By Anthony Nwachukwu One of the intending passengers kidnapped by suspected herdsmen over the weekend at the Tom Ikimi train station at Igueben, Edo State, has escaped the abductors’ grip, while one of the suspected abductors has been arrested, the state government said. In an update on the incident, the […]
FG shuts Edo train station, says passenger kidnap despicable, barbaric
By Anthony Nwachukwu The Federal Government has appealed to victim’s families and the general public for calm after a yet-to-be-ascertained number of intending train travellers were abducted by suspected herdsmen in Edo State on gun point. Consequently, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has shut the Ekehen Train Station till further […]
FG shuts station, says Edo train passenger kidnap despicable, barbaric
By Anthony Nwachukwu The Federal Government has appealed to victim’s families and the general public for calm after a yet-to-be-ascertained number of intending train travellers were abducted by suspected herdsmen in Edo State on gun point. Consequently, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has shut the Ekehen Train Station till further […]
Customs intercepts N1.5b tapentadol at Apapa
By Anthony Nwachukwu Twenty cartons of tapentadol – a new and more potent variant of tramadol – worth N1.56 billion has been discovered in a 40-foot container of candies by the Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Showcasing the contraband at Classic Bonded Terminal on Ago Palace […]
Customs FOU ‘A’ arrests 11 suspects, seizes smuggled goods worth N671.6m in October
Ag. Controller Hussein Ejibunu By Anthony Nwachukwu Eleven suspects were arrested in the South-West Zone of the country by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in October 2022 and are at various stages of investigation over their connection with some of the seizures […]
Alleged Recording: Private medical practitioners debunk claim, demand public apology from ARISE TV
By Anthony Nwachukwu Citing “deliberate falsehood,” over which its member has suffered “incalculable” image and reputational damage, the Lagos State branch of the Association of Nigeria Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has demanded an unreserved public apology from ARISE TV to Doren Specialist Hospital. ANPMP said this is “necessary to put […]
No ransom on 23 released Abuja-Kaduna rail kidnap victims, says Sambo
President Muhammadu Buhari with the now freed hostages By Anthony Nwachukwu After over six months in the den of the terrorists who kidnapped them during their attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, the remaining 23 victims were released Wednesday without a kobo ransom, the Minister of Transportation, […]
Immigration to strengthen border surveillance ahead 2023 elections
Comptroller-General Immigration, Isah Jere Idris By Anthony Nwachukwu To ensure a credible and hitch-free 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has charged its heads of commands and formations across the country to upscale surveillance activities in all locations, including border crossing points. The Comptroller-General Immigration (CGI), Isah Jere […]
Abba Kyari, others in close shave with death at prisons terror attack
Front view of the facility, showing some fire dent after the attack Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is being detained in the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja over drug related offences, narrowly escaped death Tuesday night when terrorists attacked the facility but remained in the place, prison sources have […]
Customs officer injured in smugglers’ ambush at Sango
By Anthony Nwachukwu A customs officer was seriously injured over the weekend when some ruthless rice smugglers ambushed his patrol team at Sango area of Ogun State. An eyewitness disclosed that the team had sighted a convoy of trucks loaded with foreign parboiled rice by suspected smugglers and heading for […]