CRIME
“We Are Ready To Fight Herdsmen” — IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared readiness to battle Herdsmen while calling on residents of South East to be prepared to defend themselves and land against further slaughter. It decried the alleged involvement of bandits in what it described as “endless cycle of slaughter and mayhem especially in Biafraland,” particularly with recent killings in Delta State. Speaking yesterday, IPOB...
School children In Nasarawa Kidnapped By Bandits
The early-morning Friday kidnapping of several students from LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, Alwaza village, Doma local government area of the state, has been confirmed by the Nasarawa State Police Command. The state police public relations officer, DSP Rahman Nansel, verified the event and stated that a joint team of police, military, and vigilante personnel had already been mobilized and sent...
Stella Oduah To Appear In Court On Tuesday Over NYSC Certificate
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Tuesday, arraign former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on a fresh charge. Oduah, who represented Anambra North Senatorial Distinct in the 9th National Assembly, will be arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on perjury and document falsification. A notice of arraignment...
Community Offers ₦10m For Information On Killings In Anambra
The Ezinano Community of Anambra has offered a ₦10M reward to anyone who can provide intel leading to those responsible for the murders in Nibo. No fewer than 13 lives were lost in the incident that occurred in Nibo, also in Awka South LGA, during the community’s ‘Onwa Asaa festival’, when yet-to-be-identified gunmen invaded the venue of the festival and...
NDLEA Nab 2 Heroin And Cocaine Traffickers At Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Lagos airport, have nabbed two traffickers who have excreted a total of 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, one of the suspects, Chukwudi Destiny, was nabbed on Saturday, April 10, 2021, during the outward...
Security Agents Foil Attempted Jailbreak in Kano Prison
Security operatives in Kano state foiled an attempted jailbreak by inmates of Kurmawa prison, located around the Emir’s palace on Thursday evening, April 22, it has emerged. Eyewitnesses disclosed that sporadic gunshots were heard within the area as residents prepared to break their Ramadan fast. Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Nigerian correctional service in Kano, Musbahu Nasarawa, said the rebellion was quelled through the concerted efforts...
Gunmen Abduct Heavily Pregnant Wife Of NULGE Zamfara Chairman
Heavily-armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Damba area of Gusau Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara and abducted the wife of the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Sanusi Isah Gusau. ABN TV l...
Military Rejects Coup Scare Report Threatens Legal Action
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has refuted as false an alleged rumour of a military coup d’etat published in an online medium on Sunday, February 25. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Gusau said the Guards Brigade has the statutory responsibility of protecting the Presidency and the Federal Capital Territory and...
Crush Boko Haram, ISWAP Before 2023 – Buhari Charges Service Chiefs
The service chiefs on Friday got a fresh marching order from President Muhammadu Buhari to crush the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), which has overtaken Boko Haram in the North-East insurgency before he leaves office in 2023. Buhari handed down the order at a meeting of the Security Council in Abuja 24 hours after the group rained rockets...
Woman Killed In Abuja While Separating Fight Between Two Sons
A woman identified as Zainab Ibrahim has died while separating a fight that ensued between her two sons, Inusa and Usman. Although the cause of the fight could not be ascertained, Inusa, it was gathered was said to have mistakenly macheted her mother on her left hand. The incident happened on Saturday at the Kpaduma II area of Asokoro in the...
