-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: MINISTER of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed to pursue and recapture all inmates who escaped from the Abolongo, Oyo, Oyo State, Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday night, 22 October, 2021 when the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted over 2,060 kilogrammes of assorted drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and rohypnol. The interceptions were made in operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): GOVERNOR Babagana Umara Zulum who is the Chairman of the Northeast Governors’ Forum, alongside Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, were in Sokoto on Saturday, for condolence and solidarity visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over a recent…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): MINISTER of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has confirmed the attack on a custodial centre in Oyo State. A statement on Saturday by the Media Adviser to the Minister. Sola Fasure said: “At about 10.00 pm yesterday (Friday), October…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in collaboration with the European Union Delegation and the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) have launched the User’s Guide to counter terrorism in Nigeria. A statement on Thursday…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: DELTA Government on Monday, expressed dismay over the recent travel advisory reportedly issued by the United Kingdom to its citizens in Nigeria. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who expressed the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: A pastoralist association, Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has called on governments of southern states of the country to reconsider their decision to ban open grazing in their domain, insisting that they…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NO fewer than 110 drug dealers were arrested in a raid on hideouts in nine states across the country in the past one week. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the National Drug…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHAIRMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that legalization of cannabis sativa as propounded by few Nigerians cannot be allowed under the prevailing security situation…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: ISOKO-NORTH Council Chairman, Deacon Christian Othuke Iteire, has expressed the desire of his administration to collaborate with security agencies in order to ensure peace and security in the Local Government Area. Iteire made the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: LAGOS State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, signed the bill to prohibit open cattle grazing and trespass of cattle on land in the state into laws. “By the powers vested in me as the Governor…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed over 14 hectares of cannabis cultivated farms in Edo State. This is part of continued nationwide ‘offensive action’ against drug traffickers in the past…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NIGERIA’S Ambassador to Italy, Amb Mfawa Omini Abam, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as well as the Nigerian Community in Italy, have demanded full investigation into the killing of a…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: The Controller General of Federal Fire Service. Dr. Liman Ibrahim has condemned the attack on firefighters and destruction of fire trucks by hoodlums, saying that the action is unacceptable and those responsible will definitely not…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Friday decried the destruction by Boko Haram on the North East region, lamenting that 500,000 structures from the existing 4 million in the region were destroyed. Speaking at the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine meant for insurgents’ camps in Nigeria…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE spate of killings and the orgy of evil pervading the land, especially at the twilight of this regime, has become a painful riddle waiting to be unravelled. Families have been wantonly decimated by daredevil…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has buttressed the need for pre-marital drug test as a key factor to a stable home. Marwa spoke at a…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has visited the family of Pastor Bitrus Tumba whose son died during a reaction to an attempted demolition of a branch of EYN church in Maiduguri on August 5,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: AS part of Nigeria’s military collaboration with the United States, 24 officers of the Nigerian Navy are currently participating in a four-week intensive U.S. Coast Guard Boarding Officer training programme which kicked off on Monday,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ABDU UMAR has taken charge as the Borno State Commissioner of Police, he was recently appointed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba Ali. He resumed duty in his new position on Tuesday…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Sokoto State Command has moved to a newly constructed ultra-modern office in Sokoto, the state capital. Speaking during the commissioning of the complex located along Gusau Road , Sokoto State…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: OUR attention has been drawn to an online video making rounds in the social media by one Young Elder and produced by Anthony Jay. In the video, the so called Young Elder attempted to draw…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: ON Monday 23, August 2021, troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) successfully neutralised syndicate of 6 criminals that specialise in kidnapping innocent people in Mangu local government area of Plateau State. The troops also recovered…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: SOUTH KOREA has expressed her readiness to partner with Nigeria to ensure the security in the Gulf of Guinea. The Republic of Korea 1st Vice Minister, Foreign Affairs, Mr. Choi Jong Kun expressed the interest…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Borno Emirate Council has clarified the position of it’s Shehu, Alhaji Garbai El-Kanemi on the reabsorption of repentant Boko Haram into the society. The people of the emirate have lost several thousands of souls…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has expressed doubt over the sincerity of both Federal Government and Plateau State Government to fish out and prosecute the perpetrators of Rukuba killings where 22 travelers…
-Blank News Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has commenced consultations on how to react to the massive surrender of Boko Haram with a visit on Mondayto the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor in Abuja….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi has said his men are now prepared to speak to bandits and criminal elements in the language they understand. Speaking…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT was just the right time for the embattled Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani to disappear; with his tail tucked between his legs, he did without looking back. The cover the American government gave him and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ANOTHER abducted Chibok schoolgirl has resurfaced with two children birthed in captivity seven years after Boko Haram kidnapped her alongside over 200 others. Hassana was one of over 200 schoolgirls abducted at a Government Secondary…
Germany To Build Dog School In Nigeria -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE German Government is to build a Dog School in Nigeria for the training of sniffer dog to enhance the ongoing war on narcotics The project is expected…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ruled in favour of six women harassed and abused during raids in the capital city by Environmental Protection…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: RUTH PAGU, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at a secondary school in Chibok seven years ago on Saturday reunited with her parents with a gift of two grandchildren. Ruth was one of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ONE person was killed and five others injured in a fracas between security attached to operatives of Borno Geographical Information System and some worshippers at a branch of EYN Church in Maiduguri, the Governor of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum and his predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima have distanced themselves from embattled “Supercop” Abba Kyari, insisting that they have not met with him recently. A posting on the Facebook of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has given N12.8m as support for 641 candidates from the state currently at their final stage of the recruitment exercises into the Nigerian Army’s 81 regular intake for 2021….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: TAFA Balogun was a heavily built, haughty and hawkish cop who once traverse the length and breadth of our policing world. He was a former Inspector General of Police, who fell from office shamefully, with…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE Management of Access Bank Plc have been issued a seven-day ultimatum to urgently cause an independent investigation and redress the wrongdoings to one of its staff, with a written apology or risk legal action….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has moved towards finally relocating the people of Abadam local government, in the shores of the Lake Chad back to their homes. The governor in order to actualize this…
