VAM News Update A 30-year-old man, Emmanuel Popoola, has been arrested by operatives of the Osun Amotekun for the alleged phone theft. The security outfit revealed on Thursday that the Modakeke native…
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36 military officers killed in Niger – DHQ Reports
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has disclosed that 36 officers were killed in Niger State. It disclosed this while giving a breakdown of casualties in the ambush of troops in Niger State…
Five men arrested with bags of fake dollars, pounds sterling— Report
Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on Wednesday ordered that five men arraigned for possessing Indian hemp and two bags of fake foreign currencies be kept in police custody until legal advice from the Directorate…
Police release detained NURTW President Baruwa— Report
Prof. Tajudeen Baruwa, President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, has been released from police custody. In an address to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Baruwa warned union members…
10 Men, 8 Women… Abdulrazaq Unveils Cabinet Members In Kwara – FULL LIST
VAM News Update THE Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor, has unveiled his commissioner-nominees. In July, AbdulRazaq had sent a list of commissioner-nominees to the state house of assembly for confirmation. The…
Osun Gets LG Caretaker Chairmen
•Adeleke gives them mandate to develop areas Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has given the newly sworn-in Local Government Caretaker Chairmen a mandate to hit the ground running by developing their…
Boko Haram ‘captures’ ISWAP commanders
About 60 members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been captured by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state. Among those kidnapped are three key commanders of the sect….
NDLEA seizes N56.9m worth of illicit drugs in FCT, arrests 343 suspects— Report
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, FCT Command, said it intercepted about 3,091.032 kilogrammes of suspected illicit drugs with a monetary value of over N56.9 million between January till date. Mr…
How Gov Akeredolu raised Ondo IGR to N36bn
VAM News Update THE Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa has said the Rotimi Akeredolu-led administration in the state had performed tremendously well in the area of infrastructure and other…
Council Caretaker Chairmen Appointed In Osun
VAM News Update OSUN State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has appointed Caretaker committees for Local Government Council Areas, Local Government Development Areas and the Area Office after securing approval of the State House…