Two Nigerian military Super Tucano fighter jets have killed scores of Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Somalia, near Sambisa Forest, which is thought to be where the terrorists treat wounded fighters. According to PRNigeria, in addition to killing many ISWAP fighters at the site, the airstrikes also raided Abdallari, a terrorist enclave located northeast of Maiduguri. …
By Olaide Oyelude On Sunday, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force in Katsina State’s Batsari Local Government Area repelled a terrorist attack on the town, killing nine of them. The civilian task force team also apprehended five more terrorists and seized nine of the attack’s motorcycles. Despite the fact that the state police command has yet to be officially …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Okolie Paulinus Nwabueze, a Nigerian returning from Brazil, for importing 92 wraps of cocaine, which he ingested and eventually excreted after days of observation in the agency’s facility. Nwabueze, a father of two, was apprehended at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA). The 53-year-old trafficker, who hails from Mmaku village, Awgu Local …
By Kirk Leigh The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced over the weekend that a Nigerian man, 29-year-old Chidozie Collins Obasi, had been declared wanted by the US for defrauding hospitals in the New York Area of $31 million. Between September 2018 and June 2020, the heist involved offering non-existent COVID-19 ventilators for sale in hospitals primarily in the New …
Boderi Isiya, a notorious bandit leader, has narrowly escaped capture, while his lethal second-in-command, Musti, has been killed by troops. Several other terrorists were reportedly killed by soldiers in a recent operation. Musti and Boderi were allegedly responsible for a security breach at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna in 2021, as well as the kidnappings of students from …
By Hope Abah Emmanuel At least four people were reportedly killed in separate attacks on two communities in Benue State’s Guma Local Government Area. On the phone, villagers told our correspondent that the incident occurred between Friday evening and Saturday morning. “Two women were killed yesterday behind Yogbo Primary School, and another within the community” (Friday). Unfortunately, the chairman of …
By Jude Aguguo Owuamanam There is concern in Owerri over the kidnapping of Eze Jewel Ndenkwo, a prominent traditional ruler in Imo state. He was kidnapped in front of one of his businesses in Owerri, the state capital, around 7 p.m. on Friday. The kidnapped monarch is the traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi Autonomous community in the state’s Nkwerre Local …
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has made progress in their search for the kidnappers of Mr. Monday Ekoriko, the Principal-General of Madonna Community Secondary School in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the state. This is because the kidnappers have made contact with the family and are demanding N50 million in ransom or risk being killed if the demand …
The suspected female ritualist, simply known as Toyin, who was rescued from being lynched by an angry mob after being apprehended during an alleged attempt to abduct an eight-month-old baby in Lagos State’s Ebute-Metta area, has died in hospital. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Thursday. Toyin, he said, was …
A pregnant woman and her baby boy were killed when a long truck carrying cement bags ploughed into their home in Adewusi village in Odeda, Ogun State, via the Kila, Abeokuta-Ibadan highway. In Ogun, a truck crushes a pregnant woman and a minor to death. Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta, September 9, 2022 A pregnant woman and her baby boy were killed …
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Asari Dokubo, an ex-militant leader, of mobilising his alleged gangs to kill innocent indigenes of Imo State and other parts of the South-East. Emma Powerful, the secessionist group’s spokesperson, made the allegations in a statement on Thursday. IPOB warned that it was running out of patience and that it would retaliate against …
The Anambra State Government has halted operations in a section of Wintess Garden Annex in Awka, the state capital, where a sex party is said to have taken place last weekend. Viral videos of a party held in Wintess Garden Annex, Ifite Awka, circulated on the internet, showing participants having sex among themselves. Mr Donatus Onyenji, Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment, …
Three police officers were reportedly killed by gunmen in the Enugu State capital’s New Haven area. The incident occurred on Wednesday night around 10:30 p.m. in front of Francis Supermarket at the block bus stop. According to sources, the gunmen, who are believed to be armed robbers, stormed the area and engaged the police officers on stop-and-search duty in a …
The gunmen who killed a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officer, Segun Ayebulu, along Oke Ako Road in Ekiti State’s Ajoni Local Council Development Area, have released the three kidnapped relatives after receiving a N5 million ransom. The kidnappers allegedly called the family on Sunday and demanded N30 million in ransom, but later reduced it to N10 million. Following …
The Edo State Police Command paraded a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, on Wednesday for allegedly injecting a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere, to death in the state’s Benin City area. After committing the crime, Adebowale allegedly dumped Agbovinuere’s body in a bush and stole the victim’s Toyota Voltron car. He was said to have driven the car to the Osogbo area …
According to the National Hospital in Abuja, contrary to popular belief, it was the police who apprehended the phoney UN doctor posing as a humanitarian aid worker in the country. Remember that one Obiako Chukwuemeka, who was impersonating a medical doctor working for the United Nations as a humanitarian aid worker, was allegedly identified by the National Hospital and taken …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, on Tuesday with allegedly diverting N2.5 billion from the Assembly. The Clerk of the House, Taiwo Adeyemo, and the Director of Finance, Oladayo Samuel, were also arraigned alongside the Speaker. They appeared in front of Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High …
Ogun State Police have apprehended three suspected kidnappers in a forest along the Imeko/Iwoye-Ketu road. The trio, Aliu Abubakar (29), Umaru Tukur (24), and Yau Isah (25), were apprehended on August 29 during a police rescue operation. The armed men, numbering around eight, had blocked the Termac/Iwoye road on that day and shot sporadically. According to police, the hoodlums injured …
Kidnappers who abducted some funeral guests in Ondo State have sought a ransom of N90 million before releasing the victims The kidnappers were said to have demanded between N3 million and N10 million on each victim in order to free them. The victims were abducted in Ifon, Ondo State, a border town with Edo State, while returning from a burial …
The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) has said that bandits blocked roads, killed two persons and kidnapped scores of people in Birnin-Gwari Council after the visit of the new General Officer Commandant (GOC) of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army Kaduna and his team of gallant troops last Thursday. In a statement by Ishaq Usman Kasai, the Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Emirate …
