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Stakeholders Seek Schools, Parents Collaboration To Tackle Bullying
Education stakeholders have called for the cooperation of school administration and P.T.A. to combat the threat of school bullying. The stakeholders made this call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. They were reacting to reports of bullying in secondary schools nationwide, particularly a recent incident at the Federal Government College, Enugu. READ ALSO: Enugu: Nigerian...
Ogun Man Detained For Raping, Attacking Neighbor
A man named Michael Akinmolayan was taken into custody in Ogun State's Sango-Ota neighborhood on suspicion of raping a female neighbor. PUNCH Metro gathered on Saturday that during the incident on Thursday, Akinmolayan allegedly struck the survivor on the crown of her head with a grinding stone, causing severe injuries. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the incident on Saturday, stating that...
VIO Chief Warns Motorists Against Harmattan Hazards
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services has advised drivers to use caution due to the foggy weather that is typical of the Harmattan season. The Federal Capital Territory squadron leader at the Vehicle Inspection Office, Dr. Yusuf Suberu, made this call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja. Suberu noted that the dry season is...
Insurgency Has Reduced To 90% In Borno, Says Gov. Zulum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday said the Federal Government and security forces have succeeded in containing 90 per cent of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Nigeria has been battling insurgency for over a decade with several people killed and many others kidnapped in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Zulum, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, admitted that...
Troops Retrieve Weapons, Ammo, Destroy Bandit Hideouts In Taraba
Soldiers from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have retrieved weapons and ammunition and demolished bandit hideouts in Taraba State. Captain Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the troops working under the leadership of Brigadier General Kingsley Chidiebere Uwa engaged the bandits in a fierce firefight,...
Nigerian Businessman Detained By NDLEA For Smuggling 700 Grams Of Cocaine
Nigerian businessman Ezeokoli Sylva, 59, was arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine into the country through his stomach. The arrest took place on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. Sylva, who had lived in Brazil for 35 years, was returning to...
Native Bulletproof Gone Wrong: Abuja Native Doctor Lands In Hospital After Testing Efficacy Of His Charm
An Abuja native doctor identified as Ismail Usman has landed in the hospital after sustaining life-threatening injuries while testing the efficacy of his self-made bulletproof charm. A release signed by the PRO of FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh said trouble started when on Nov. 23 the victim Usman shot himself in the stomach with a shotgun in an attempt...
Police Bust Trans-Border Gunrunning Syndicate, Recover 17 Rifles, Ammunition (Photos)
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested five suspects involved in trans-border gunrunning and recovered a cache of weapons, including 17 rifles, a revolver pistol, and ammunition. The suspects—Adamu Noma, Matthew Audu, Andrew Poyi, Aminu Sani, and Aminu Talha—were apprehended on November 18, 2024, by operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT). A thorough search of their...
Police Arrest Anambra Couple Who Specializes In Sending Kidnapping Threat Messages
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a couple, Kingsley Okoye, 36, and Chidinma Okoye, 27, for allegedly sending threat messages and attempting to kidnap unsuspecting individuals. In a statement on Friday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the duo specialised in issuing abduction threats through text messages, demanding ransom with the ultimatum of abduction or murder. Ikenga said the...
Kano Anti-Graft Agency Makes U-turn, Says16,800 Bags Of Rice Bearing Tinubu’s Image Belong To Philanthropist
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC) has backtracked on the 16,800 bags of rice said to have been diverted from the Federal Government palliative and repackaged in a warehouse in Kano. The commission’s Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado while addressing journalists on Friday, said preliminary findings established that the rice was brought to Kano from Bauchi and Zamfara...
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