Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have detained a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh. Credible sources told Daily Trust that Jamoh, who headed the agency between 2020 and 2023, was still in the custody of the anti-graft agency as of the…
At least five military officers detained over an alleged coup plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government have reportedly fallen ill while in custody, with two were said to have collapsed last week. According to Sahara Reporters, sources said the officers, who were initially held at the Defence Intelligence Agency headquarters in Abuja, were later…
The police in Taraba State Saturday have announced the arrest of an Inspector of Police and his girlfriend in connection with a reported missing assault rifle along the Wukari-Jootar Federal Highway. The development was made public on Saturday by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X. Reports disclosed that the rifle belongs to…
The Nigerian military has suffered yet another security breach as nine soldiers on Monday escaped from a military guardroom at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State, SaharaReporters has learnt. Maimalari Cantonment is the Nigerian Army barracks and the headquarters of the Nigerian Army’s 7th Division. Top military sources told SaharaReporters that most of the escaped…
A whopping N11billion is said to have been traced by military intelligence to the bank accounts of a colonel detained over the alleged coup plot involving some senior military officers. According to the PUNCH, top-level security sources said that the discovery connected the detained officer to the alleged coup. An officer familiar with the investigation…
Three officers of the Imo State Police Command have been arrested in the ongoing investigation ordered by the State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, over the viral video showing how some officers of the Command raided students’ hostels at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, injuring some students. The spokesperson of the Command, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed…
The Nigerian Police Force have arrested and detained former Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore. This is according to a statement issued by the AAC on Tuesday and signed by its National Publicity Secretary of the party, Femi Adeyeye. The statement read: “The African Action Congress (AAC) strongly condemns the arrest and…
Natasha and hubby Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was temporarily held by immigration officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Thursday while attempting to travel abroad. According to reports, the Kogi Central lawmaker was stopped as she prepared to board a flight to the United Kingdom, where she and her husband were headed to…
