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They were said to have intercepted the smugglers around Sahuda, a border town in the Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Smugglers on Sunday attacked and injured a Nigerian customs officer around Sahuda, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon, SaharaReporters has learnt. Officers attached to the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command were attacked while blocking the smugglers from ferrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol to the Republic of...

Some prominent Nigerians including former governors, legislators and other leaders of thought have called for the reconfiguration of the country’s governance system and structure to address the imbalance in the existing federalism. This was part of the resolution reached at a dialogue organised by the Patriots, a group of prominent Nigerian leaders of thought led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General. The Patriots General Secretary for National Constitutional Dialogue, 2024 In Lagos, Olawale Okunniyi,...

The National Steel Council (NSC) in Abuja has informed Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, of an alleged over N1 billion fraud that it linked to its Executive Secretary, Ambassador Abdulqadir Musafari. The council, in a March 15, 2024 letter, told the minister that Musafari had allegedly “failed, refused and/or neglected to avail the Council of any information concerning his activities on behalf of the council, if duly authorized.” It advised that the Executive...

The terrorists, numbering about 250 reportedly stormed Gidan Zuma village in the Bungudu Local Government Area of the state, killed 11 persons, and abducted 20 women and an unspecified number of children. At least 11 persons were reportedly killed Sunday night while 20 women and children were kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria.   The terrorists, numbering about 250 reportedly stormed Gidan Zuma village in the Bungudu Local Government Area of the state,...

More information has emerged about the arrest of four suspects who allegedly attempted to defraud the Sheriff Oborevwori-led government of Delta state. The state government last Friday through the Commissioner for Youth Development, Agbateyiniro Weyinmi, aka Agbass raised the alarm that some persons who disguised as staff members of World Bank, Bank of Africa, NEXIM and AFREXIM Banks had tried to defraud the state government but were exposed and arrested by the police. The commissioner...

The Office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu on Monday confirmed the escape of one of the detained executives of Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla from custody.   This was stated in a press statement signed by Zakari U. Mijinyawa, Head of Strategic Communication, Office of the NSA on Monday. The statement said the suspect flew out of the country with a smuggled passport. It was earlier reported that Mr Anjarwalla, 38, escaped when security guards...

      An appeal court has lowered former President Donald Trump’s bond in the New York civil fraud case from $454 million to $175 million to be paid within ten days. This comes as Trump attends a hearing in New York for motions in the hush money case against him. The ruling came the same day that New York Attorney General Letitia James would have been allowed to start seizing the former president’s real...

          The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country.   The Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja, on Monday.    Idris said Gumi was not above the law, noting that the government had deemed it necessary to invite him for questioning.  ...

General Laka, whose appointment was announced by the Presidency Tuesday had served in the North East and Sierra Leone.   President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major-General Adamu Garba Laka as the Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, under the Office of the National Security Adviser.   General Laka, whose appointment was announced by the Presidency Tuesday had served in the North East and Sierra Leone.   He also served in the United Nations Organization Stabilization...

  The Nigerian government has insisted that it is collaborating with the International Criminal Police Organisation – INTERPOL, commonly known as Interpol and the international community to arrest the escaped executive of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla.    This was confirmed in a press statement issued from the country’s national security adviser on Monday while confirming that Nadeem escaped from their custody on Friday when he was allowed to visit a nearby Jummah...