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An automobile shop in Makurdi, owned by former Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, has been raided by the state government.    Governor Hyacinth Alia’s Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, had said that government vehicles numbering 29 were allegedly looted by the former governor.   Kula had said in a …

The federal government have reportedly lifted the ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders.    DailyTrust reports that the last administration had closed land borders between Nigeria and Cotonou, Benin Republic, and subsequently banned the importation of vehicles through that axis.   However, the Director of Road Transport …

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed an attack on two communities in the state by suspected gunmen.    The attack occurred in Uburu, the hometown of the immediate past governor of the state, David Umahi, while the second happened in Okposi community, both in Ohaozara Local Government Area of …

New Governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal has said that none of the vehicles his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, purchased for N2,794,337,500 was left behind after his exit from office last Monday.    Lawal Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said in a statement on Saturday, June …

The police in Delta state has arrested members of a criminal syndicate that monitors customers who withdraw huge sum of money from banks, trail them, break into their vehicles at the slightest opportunity, and cart away their money and other valuables.    The Command’s crack squad acting on credible intelligence, …

Senator Ted Cruz mocked Biden’s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm after she voiced support for the military to convert to an all-electric vehicle fleet. Cruz’s comments came after Granholm told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing of the administration’s push for the EV military force. Senator Joni Ernst inquired …

The Nasarawa State Command has arrested a suspected criminal who has been stealing from residents in Karu Local Government Area of the state.   The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement in Lafia on Thursday, March 30, 2023, said the suspect, Gabriel Okpe, …

The Pentagon has announced it will send 90 Stryker armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine, the first such transfer of the versatile eight-wheeled weapons from U.S. military stockpiles to a foreign country. The Strykers will be joined by 59 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and other weapons as part of a $2.5 …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,(NSCDC) in Rivers State has arrested five suspected oil thieves for dealing in illegally refined petroleum products.   Parading the suspects, four vehicles and two trucks before newsmen at the NSCDC State Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday, December 20, 2022, the corps commandant in the state, Michael …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has successfully completed and commissioned the digitalized Central Motor Registry (CMR) Command Centre at the Force Headquarters, Abuja which is domiciled at the Department of Information and Communication Technology.    A statement released by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the police force, …