A source yesterday said security agencies have arrested over 100 suspects, including students, in Mubi and adjoining communities over Tuesday’s killing of 25 people, many of whom were students of the Federal Polytechnic and the School of Health Technology, Mubi in Adamawa State.                 Although the Adamawa State Police Command refused to give the exact number of those arrested and their identity saying that doing so at this stage would jeopardise investigation, a source within the security circle said over a hundred suspects had been arrested as hunt for the killers continue. A source in the students’ affairs unit of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi also said one of those killed was among the newly elected executive members of the Student Union Government. Police spokesman, DSP Muhammed Ibrahim told reporters that “many arrests” had been made, and that investigators were following leads. He said details of the arrests made will ...

One of the most respected Governors in Nigeria as of today, Governor Rochas Okorocha, was caught on camera buying roasted corn from one of his state corn sellers on a popular road. Over the years the Governor has been known to be of great impact to his state in terms of building of new infrastructures and recently it was confirmed that his foundation was planning the provision of a tertiary institution that will be free for all. To many Nigerians this is a sign of Humility, and he has proven to be a man of the people.

                     Yesterday, October 8th 2012, Governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha added a year. The date also coincided with the 10th anniversary celebration of the Rochas Foundation college. The Ceremony also marked the graduation of the RFC students. The ceremony which attracted very important dignitaries like Morgan Tsvangirai; The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and Gov. Peter Obi, had Tuface, Bracket and AY the Comedian perform.

Oyo State police command, on Thursday, paraded 26 suspects, including five students of the Lead City University (LCU), Ibadan, Oyo State. The state Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, while speaking at the parade at the police headquarters, disclosed that the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from internet fraud, armed robbery, car snatching to stealing of jewellery worth N25 million. He added that they were arrested at different parts of the state. Mbu said the five students were arrested at a hotel in Ojo, Akinyele Local Government Area of the state, with five laptop computers. The police boss also said after interrogation, it was discovered that the suspects were using the laptop computers to defraud people. According to the police boss, the students allegedly defrauded some people of $10 million, $500 and $27,000, part of which they used to purchase three vehicles, including a Range Rover worth N6.2 million. He said another suspect, Kingsley John, b...

                     Sagir Musa, spokesperson of the JTF in Maiduguri on Monday confirmed that two of its soldiers have sustained injuries after they were attacked along Lagos Street in Borno State. He said a JTF patrol van was attacked with Improvised Explosive Device. “There was a bomb blast involving a JTF Hilux vehicle at about 7:15 am today along Lagos Street in Maiduguri metropolis. It is feared that two soldiers sustained injury. Details on the incident if any will be communicated,” he said.                          According to Col. Musa, the bomb was buried along the highway of the popular Lagos Street of Maiduguri by the hoodlums who were targeting the JTF on routine patrol of the town. The blast led to a suspected gun battle between the JTF and...

             Assistant Superintendent of Police, Supol Funminiyi and Inspector Haruna were yesterday killed by suspected armed robbers who went away with their rifles. Reports say that the two officers attached to New Oko-Oba Police Division were on patrol with two other police officers when they ran into three vehicles conveying the suspected robbers who allegedly used the cars for their robbery operation at about 2am at Paying Junction near Olaniyi Street, New Oko Oba, Agege, Lagos.              The policemen who mistook the robbers’ vehicles to be Area G Police Division Patrol van parked to give way for the van to move but instead the robbers shot sporadically at them. ASP Funminiyi while trying to escape was shot first in the legs and later shot all over his body. Inspector Haruna made frantic efforts to reach their office through his mobile phone to ...

      Reports say members of the government’s Joint Task Force (JTF) yesterday killed at least 30 civilians in Maiduguri. According to AFP, the soldiers were retaliating the killing of one of their officers, a lieutenant.        “The attack came from soldiers attached to a special military unit on guard in Maiduguri, the spiritual home of the sect known as Boko Haram, in an effort to supposedly protect its citizens from the violence gripping the city. The killings likely will further antagonize a population already alienated by checkpoints, security force harassment and the threat of being killed by soldiers who are targets for the sect’s increasingly bloody guerrilla attacks,” the AFP report said. The strange attack on civilians who thought they were safe with the presence of the military has reportedly made some residents of Maiduguri flee their homes for fear of further attacks.