Survivors of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have buried 26 members in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, after sustained aerial bombardment and terrorist elimination. The terrorists were killed on September 9 in a coordinated air strike by the Nigerian military on two ISWAP camps in Sigir and Yarwa Kuwa on the outskirts of …
Rt Rev Victor Okporu, ANGLICAN Bishop of Western Izon Diocese of Ecclesiastical Province of Bendel, has lamented the country’s current state of insecurity, describing it as painful and crushing. He also bemoaned the country’s massive debt burden. Okporu stated at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Sagbama, Bayelsa State, during the second session of the Diocese’s fifth synod that the government …
The Anambra State Police Command confirmed on Monday that five people were killed, including two police officers and three civilians, when gunmen attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South on Sunday. Tochukwu Ikenga, the state Police Public Relations Officer, revealed this in an interview. On Sunday, while returning to his hometown of Nnewi, Ubah’s convoy was attacked …
By Seun Opejobi The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has requested that President Muhammadu Buhari place Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on a security watchlist. The PDP claimed that Bello was inciting violence and terrorism in the country and should therefore be placed on a watchlist. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s spokesperson, was responding to a video of the governor urging his …
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 …
Suspected gunmen who shot dead an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Segun Ayebulu, and kidnapped three other persons on Saturday had demanded a sum of N30million ransom on those being held hostage. The NSCDC officer was gunned down along Oke Ako-Irele Ekiti road while traveling to his town in Ogbe, Kogi State , while three other …
Terrorists suspected to be members of the Boko Haram fighters have attacked a Mosque in Borno State, killing the Chief Imam and three other worshipers. It was learnt that the incident occured on Friday during the Fajr prayers in the Ngulde community of Askira-Uba Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the terrorists, numbering about 20, invaded the …
Police operatives in Bauchi state have rescued three kidnapped persons. The victims included Alh. Alhassan Gambo (60) of Unguwan Bawa in Kaduna State, Badamasi Saadu and Abdullahi Sani. SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the Bauchi Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement, stated that the victims were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families after undergoing proper medical examination. He explained, …
Accident Prevention and Rescue Initiative (APRI) has urged Mallam Muhammad Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to assist the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (FCT-DRTS), also known as Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs), in improving road crash prevention in the territory. The group’s executive director, Prince Fidelis Nnadi, made the call in an interview in Abuja yesterday, saying such …
Security personnel in Abuja arrested an ad hoc staff member of a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre for issuing fake vaccination cards to some international travellers. Mal Mohammad Ohitoto, the NPHCDA’s Head of Public Relations, announced this in a statement on Monday. Before his arrest, Dauda Abu-Huraira worked as a recorder at the COVID-19 vaccination site at Wuse General Hospital in Abuja. …
Operation Safe Haven troops apprehended two notorious kidnappers, Abdulrazaq Umar and Idris Abdullahi, at Heipang in Plateau’s Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, Director, Defence Media Operations, confirmed the development on Tuesday. Onyeuko stated that the kidnappers were apprehended on July 7 and 8. He stated that the operation was carried out in collaboration with the police. He …
According to the Edo State Police Command, a suspected notorious armed robber was killed in Benin City, the state capital. Ms Jennifer Iwegbu, Edo’s Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, made the announcement on Tuesday. According to her, the suspect was neutralised by operatives attached to Ugbor Divisional Headquarters very early in the morning. The command spokesperson explained that at around …
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a non-partisan pro-democracy organisation, has warned former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, against making inflammatory and unguarded remarks that could exacerbate the country’s security challenges. The group also warned that such unwarranted remarks could lead to dissatisfaction among military rank and file. The NDA also warned that such remarks could exacerbate political tensions as …
On Thursday, gunmen suspected of being bandits stormed three villages in Kaduna community, killing 20 people and kidnapping 25 women. Alhaji Ibrahim Mustapha, a local resident, said on Friday that the bandits stormed the community around 2 p.m., shooting sporadically before fleeing with their victims. According to him, the bandits, numbering over 19, stormed the communities in a commando-style shooting, …
The bid for freedom by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, failed. Kanu’s application for bail was denied by Abuja Federal High Court Justice Binta Nyako. The IPOB leader asked the court’s approval to overturn the previous decision revoking his bail. Read Also: Suspect Describes Ordeal of How We Killed Ahmad Gulak in Imo In …
Nasarawa State Police have apprehended twenty-four suspected political thugs. Keffi Area Command officers apprehended them at Minki Suites on Keffi-Akwanga Road. Muyiwa Adejobi, a Force spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects were working for a 2023 aspirant. Adejobi revealed that he ran in the Nasarawa West Senatorial primaries. Read Also: Constitutional amendment, waste of time, Nigeria requires …
The gunmen have demanded N100 million in ransom less than 24 hours after kidnapping the Methodist Church’s Prelate, His Eminence Samuel Kanu-Uche, and two other clerics. In a statement to the press on Monday, the Conference Secretary, the Rt. Revd. Michael Akinwale, confirmed the demand. He urged all parishioners to come forward and help raise the N100 million ransom. The …
His Eminence, Samuel Kanu Uche, the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, was kidnapped on Sunday in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. He and Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the Prelate’s Chaplain, were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The clergymen were kidnapped in the afternoon, according to the …
Bandits attacked Dabaibayawa village in Batagarawa and Dankiri village in Dutsinma Local Government Area, according to the Katsina State Police Command. SP Gambo Isah, the Command’s spokesperson, revealed this while speaking to reporters in Katsina on Wednesday. SP Isah also revealed that the command had killed six suspected terrorists, recovered an AK-47 rifle, 110 cows, and 242 sheep and goats. …
Under the aegis of Operation Hadin Kai, Nigerian Army troops blasted a convoy of Abubakar Sarki, a Boko Haram commander, in Sambisa forest, killing scores of militants who were with him. According to sources, the offensive was coordinated by Maj Gen Waidi Shaibu, General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigerian Army, and Commander Sector 1 North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) …
