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Daily Post Nigeria Published The Kaduna Police Command has described as fake, the news making the rounds on social media that the State Deputy Commissioner of Police went to give firearms to kidnappers. ASP Mohammad Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement said the image in circulation was not that of any Police Officer in Kaduna Command or anywhere in Nigeria. It stated that the image in circulation is not in any way connected to a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Kaduna as portrayed in the report. “The attention of the Kaduna State Police Command has been drawn to a fake ne...

EFCC releases Ex-Imo Gov, Okorocha Published Okorocha was released on Thursday evening, according to Daily Trust. The former Governor is presently at his Maitama residence in Abuja. DAILY POST recalls that the EFCC invited Okorocha on Tuesday for questioning. Okorocha, who governed Imo between 2011 and 2019, has been accused of embezzlement and misappropriation of state funds by the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma. In February, the lawmaker accused Uzodinma of unleashing the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) against him. Okorocha refuted the allegations, saying...

Court restrains Nigeria Correctional Service from burying inmate killed during lockdown The 25-year-old was one of at least five inmates killed by prison warders during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. ADVERTISEMENT A Kaduna High Court has restrained the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) from burying a late inmate, Wisdom Felix. The restraining order was issued by Bilkisu Mohammed following an ex-parte motion filed by a human rights organisation, Incorporated Trustees of Global Rights, on behalf of Mr Felix’ family. The organisation, popularly known as House of Justice, had asked the court to re...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 17 March 2021 Some bandits were said to have attacked the convoy of the 73-year-old Emir of Birnin Gwari, Alhaji Zubairu Jibril Mai Gwari II, along the dreaded Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Highway. The incident, according to a source, occurred on Tuesday evening while the monarch was on his way to Kaduna. Although no life was lost during the attack, the royal father, a first-class chief, was said not to be in the convoy as of the time of the attack. The source noted that the emir was somewhere else when the bandits struck. READ ALSO: He explained that the bandits wh...

HIS FORAY IN NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE Dikko joined the Nigerian Customs Service in 1988. Throughout this time, he served at various customs commands, such as Seme Border, Tincan Island Port, Apapa, all in Lagos; Imo Command, Kaduna Command, Investigation and Inspection Headquarters, Abuja, before he was appointed as Comptroller-General in 2009. Yar’Adua Appointed Dikko and Jonathan worked with him all through The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was the one who appointed him the number one customs officer in the country. When Yar’Adua died in 2010, Goodluck Jonathan, his then deputy, ...