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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Hitting the ground running, new Police Commissioner (CP) for Benue State, Emenari Ifeanyi, has deployed Tactical Commanders to troubled areas in the insecurity-ridden Middle Belt state with a charge to restratigize and confront security challenges bedeviling communities in the state. The CP issued the directive during an emergency meeting with Senior Police Officers (SUPOLS), Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) held at Police Officers Mess, Makurdi on May 3, 2025. A statement today by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the State Police Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene, which contained these, revealed that…

Some journalists brave the warm spring sun, others seek respite in the shade of the Vatican’s colonnades. Whatever their strategy, the aim is the same: to spot the red-capped cardinals emerging from Synod Hall and try to elicit from them a clue as to who will succeed Pope Francis. The men responsible for picking a new pontiff are enjoying rock-star status in Rome this week as they prepare for conclave: the secret, centuries-old ritual of electing a leader of the Catholic church that is due to begin on May 7. Marina García Diéguez is among the journalists partaking in the…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have nabbed three suspected fraudsters linked with Q-net scam in the country. The suspects, Olaniyan Joshua, Oyetunde Julius Akano, and Victor Oluwale who are currently undergoing interrogation in the Commission, were arrested on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, in Abuja. Operating under the name, Mighty Infinity Millionaire Limited, the trio falsely claimed to be representatives of Q-net, a global e-commerce and direct selling company. While Q-net has since denied any link with the suspects and their activities, investigations further revealed that the suspects were equally running a fraudulent university training in pavilions and under trees, offering fake Bachelor of Science degrees in Medicine, Nursing, Cybersecurity, Computer Studies, and Geology, among others with a false claim of affiliation with Quest International University,…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed dismay over the dilapidated nature of roads linking Taraba State to sister states in North-East Nigeria. National President, SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, spoke while delivering an address during the body's 11th regular Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) meeting held in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Comrade Ibrahim, who called on the Federal Government (FG) and others to wake up to their responsibilities, pointed out that the North-East is not getting its just due as a region. The SSANU leader revealed that he is "a bonafide indigene of…