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Over 400 escaped inmates including several Boko Haram terrorists have remained at large for two years after the attack on the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.   Despite ongoing efforts, security agencies have been unable to recapture the fugitives.   According to data on the Nigerian Correctional Service’s website, over 400 inmates who fled during the jailbreak on July 5, 2022, are still unaccounted for. The figure includes Boko Haram...

No fewer than 13 people, including women and children, have been confirmed dead in Kano State as unharmed protesters were attacked by security operatives on Saturday amid the ongoing nationwide protests.  It was learnt that the violence erupted in Rijiyar Lemo, Kurna to Bachirawa areas in Fagge Local Government, Kofar Nassarawa in Kano municipal and Unguwa Uku area of Tarauni Local Government of the state. In a video seen by SaharaReporters, thousands of peaceful protesters...

  Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla who was appointed Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property by former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has stated that several high-level corruption probes were stopped by cronies in the then government.   Obono-Obla was sacked in September 2019, few months after his appointment.   While speaking in an interview with Vanguard, he alleged that some powerful members of the then government he described as patrons of corruption...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed two bus passengers and abducted several others including members of the National Youth Services Corps (NYSC), during an attack along Ifon/Owo road in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The passengers were travelling from Anambra State to Owo when the vehicle was attacked on Friday night, it was gathered.  Among those abducted were; Adewole Paul Oluwaseun, a corps member who was returning from the NYSC camp,...

        Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has made a new appointment of over 110 Special Assistants (SAs), Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and Technical Advisors (TAs) including Special Assistant on Hausa and Special Assistant on Urhobo.   The governor said the new set of appointments into the strategic positions is part of plans to position his administration for optimal service delivery, stressing that all the appointments will take effect from May 1....