CRIME
Insecurity: Dont Allow Southeast Become Another Northeast, FENRAD Charges Governors
Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has decried the growing attacks on security formation and agents in the Southeast, urging Governors in the region not to allow the once peaceful Igbo land become another Northeast where it says the federal and state governments are fighting to fend off forces of domestic and transborder terror. FENRAD, a human rights...
Military To Embark On Massive Recruitment – Defense Minister
The Nigerian military will soon embark on massive recruitment to improve the numerical strength of the armed forces in an effort to end insecurity and engage the nation’s youthful population in securing the country. The Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.) said this while briefing a combined troop of the Nigerian Navy, Airforce, and Army on Sunday at...
Gunmen Burnt Down Uzuakoli Police Station In Abia
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Monday set Uzuakoli police station in Bende local government area of Abia State on fire, ABN TV reports. This is coming weeks after a similar incident took place in World Bank housing estate Aba when a police station was razed and property worth millions of Naira destroyed. Recall that the state government last week...
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...
Tears As 12 Die In Benue Tanker Explosion
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has confirmed that 12 corpses have been recovered from the scene of the tanker explosion that rocked Oshigbudu community in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday. The Sector Commander, FRSC, Yakubu Mohammed, who gave the figure, added that the casualty number might increase because many people were caught up in...
Insecurity Remains Global, Stop Ethnicising And Politicising It – Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, (SAN), has urged Nigerians to stop ethnicising and politicising insecurity in the country, arguing that security threats remain a global issue. Keyamo made this call on Friday, in a brief statement shared on his official Twitter page. While making reference to recent shootings in the US, Keyamo opined that insecurity was...
We’re Taking ESN To North Soon, IPOB Says
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB says its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network, would be launched in the Northern part of Nigeria soon. This is as the secessionist group vowed that it would resist the planned deployment of 5000 vigilantes to the South-East region by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. The MACBAN, on Saturday, vehemently vowed that...
Katsina Government Employs Dogs To Secure Boarding Schools
The Katsina State Government have approved the employment of dogs by the security personnel deployed to secure the state’s boarding schools. This move, according to the Katsina State Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi is to complement the efforts of the security personnel attached to each boarding schools. “We were advised to deploy these dogs at each school because they...
“Miyetti Allah Is A Well Known Terrorist Group In The World” ~ Sen Abaribe Blast Gov Mohammed
The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District at the red chamber of the National Assembly, Distinguished Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe earlier today rebuked the Governor of Bauchi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed over his recent speech where he declared that Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Association is not a terrorist Organization. His reply was said to have come after an...
Alleged Terrorism: I’ve Changed My Position On Killing Of ‘Infidels’ — Pantami
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has renounced his past controversial comments on terrorist groups including Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The minister said he was young when he made the radical comments, adding that he is now matured and now knows better. He spoke while answering questions during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja on Saturday. “For 15...
