CRIME
No Ransom Paid To Secure Kankara Students’ Release – Masari
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State says no ransom was paid to secure the release of the abducted students. Masari disclosed this in an interview with German radio, Deutsche Welle, DW monitored by our correspondent on Thursday night. The Governor said the release of the students was facilitated by the Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, who engage...
Many Guests Feared Dead While Returning From Traditional Wedding In Abia, Survivor Narrates (Graphic Photos)
An undisclosed number of passengers on Wednesday lost their lives in a ghastly accident on their way back from a traditional wedding in Abia. The auto crash happened around Osisioma Ngwa before Umekai junction, at about 8:30 pm, a survivor Ijeoma Umoabia narrated to ABN TV. They were returning to Umuahia from Obehi area where the traditional marriage took place. Two buses...
Boko Haram Releases Video Of Abducted Kankara School Boys
Boko Haram on Thursday released a video claiming it has custody of the students abducted from a government secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State, according to Humangle. The clip which is six-minute-and-30-second long, shows scores of young boys behind him, all covered in dust within a forest area. The relatively older schoolboy who spoke to the camera urged the Nigerian Government...
Three Killed, Three Police Stations Ablaze In Fresh Anambra Crisis
An irate mob, on Wednesday, set three police stations ablaze at Igboukwu, Ekwulobia and Oko in the Aguata and Orumba North local government areas of Anambra State. An eyewitness, who gave his name simply as Goddy, said the Igboukwu Police Station was set ablaze around 8 am. He said trouble began when some policemen on duty in the area killed a commercial motorcyclist...
We’re Not Involved In Negotiations For Kankara Students Release – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has dissociated itself from the reported negotiations by the Katsina State government with the bandits that abducted 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, last Friday. It said the military will continue its ongoing kinetic operations, noting that the armed forces were reviewing strategies to ensure the safe rescue of the children. The Coordinator, Defence...
Police Assure Quick Release Of Kidnapped Abia Catholic Priest
The Imo State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it had begun an investigation and operation aimed at securing the freedom of an Abia State Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Valentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, who was abducted in the state on Tuesday. Rev. Fr. Ezeagu was kidnapped in Umulolo community, Arondizogu in Ideato North LGA of Imo State, while traveling home for his...
Youths Burn Police Station In Anambra Over Shooting Of Motorcycle Rider
Some irate youths have burnt down Igboukwu police station, Aguata local government area of Anambra state, following the shooting of motorcycle rider by police in the area. Daily Trust gathered that there were some altercations between police operatives and motorcycle riders over some impounded motorcycles as a result of the recent restriction on movement of motorcycles beyond 9:pm in the...
Bandits Kill 3 Zamfara Traders After Collecting N6m Ransom (Photos)
Bandits have killed three Zamfara traders and released nine others after payment of N6m and three brand new motorbikes as a ransom payment. The 13 traders from the Dansadau community were kidnapped three weeks ago while travelling in an 18-seater bus at Mashayar Zaki along Gusau-Dansadau road, 82 km north of Gusau, the state capital. It was gathered that the Bandits...
Buhari Is Safe In Daura – Defense Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, says the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, is safe in Daura, Katsina State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, who stated this today, noted that the security of the President is not threatened by the activities of bandits in his home state. Bandits had taken...
We’re Tired Of Advising Buhari Govt On Insecurity – Arewa
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has expressed its frustration in advising the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government on security matters in the country without fruitful results. The forum lamented that the government appeared not to be serious in taking proactive measures to bring the worrisome situation to an end. Rising from its Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting on Tuesday, the National Publicity...
