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Police Arrest Former Immigration Officer for Selling Sophisticated Firearms to Bandits in Abuja [Photos]

The Nigeria Police Force’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command has apprehended a former Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) official who was offering sophisticated guns for sale to criminals operating in the Abuja-Kaduna forests. At a press briefing on Wednesday, March 5, Mustafa Mohammed, the Officer in Charge of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, reported the terminated officer’s detention; however, his identity has not been made public. According to Mohammed, an intelligence-driven police effort led to the suspect’s capture....

Tragedy in Abuja: Ex-Immigration CG Parradang Found Dead in Hotel Room

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said the former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, was found dead in a hotel room in Abuja, hours after lodging with a female guest. The command, in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, on Tuesday, said the retired CG checked into Joy House Hotel, Area 3 Junction, on Monday, at around 12:00 PM, driving a black Mercedes Benz. Adeh said he booked a...

BREAKING: Abuja Protest: Pro-Natasha Group Demands Akpabio’s Resignation

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio has been called to resign by supporters of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who have taken to the streets of Abuja. Beginning early on Wednesday morning, a sizable contingent of demonstrators assembled outside the doorway of the National Assembly to demand justice and a stop to what they characterized as political harassment. Arriving to the National Assembly Complex as early as 8 a.m., just before the Senate is scheduled to resume plenary,...

The journalist arrived at the facility around 9:00am and was accompanied by the company’s lawyer. A journalist and founder, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, on Wednesday honoured the police invitation at the Nigeria Poice Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) in Abuja.The journalist arrived at the facility around 9:00am and was accompanied by the company’s lawyer.Fisayo who was in high spirits said in a post on his Facebook page that should nobody hear from...

Armed policemen and soldiers on Saturday mounted roadblocks within and outside Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) subjecting residents and passersby to untold harassment and humiliation. Nigerians had vowed to stage a one-million man protest Saturday to mark the end of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests scheduled between August 1st-10th. The protests have been sustained despite the clampdown and killings of harmless protesters by the security agents in many part of the country under the watch of President...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said it had begun an investigation into the corpse of a yet-to-be-identified crossdresser discovered on a road in Abuja. This was made known by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, in a statement. According to her, the command received a call on Thursday about a woman’s corpse found along the Katampe-Mabushi Expressway and subsequently dispatched detectives to the scene. Adeh said, “We received a distress call reporting...

Armed security men suspected to be from the Department of State Services on Wednesday evening in large numbers invaded Labour House, the offices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja, breaking into some of the floors and ransacking books and files.     A source said they carried various materials into their vans, claiming that the materials were used to incite and organise the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in the country.     Earlier in the day,...

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded the immediate withdrawal of soldiers and other armed security personnel from union’s headquarters in Abuja.   On Wednesday night, SaharaReporters broke the news that a large contingent of armed security personnel, believed to be from the Department of State Services, stormed Labour House, forcibly entering and ransacking several floors, and confiscating books and files.  According to sources, the agents claimed the seized materials were used to...

Abuja cross-dresser’s killers must face justice – Police

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has reiterated that the killers of a popular cross-dresser known as Abuja Area Mama must be arrested and made to face justice. A senior police officer attached to the FCT Command, during a WhatsApp chat with our correspondent on Friday, said investigations into the case were ongoing, adding that the perpetrators of the crime must be brought to book. The officer said, “Nigerians should not be afraid. It doesn’t...

  The Nigeria Police Force has ordered proper investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a crossdresser, popularly known as ‘Abuja Area Mama’.  SaharaReporters had reported that his body was found at a public space in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday morning.  The news of his passing has sparked an outpouring of grief on social media, with fans and followers mourning his loss and paying tribute to his memory. Confirming his death in...