By Clement Adeyi Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has vowed to resuscitate the state’s Police Swift Response Squad (SRS) within the first 100 days of his second term in office. The governor disclosed that the rationale behind the revival of the squad, was to tackle criminal elements in the state with a view to […]Continue Reading
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By Clement Adeyi The AIG of Zone 11 Police Command, Kayode Akande, has warned criminals in Oyo and Osun states to relocate from the zone. He also warned criminals who live in other states but come to Oyo and Osun states to commit crime and run back, to desist from the act. The police boss […]Continue Reading
Key Points: NIREC has averted crises in Nigeria, but intervening and engaging parties to conflicts Greed is responsible for religious conflicts in Nigeria Many Christians don’t know much about Islam; and vice versa… Why we have religious crisis in Nigeria Amnesty for terrorists: We must learn from Aghanistan’s ugly experience How NIREC speaks truth to […]Continue Reading
By Stephanie Adams-Douglas Two top police officers at the core of public relations – the police spokesperson and head of the public complaints unit – had authoritatively pronounced the possession and use of pepper spray by private citizens as offences. However, their position has generated controversy amongst the citizenry, many of whom have disagreed, citing […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Prominent sons and daughters of Idoma on Saturday gathered in Otukpo Benue State, and discussed the spate killings in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State where above 134 persons were killed by Fulani militia. The killing that took place during this year’s Easter celebration has been condemned by […]Continue Reading
…Herdsmen destroy Oganenigu in Kogi State, four years after similar mayhem Daniel Adaji Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom is counting his last days out of Government House, Makurdi, not without floods of tears over yet another massacre of 134 persons in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of the State. The latest deaths, blamed […]Continue Reading
The Chief of Administration (Army), Maj.-Gen. Okpe Ali, says the understanding of the major indigenous languages by the troops of the Nigerian Army will enhance their operations. Ali said this during the inauguration of the Indigenous Languages Course 12/2023 organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) on Thursday in Abuja. He said the military’s […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji The Kogi East senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji has rejected and called for the cancellation of results of the Senatorial elections in six local governments areas in Kogi State held on Saturday 25 February 2023. Dr. Adoji made this known in a press statement yesterday […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji The story of Akaiba Ojochenemi who was killed for allegedly snatching ballot boxes at a polling unit in Dekina area of Kogi State has gone viral on the social media and other media platforms. The incidence which took place on 25 February 2023 has received cold reactions from the appropriate quarters. The […]Continue Reading
By Theophilus Abbah, PhD Just three months after the third anniversary of the gruesome murder, the sacrifice, the burning alive of Mrs Salome Abu in Ochadamu, her ancestral home, in Kogi State, on the altar of politics to lubricate the undeserved victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November, 2019 Kogi governorship […]Continue Reading
2023 Elections: PRNigeria Unveils ‘Security Risks Report’ on Presidential Candidates, Violent States
Ahead of the 2023 general elections beginning next Saturday, PRNigeria has presented a ‘Security Report’ on the five major presidential candidates. The selected candidates include Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alh. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the Continue Reading
Theophilus Abbah At 2 AM on March 28th 2022 Olanrewaju Suraju, the head of the Human and Environmental Development Agency (HEDA), was asleep beside his wife in their bedroom in Abuja when they suddenly found themselves under attack by men who had broken into the house. The men, who made off with laptops, mobile phones, […]Continue Reading