CRIME
Frustrated, Gov. Hope Uzodinma Says He Can’t Guarantee Security In Imo
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has declared that he cannot guarantee security in the state if left alone. After meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Uzodimma told newsmen that stakeholders, including traditional, religious, and political leaders, must engage more with the people to restore normalcy in the beleaguered state. According to him, former political...
Taskforce Operatives Reportedly Kill Commercial Driver In Port Harcourt
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer attached to the operatives of the Rivers State Taskforce on Illegal Street Trading and Motor Parks has shot a commercial driver dead in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident according to The Port City News occurred along the Mbuogba – NTA Road Port Harcourt. The online medium reports that it is the second time...
Rep Ben Kalu Seeks Reversal Of Shoot-At-Sight Order In South East, Says It Fuels Extrajudicial Killings [VIDEO]
The member representing Bende Federal Constituency and the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives Rep. Benjamin Kalu has called for the reversal of the shoot-at-sight order given by the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Usman Alkali baba. According to the federal lawmaker, this would give rise to extrajudicial killings without proper monitoring. Speaking on his weekly radio programme 'Ben Kalu’s Mandate’...
Federal Secretariat Asaba Gutted By Fire [VIDEO]
A mysterious fire has engulfed the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam Road in Asaba, Delta State capital, ABN TV reports. At the moment, the raging inferno seems to have overwhelmed the fire-fighting machinery stationed at the complex. Even the state fire service is not up to the task of putting out the fire. https://youtu.be/GuIxV_SgYYs But our correspondent learnt that reinforcement is being mobilised...
Insecurity: Buhari Charges Service Chiefs On Synergy
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the need for synergy among the armed forces in the country, to quickly end the prevailing insecurity in the land. Buhari spoke when he received the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, who was formally presented to him by the Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yahaya...
Newly Promoted NSCDC Officer Killed In Ambush In Abuja
An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Usman Dagara, has died of bullet injuries that he sustained during an encounter with suspected kidnappers on Sunday in Abuja. The suspected kidnappers were said to have waylaid and shot at him along the Kuje-Gwagwalada Road around 9pm on Sunday. Our correspondent learnt that Dagara sustained bullet injuries from the attack...
One Feared Dead As Abia Revenue Officers Clash With Timber Traders In Umuahia (Photos, Video)
At least one person has been reportedly killed while about four others were hospitalised following a clash between officers of Abia State Board of Internal Revenue and traders at Timber Market in Umuahia on Monday. ABN TV gathered that trouble started then the revenue officers stormed the market and sealed it, demanding that each trader should pay the...
Umahi Resigns As Leader Of Eastern Security Outfit, “Ebubeagu”
Major General Obi Abel Umahi (rtd) has resigned as the chairman of the South East Security Committee which was formed on August 31, 2019 Umahi tendered his resignation in a letter dated June 4, 2021, entitled: “Resignation As Chairman South-East Security Committee – Ebubeagu” and addressed to chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum. Part of the letter reads: “Since this...
Owerri Attack: We Receive Funds From Overseas While Aguleri Native Doctors Prepare Us Charms — Suspected ESN Member
The only surviving suspected criminal gang member of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, that attacked Owerri, early hours of Sunday, Mr Stanley Osinachi, from Mbieri in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo state, said that their funding comes from their supporters abroad and that their charms were prepared by Aguleri native doctors in Anambra State. He spoke at the Imo...
Abia Security Summit Seeks Crackdown On Illicit Use Of Drugs Among Youths, Says It Fuels Crime
Participants at the recently concluded Abia State Security Summit which took place from 26th to 28th May, 2021 at the Conference Hall of The Hotel Royal Damgrate, Umuahia have called for intensified efforts to curb the use of illicit drugs and narcotics among youths of the state, insisting illicit use of substances amplifies insecurity. The summit chaired by Lieutenant General...
