87 fake NYSC members arrested

Eighty-seven fake youth corps members were yesterday paraded in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
They were arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at an illegal orientation camp in Lafia following intelligence surveillance.

Fresh N18bn Fraud Rocks Police Pension Office

Indications emerged yesterday that a fresh massive fraud of an alleged N18billion illegal transactions had been unearthed by the Pension Reform Task Force at the Police Pension Office (PPO).

2 In Police Net For Killing V.I.O Staff

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Mustapha Adamu and one other for alleged involvement in the death of an officer of Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) Jos-Akwanga road in Jema’a Local Government Area of the State.

The Command Spokesman, Aminu Lawan, told LEADERSHIP that the suspects were in custody and had since confessed to have committed the crime.

Eyewitness Bitrus Kazak told our correspondent that the suspected killers carried out the crime at Mararaban Gimi, popularly called Forest, a T-Junction on Jos–Akwanga road, though a boundary in Jema’a Local Government.

The eyewitness further said that the killers who were on a journey “were stopped by a team of vehicle inspection officers (VIO) and could not produce valid papers of the vehicle they weretraveling in, one of the V.I.O. (the victim) was instructed to hand them over to the police at a nearby post. On their way, they stabbed the VIO man”.

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JTF Kills 9 Boko Haram Members, Arrests 2 In Kano

Nine gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect were yesterday killed by soldiers in a gun duel at Tudun Wada Dakadai town in Tudun Wada local government area of Kano State.

Court fixes April 27 for judgment in Okigbo Report suit

THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed April 27 for judgment in a suit seeking to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney-General of the Federation to disclose how the $12.4 billion oil windfall that accrued to the Federal Government between 1988 and 1994 was spent.

I was never expelled from PDP —Tukur

THE chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the national convention slated for Saturday, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, in Abuja, on Wednesday, debunked the allegations that he was suspended from the party.

Ecobank donates N75m to Ogun security trust fund

AS a way of reducing the rate of crime in Ogun State, the management of Ecobank Plc has donated N75million to the state’s Security Trust Fund.

Gunmen Kill Bank Manager, Five Others In Delta

Few weeks after cult related activities claimed the lives of three persons in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, another blood bath on Sunday enveloped the entire Sapele community as six persons including a bank manager were reportedly killed by gun men.

Blasts heard as French gunman siege enters second day

French police tried to flush out a 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda, with explosions and gunfire heard outside his apartment on the second day of a siege in the southern French city of Toulouse.

4 suspected vandals arrested in Ibadan •Trucks with 132,000 litres of petrol impounded

FOUR suspected pipeline vandals have been arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, by men of the state police command. The state Commissioner of Police, Mallam Tambari Yabo Muhammed, made the disclosure in his maiden press briefing in Ibadan on Tuesday, adding that four trucks with 132,000 litres of fuel were impounded.

Serve petroleum minister with court papers, judge orders •Over constitution of petroleum committees

JUSTICE Mojisola Olatoregun-Ishola of a Federal High Court in Lagos has directed that court papers in respect of a suit challenging the powers of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, to transfer her duties and responsibilities to committees, be served on the minister and other defendants in the case.

UN finally agrees peace plan for Syria

As smoke drifted above the eastern suburbs of Damascus after a renewed attempt to crush resurgent rebel fighters yesterday, the diplomatic gridlock at the United Nations appeared to have eased when Security Council members agreed to pass a statement calling for an end to the violence in Syria.

Strike: Oyo labour leaders arrested, 7 injured• The struggle continues - Labour

THE caretaker committee chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State, Bayo Akande and four other officials have been arrested for their alleged roles in the ongoing face-off between the workers and the state government, over the non-implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage.

N30m bribery scandal: EFCC to quiz SEC DG, Hembe, others •Gathers other documents

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, disclosed that investigation was deepening in the alleged corruption accusation and counter-accusation rocking the public hearing on the activities of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the House Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions.

JAMB - We Didn't Cancel Exams Centres in Crisis States

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied reports indicating that it will cancel some centres in crisis-prone states for the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Police checkpoint gone forever, it’s colonial heritage – IG

Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, declared, yesterday, that the era of mounting of road blocks across the country by the police was gone and would not be reviewed.

Edo market women buy N4.7m guber form for Oshiomhole

IT was like a triumphant entry yesterday, when Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State arrived the Benin Airport from Abuja, where he had gone to pick his N4.7million governorship form of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, which reportedly purchased for him by market women in the state.

Senate Caucus Insists On Representation In PDP NEC

The PDP caucus in the Senate says its insistence on having National Assembly members in the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is not aimed at reducing the powers of state governors.

Gunmen kill 4 officers in north Nigeria

GOMBE, Nigeria - (AP) -- Police say gunmen have attacked three banks and a police station in Nigeria's northeast, killing four policemen.

S.Africa apologises for turning away Nigerians

PRETORIA — South Africa on Thursday apologised for blocking 125 Nigerians from the country and unveiled new immigration procedures aimed at ending a diplomatic row between the continent's two powerhouses.