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Barely 24 hours after the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris accused his predecessor, IGP Solomon Arase (rtd) of moving away 24 Police vehicles including the official IGP Staff Car, which is armoured plated and bullet proof, and the spare staff car, both of which are BMW’s, Vanguard can report authoritatively that both cars were sent to an auto …

A former Turkish air force commander has confessed to planning last week’s attempted military coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency reports. Gen Akin Ozturk was quoted as having told interrogators that he “acted with intention to stage a coup”. Photographs of the general published by Anadolu appeared to show several injuries to his head and upper body. The general had …

The Nigerian Army has on Sunday released a total of 249 cleared suspected Boko Haram terrorists and accomplices by the Joint Interrogation as approved by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri. The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, in a statement on Monday, said that those cleared and released were 169 males, 46 women and 34 …

A Missouri man ambushed and killed three law officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge on Sunday during a time when police nationwide and in the Louisiana city in particular have been on high alert after five officers were killed in a Dallas ambush July 7. Louisiana State Police announced last week that they had received threats of plots …

By Oladipo Airenakho Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has been appointed Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress for the gubernatorial election holding in Edo State on September 10, 2016. APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who inaugurated the Council in Benin City last weekend, said the party would win the election with ease, based …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given condition for the 2016 admissions, saying it will only give approval “after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.” The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in a statement on Sunday. Ojerinde said, “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board wishes to state that the latest list of candidates …

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says his predecessor, Solomon Arase, went away with 24 police vehicles while the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired alongside him, also carted away between seven and eight cars each. Idris stated that he had written Arase to return the cars, which included two official bullet-proof BMW 7 series cars, adding that …

Three police officers have been killed and three injured in a shooting in the southern US city of Baton Rouge. A suspect shot dead at the scene was thought to be the only gunman involved, police said.   Reports earlier suggested there was more than one gunman. There was no “active shooting scenario” in the city now, Louisiana Police Superintendent Mike …

The Federal Government on Saturday clarified its ban on the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the general admission procedures, saying it “does not in any way affect the statutory role of the Senate of any university or the academic boards of any tertiary institution conducting its admissions.” The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this in a statement by …

The military officers indicted in the arms scam report released by the Federal Government may be dismissed from service as learnt. This is as indications emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will this week begin the interrogation of no fewer than 10 individuals indicted in the third arms scam report released on Thursday. The 10 individuals, include two …