CRIME
I Averted Another Civil War In Nigeria – Yahaya Bello
A few days after brokering a truce between Northern food producers and southern buyers, Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has expressed satisfaction that God used him to avert another bloody civil war in Nigeria. Governor Bello said: “I was not invited by anybody, group or party to broker the peace deal that has saved the country from bloodbath. I had...
Two Nigerians Bag Death Sentence In Ghana For Killing Four Women
Two Nigerians, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Orji , have been sentenced to death by a high court in Sekondi, Ghana over the kidnap and murder of four Takoradi women in 2018. The death sentence was passed on them Saturday after a seven-member jury found them guilty of the eight counts of conspiracy to kidnap and murder. The case had dragged...
Insecurity: We Must Embrace State Policing — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the need for state Police to curb the worsening security situation in the country. The Vice President also said that the way out to the perennial crisis between farmers and herders, was the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), as developed by consensus of governors under the auspices of the National Economic...
“We Brought In Fulani From Mali But After Election They Refused To Go Back” – Kawu
Abubakar Kawu Baraje has traced the origin of the current insecurity in the country to the influx of Fulani from neighboring countries like Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Chad brought into the country for election purposes in 2015. According to the former PDP chairman, who also once served as the party’s national secretary, chairman of the breakaway faction of...
You Have Few Weeks To Restore Security, Buhari Tells Service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has told service chiefs that they have just a few weeks to restore security in the country, ABN TV learnt. Speaking after decorating them with their new ranks at a ceremony in the presidential villa, Abuja on Friday, he charged military top brass to speed up their actions in freeing the country from the current state of...
Policeman Who Allegedly Stole 5 AK-47 Rifles In Abia Arrested
A police man, Shedrack Aleke Igwe, working in armoury section of MOPOL base 28, Umuahia, Abia state has been arrested with 5 AK-47 rifles he stole from the armoury. Igwe, a constable, was reported to have carted away rifles in the armoury section with the help of others unnoticed. He was arrested in Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi state where...
Drug Barons Funding Terrorists, Bandits — Senate President
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has attributed the lingering insecurity to the funding activities of drug barons who provide insurgent groups such as Boko Haram, bandits, and kidnappers with arms and ammunition to undertake criminal activities in the country. Lawan made this known when the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, paid a...
If Those Who Instigated Civil War Were Pardoned, Why Not Pardon Bandits, Sheik Gumi Replies CAN
Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheik Abubakar Gumi has said those who instigated civil war where millions of people were killed were pardoned why not do the same to bandits. He also said for Nigeria to get out of banditry and achieve peace, the bandits must be forgiven. Sheikh Gumi, a self-appointed peacemaker between the bandits and the government pointed out that “even...
Anger As Senate Committee Uncovers Payment Of N443 Billion As Subsidy Without Appropriation
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday was stunned as the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris told the lawmakers that only the national oil giant, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) could give an account of how N443 billion was paid as petroleum subsidy without appropriation by the National Assembly. The Account General of the Federation was...
Nigerian Soldier Commits Suicide At Duty Post
A soldier identified as Bello Useni has reportedly committed suicide in the Nigerian Army School of Armour, Obienu Barracks in Bauchi State. TheCable reported, quoting unnamed military sources, that the soldier was at his duty post within the barracks when he suddenly cocked his rifle and shot himself in the stomach. The incident occurred at 4 pm on Wednesday, although the...
