CRIME
Gunmen Kill PDP Leader, Kidnap All Three Daughters
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have killed a man identified as Ahmodu Mohammed, said to be a chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kampala ward, Bosso local government area of Niger state. Three daughters of the deceased were also reportedly kidnapped by the gunmen. Mohammed was said to have been killed on Thursday when the attackers, said to have...
Gunmen Kidnap PFN Chairman, Wife In Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of the Pentecost Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Kaduna State, Apostle Emmanuel Bako. Reports by the security agencies revealed that Bako was kidnapped along with his wife, Cindy, and one other person on Christmas Day in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in...
Insecurity: Give Our Military More Time And Support, Buhari Pleads With Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to give the military more time and support to fight insecurity in the nation. “I plead with fellow compatriots to give our military and other security agencies more time, cooperation, and support by volunteering credible intelligence/information on activities of armed bandits, insurgents, and other criminal elements within their communities in order to put an...
One Corps Member Killed, Several Abducted As Gunmen Shoot Sporadically Along Jere-Abuja Highway
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the death of a corps member along Jere-Abuja highway. NYSC, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, said 17 corps members were attacked by suspected armed robbers who stormed the expressway. According to the statement, the corps members had completed the 2020 Batch “B”...
I Stole So I Can Afford To Feature Davido Or Runtown In My Music – Car Thief
A 23-year-old Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka student, Dare Williams, arrested for snatching a vehicle from a hailing service driver has said he committed the crime because he was desperate to feature either Davido or Runtown. Williams, who said he is a music artist, lured his friend, Bethel Chukwuocha, 18, to snatch a Toyota Corolla car from the driver, Clement...
Pray For Troops To End Insecurity – Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi, has urged Christians to pray for the country to overcome its security challenges as they celebrate the birth of Christ. Gen Magashi, the Defence Minister gave the charge in a Thursday statement felicitating with Christians on the special Christmas occasion. He urged Christians to be Christ-like in celebrating the birth of Jesus...
Yuletide: DSS Raises The Alarm Over Plot To Bomb Worship Places, Parks
The Department of State Services, DSS, has alerted Nigerians about plans by “enemies of state” to unleash terror on vulnerable places, including critical infrastructure, places of worship as well as recreational centres during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. It said the plot would be executed through the use of explosives, suicide bombing, and other dangerous weapons. The DSS spokesperson for...
17-Year-Old Boy Dies After Smoking Suspected Colorado
A 17-year-old boy who is identified simply as Joshua has reportedly died after smoking a high dose of suspected colorado. The incident was said to have happened on Sunday at Oba- Ile area of Akure North local government area. Witnesses said the deceased usually smoke the substance with his friends. He was said to have gone into a coma after puffing three...
Kidnapped Edo HoS Okungbowa Regains Freedom
The kidnapped Edo State Head of Service (HoS) Anthony Okungbowa, has regained his freedom from the den of kidnappers, where he had been since Saturday evening, after the payment of huge ransom by the administration of Godwin Obaseki. Okungbowa was seized at gunpoint, after the hoodlums killed his driver on the spot, while his police escort went missing, but he...
We Were Told To Say Boko Haram Kidnapped Us – Kankara Student
One of the hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State has said that their abductors were not members of Boko Haram. The schoolboy disclosed this in a viral video, adding that they were told to say that the kidnappers were Boko Haram insurgents. Asked if their abductors were bandits or Boko Haram, the students said,...
