October 22, 2021

Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday engaged soldiers in a shootout in two different locations in Ayebode and Ilasa communities in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

Police spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, revealed the gunmen abducted three persons during the confrontation.

Abutu stated that the combined forces of the military and the police rescued six other captives from the gunmen.

‘The information we heard was that four persons were abducted.

‘Security operatives responded swiftly to the situation and rescued six persons.

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Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum said all Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps located within Maiduguri will be closed by Dec. 31.

Zulum made this known while addressing State House correspondents at the end of a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the State House, Abuja, on Friday.

The meeting held behind closed doors.

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He said that the decision to close the camps in Maiduguri was informed by the improvement in the security situation in the state.

According to him, the government has decided to close the camps to enable …

Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) has sanctioned two officers involved in the unlawful treatment of Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, during the End SARS protest.

Africa Daily News, New York reported how Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC) personnel and police officers brutalized Clement on Wednesday despite identifying himself.

The operatives and supervising officers went through an orderly room trial after they were charged with disreputable conduct

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Their action was contempt of the rules contained in the LNSA Handbook Articles E (ii) & (iii), O (iv) and N (x).

The …

No fewer than three survivors who claim to be brutalised by military and police during the #EndSARS protests which took place on October 20, 2020, at Lekki Tollgate have sued the Federal Government of Nigeria at the ECOWAS court, for abuse of their fundamental rights.

The survivors known as Bolaji Gabari, Ogunlana-Nkanga, Nelson Olanipekun, in a statement, yesterday, claimed to have suffer psychological, mental trauma and threat to life, and want the court to consider and sanction the Federal Government.

Also, they want the court to declare that the Nigerian State failed to protect the lives of the citizens from …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is proposing the introduction of Road Infrastructure Tax in Nigeria.

This is to ensure the informal sector contributed to building a modern society.

FIRS executive chairman, Muhammad Mamman Nami, stated this while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its National President, Chris Isiguzo in Abuja today.

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Nami explained that the proposed Road Infrastructure tax will provide the government with adequate funding for road construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance. It will also provide the needed security for …