CRIME
Traditional Rulers On The Run In Imo As Gunmen Abduct Two, Set Palaces On Fire
Gunmen on Sunday abducted two traditional rulers in Okigwe, Imo State, and set their palaces ablaze. Other traditional rulers are said to have gone into hiding. It is a continuation of what appears to be an onslaught against monarchs. Gunmen on Friday killed the traditional ruler of Ebeteghete community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Edwin Azuike. The monarch was...
30-Year-Old Woman Narrates How She Watched As Bandits Burnt Her Mother, 4 Children To Ashes In Sokoto
A 30-year-old woman, who survived Monday’s attack on a commercial vehicle heading to Kaduna en route to southern part of the country, has disclosed how she watched her mother, four children, and other relatives burn to death. The woman simply identified as Shafa’atu was travelling to Kaduna with her children, mother, immediate younger brother, a niece, and nephew, when they...
Gunmen Impose Over N1m Levy In Zamfara Communities
Gunmen have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in the Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local government areas of Zamfara State. The communities are Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki Speaking to Channels Television on Sunday, a resident, Aliyu Abdul said the people of Askawa have paid N5 million for 18 abducted persons and...
How Pastor Connived With Wife, Raped 16-Year-Old Choir Member In Ogun
Men of Ogun State Police Command has arrested Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible Church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo for conniving to defile a 16 years old choir member of the church (name withheld). This was contained I’d a statement by the command image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta,...
We Require Smarter Means To End Insecurity, Local Manufacturing Of Weapons Necessary Says VP Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, said the nation’s security challenge demand that leaders device smarter means of curbing the menace. He added that the country must begin to manufacture its own weapon if it must quell insurgency as the sale of weapon to tackle terrorism has been politicised. Speaking at the grand finale of Obafemi Awolowo University’s 45th...
How Bandits Bowed To Superior Firepower Of Soldiers In Kaduna, Abandon Kidnap Mission
Bandits who stormed Sabon Tasha GRA in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the wee hours of Saturday fled when soldiers responded to a distress call. The armed gang had initially set a house on fire after failing in its mission to abduct the owner. Daily Trust gathered that the bandits invaded the community around 12:30 am Saturday but...
Security: Amotekun Impounds 50 Unregistered Vehicles In Ondo
As part of government’s efforts in beefing up security in Ondo State, especially during the yuletide season, the South-West Security Network Agency, the Amotekun Corps has impounded about 50 vehicles with unauthorised tinted glasses. In a chat with journalists at the headquarters of Amotekun corps in Ondo, Commander of the Corps in the state, Adetunji Adeleye disclosed that the government...
Troops Rescue 20 Policemen After Their Abduction By Terrorists
Twenty policemen abducted by terrorists during an attack on a police division at Buni Yadi have been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, the Defence Headquarters has said. Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, while briefing reporters on ongoing military operations in the last two weeks, said the troops’ kinetic and non-kinetic operations have driven the...
Troops Rescue 20 Policemen Abducted By Terrorists
Twenty policemen abducted by terrorists during an attack on a police division at Buni Yadi have been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, the Defence Headquarters has said. Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, while briefing reporters on ongoing military operations in the last two weeks, said the troops’ kinetic and non-kinetic operations have driven the terrorists...
Buhari Reiterates Support For Navy As He Inaugurates Made-In-Nigeria Vessel
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a locally-built Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) 111 in Lagos State. The vessel was inaugurated on Thursday and built by NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be built by the Nigerian Navy, according to a statement by a presidential aide, Femi Adesina. He quoted his principal as saying during the event that the new...
