Day: June 20, 2025

FCCPC Seals France, Belgium, Italy Visa Centres In Abuja

Abibat Babalola

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres located at the Mukhtar El-Yakub House, Central Business District, Abuja. The office was sealed with the combined efforts of operatives from the FCCPC, Nigerian Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps as staff of the centre resisted the sealing. Sealing off the centre on Thursday, the Director, Surveillance and Investigations Department of FCCPC, Mrs Boladale Adeyinka, said the move was due to the failure of the centre to receive a letter…

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‘On Wedding Day,’ Groom, Friends Killed In Auto Crash

Abibat Babalola

Tragedy struck on Saturday as a groom and two of his friends were killed in a fatal auto crash in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, just moments before his wedding ceremony. The deceased, who was a senior police officer, SP Mustapha Garba Gumau, was reportedly en route from Gumau to Magaman-Gumau for his wedding fatiha scheduled for 10:00 am when the accident occurred around 9:00 am at Bargan Tsamiya village. According to eyewitnesses, the vehicle conveying the groom and his friends veered off the road and crashed, killing…

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Court Admits DSS Report Linking Kanu To #EndSARS Violence

Abibat Babalola

An Abuja Federal High Court, on Thursday, admitted into evidence a report by the Department of State Services allegedly linking the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to the killing of 186 police officers and the destruction of 164 police stations during the #EndSARS protests. Trial judge, Justice James Omotoso admitted the report during the resumed hearing in Kanu’s terrorism trial on Thursday. Prosecuting counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), tendered the report through the fifth prosecution witness (PW5) codenamed Mr EEE for security reasons. Awomolo, while leading…

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