, Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Boundary/Aiyetoro Unit, Lagos State, for the murder of a 32-year-old policeman, Gbenga Oladipupo.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Olabisi Akinlade discharged and acquitted Arogundade’s five co-defendants – Mustapha Layeni, Adebayo Abdullahi, Seyi Pabiekun, Sikiru Rufai and ...

In his determination to rid Nigeria of bandits, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the meetings between security and defence officials from Nigeria and neighbouring Niger Republic for joint operations that will sweep the forests. Buhari also gave a firm instruction to the new Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adamu Mohammed, to quickly bring on board joint operations that would ...

Nigerian troops from the newly-formed Nigerian Army Special Forces Command, supported by the Air Force and Navy, have cleared Boko Haram terrorists from Zare, Kukawa, Cross Kauwa and Gudumbali in Borno North. The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. Immediately after the New Year, the army neutralized over 100 of the insurgents in Northern ...