Itaogbolu community of Akure North Local Government Area Archives

Politics

Ex-lawmakers warn against negotiating with criminals

Former members of the National Assembly under the auspices of House to The Rescue (HTR) have warned against all form of negotiation with terrorists as a means to address the insecurity in the country. The former lawmakers issued the caution in a statement signed by their North West Zonal Coordinator, Mr Muhammed Soba, and co-signed...

Politics

EFCC invitation: Sylva writes EFCC, seeks date for appearance

Chief Timipre Sylva, the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, has written to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), asking the commission to give him a date for his appearance. The former governor of Bayelsa, in a letter addressed to the EFCC chairman, frowned on the move by the commission to declare him...

Security

Police arrest suspected kidnapper, rescue couple in Ondo

The Police Command in Ondo State on Wednesday arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued a couple in Itaogbolu community of Akure North Local Government Area of the state. DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the command’s Spokesperson, who made this known in a statement, said the breakthrough was recorded in the early hours of Monday at about 5:30...