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According to the official, all inmates’ cash deposited in the custody of the authorities of the custodial centre was intact and safe. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, during the attack, stole money (local and foreign currencies) belonging to their fellow inmates The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Abubakar Umar …

“In all these allegations, Mr Kayode is merely playing to the gallery. He is not in any position to know whether the DSS notified the military of any attack or not.” The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has called on the Nigerian public to disregard a video produced by a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on the recent jailbreak at the Kuje Custodial Centre …

A pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Alliance has advised former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, not to escalate current security challenges with unguarded utterances. The group gave the advice in a statement issued by its Secretary, Biodun Olajumoke, on Sunday in Abuja. Olajumoke recalled that Fani-Kayode recently heaped blames on military hierarchy over insecurity in the country in a …

This may be the end of the road for Mr Akpabio’s dream of returning to the Senate in 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has insisted that the name of the embattled former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, will be published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s candidate for the Akwa …

Ganduje Grants Amnesty To 3,898 Inmates In Seven Years Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday released a total number of 3,898 inmates across Kano centres within a period of seven years in compliance with the federal government’s call for decongestion of Correctional Centres nationwide. This was revealed in Ganduje’s Sallah message, noting that the exercise “is conducted through the …

The first, second and third bomb explosions from the Boko Haram terrorists last Tuesday night may have caught the residents of Kuje Area Council napping. Consequently, many of them were thrown into panic and confusion. But the successful attack on the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre did not certainly come as a surprise to visitors, workers and close residents of the facility. …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday offered an explanation for its reluctance to publish the names of actual winners of the ruling APC senatorial candidates in two districts. In a controversial manner, the names of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and two other expected candidates were missing from the published particulars …

An autopsy carried out on the corpse of a lady found dead in an Abuja hotel, Esther Isaac, revealed that she died of “severe asphyxia.” Healthgrade notes that asphyxiation occurs when the oxygen supply to the body is restricted which can be due to suffocation, strangulation, drowning, or choking. The PUNCH had reported that the 21-year-old lady was on February …

President Muhammadu Buhari says increased disclosure of unusual activities will expose bandits and terrorists, nudging the security apparatus to eliminate threats across the country. The president stated this while speaking to newsmen after the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at his country home, Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, published by the Vanguard, reported the …

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and President Muhammadu Buhari’s third daughter from his first marriage, Nana Hadiza, got married on Friday at the Presidential Villa, in a quiet ceremony. It was gathered that the ceremony took place inside the State House Mosque after the Jumat service, away from prying eyes of uninvited guests, including the media, according …