Erstwhile Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Mr. David Shikfu Paradang, on Friday, narrated before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how the botched recruitment exercise that led to the death of 20 persons across the country in 2014, was planned and executed.

THE Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, yesterday, warned that it would go after any state governor from the Niger Delta region that betrays the current struggle by militants. The militant group gave the warning on a day the Niger Delta Avengers blew up a key crude oil pipeline, belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Agip Eni, in Bayesla State making it the 16th of such attacks on pipelines since it commenced pipeline bombing on February 10.

THE Secretary to the Benue State Government, SSG, Mr. Targema Takema late Thursday night reportedly slumped and went into coma at his Makurdi residence.

In January 2013, a four-year-old boy, Alonge Oluwa Tumishe, was abducted on his way to school at Ishaga area of Lagos State, by a five-man kidnap gang, who took him to Abeokuta, Ogun State and received a ransom of N5 million before he was released. Relatives of the victim, who were said to be owners of a popular school within Ishaga, were thrown into confusion following the incident and have been forced into reclusive lifestyle to prevent a repeat of the incident. Meanwhile, police authorities, yesterday, disclosed that its operatives at the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, SIRT, trailed the suspects to their hideouts in Ishaga, Agege and Egbeda areas of Lagos State, and arrested three of them.They also recovered also recovered a locally made gun, while two other members of the gang are currently at large.

Dimitri Payet’s stunning 25 metre strike a minute from time got hosts France off to a winning start at Euro 2016 on Friday as they beat Romania 2-1.

THE father of five who allegedly poisoned his wife’s food and slit her throat for ritual purpose at Araromi Street in the densely populated Oshodi area of Lagos, on May 27, 2016 , is dead. The deceased, Jafaru Sougie, who hailed from Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo state, died at the Police Hospital Ikeja after fruitless effort by doctors to save his life.

There was no fear of witch-hunt. In fact, it was a problem if you could not reason and you could not speak, and you could not defend your point of view. That was a problem. So, some of us, because of that kind of background, had problems much later on in our career, but it was a fantastic civil service. For instance, I got whispers about the possibility of my becoming permanent secretary when I was attending a board meeting of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), because you never knew things like that would happen, but somehow, somebody heard of it and called me out of the meeting to inform me. Just to give you the idea that at that time, the golden days of the civil service where merit was everything, lobbying and corruption were absent. You dared not buy a car that was out of sync with your economic possibilities. It was not done. They would ask you.

The Nigerian Military finally worked up the courage to purge itself of political officers with the announcement that swept out several of such questionable officers. Details are still emerging but the sack which has the approval of the Army Council was attributed to “service exigencies”.

OGBE-IJOH community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, has informed the Army of an intended attack on the town by miscreants and hired assailants allegedly from Aladja community disguised as soldiers.

THE Federal Government said it would consider the relocation of some of its agencies that are occupying rented properties into some seized buildings from treasury looters. It said the step was part of its moves aimed at reducing the high expenditure on rent and office buildings by agencies and parastatals of government.

FORMER leaders of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, have asked the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, and other militant groups to stop attacks on oil pipelines in the region and dialogue with the Federal Government.

Those who are not Muslims cannot possibly imagine the joy that Muslims feel in Ramadan. The rich, the poor, the environment including all strata of the society are inundated in the spirit of Ramadan.

A suspect under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission died yesterday, a few hours after he was taken into custody, the commission has said.

THE Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned trial of the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, till July 7.

By Sola Ogundipe Thanks to funds raised by a kind-hearted British woman, Julie Jones, a 13-year-old Indian boy Mahendra Ahirwar, who suffered from a rare condition called congenital myopathy, that caused his head to hang upside down at 180 degrees, has undergone life changing surgery to straighten his neck. The incredible surgery follows a Mail-online […]