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IPOB, MASSOB Members to be granted asylum by the U.K
The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has released new guidelines to its decision makers on how to consider and grant asylum applications by members of Biafran secessionist groups, TheCable is reporting. Asylum is to be granted to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian government, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) In the just-released ‘Country Policy and Information Note Nigeria: Biafran secessi…
NDLEA arrests undergraduate and her boyfriend for selling drug laced cookies to school children in Abuja
A 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Abuja, for producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public. The agency, in a statement on Tuesday, April 20, said it has also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with Arizona, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis; alcohol and rohypnol among other ingredients. …
Just In: Chad's newly re-elected President, Idriss Deby, shot dead while fighting rebels
Chad's President Idriss Deby is dead. He was reportedly shot dead while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels. He was age 68. According to France24, an army spokesman, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, confirmed his death in a state television on Tuesday, April 20, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term in office. Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the front lines to join troops battling "terrorists". The Chadian army is currently combating rebel force…
I live along the expressways to make kidnapping easy for me - Suspected kidnapper tells police
A 20-year-old suspected kidnapper, Ahmad Muhammad, pictured above, has told men of the Osun State Police Command that he decided to live along expressways so that it will be easy for himself and other members of his gang to abduct their victims at will. Muhammad, who is from Tambuwal community in Sokoto State, was arrested at Wasinmi, a village along Ife/Ibadan Expressway. While being paraded at the police headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, Muhammad said hewis a member of a seven-man gang of kidnappers who abducted pas…
Police rescue 15 year old girl allegedly confined in a room for 10 years by parents in Kano
The Kano state police command has rescued a 15-year old girl, Aisha Jibrin, who was allegedly locked up in a room by her parents in the Darerawa Quarters of Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, LIB reported. Confirming this development to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said Miss Jibrin was confined to the home of her parents without proper feeding and healthcare. He said her mother, Rabi Muhammad, has been taken into custody but the father has fled.  A statement released by Kiyawa …
Ahmed Musa opt-out of Kano Pillars away games over unsafe roads
Kano Pillars has announced that Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa will miss most of their away games when the second stanza of the Nigeria Professional Football League begins April 28. This was confirmed in a statement by the Chairman of the club, Surajo Yahaya. In the statement, Mr.Yahaya noted that Musa will be available for every home fixtures but would only attend away games if he could travel by air. “Ahmed Musa is a big player and at the moment we know the economic situation of the country and the bad roads in some regions…
144 Nigerian police officers reportedly arrive in Somalia to boost security
A contingent of 144 police officers from Nigeria have arrived in Somalia to boost stabilization efforts in the country, the African Union mission said on Sunday, April 18. According to a report by CGTN Africa, the AU mission said the arrival of the new contingent is a major boost to law and order efforts, as they will be working in concert with their Somali counterparts in ensuring improved security in liberated areas. AMISOM Police operations coordinator, Daniel Ali Gwambal, in a statement on Sunday was quoted as saying, “They are h…
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