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Suspects in Melaye’s gun case escape

The Police in Lokoja said on Wednesday that the two suspects that named Sen. Dino Melaye as their gun supplier have escaped from custody. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ali Janga said at a press conference in Lokoja that the two suspects ; Kabiru Seidu alias Osama and Nuhu Salisu
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DSS makes a haul, arrests kidnap kingpin, others

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Mr. Lawal Mohammed, a suspected major financier and amourer of the dreaded Basalube kidnap gang in Kogi. DSS spokseman, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the suspect was arrested on March 23, at Japama in Obajana Local Government Area of Kogi. Opuiyo said that the […]
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Full text of what Buhari said at APC NEC meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday addressed the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He called on party members to close ranks, noting that disunity would not help them. The president also spoke on the tenure on the APC officials and what must be done. Full text of his speech: “I am delighted […]
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Fake Emir of Kano gets 36-month jail term

A Kano Senior Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old student, Sultan Bello, to 36 months imprisonment for impersonating the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict who resides at Ja’oji New Court Road Quarters, Kano, is being tried on a three-count charge of impersonation, […]