CRIME
Abducted Zamfara School Girls Regain Freedom
The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have been released and are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the state capital. A very competent source had informed our correspondent on Saturday that negotiations with the bandits who kidnapped the schoolgirls had reached a very advanced stage, saying “they...
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...
ESN Has Captured Notorious Fulani Bandits’ Leader Terrorising Benue, Others — Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, says that members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, have captured a notorious leader of a gang of Fulani bandits, identified as Mohammed Isa. Kanu said this in a statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, which was obtained by ABN TV on Monday. In the statement, the IPOB...
Nigeria Yet To Defeat Insecurity Because Criminals Are United — Sen. Okorocha
Senator representing Imo West, Sen. Rochas Okorocha has attributed the inability of the country's security forces to defeat insecurity, particularly banditry and kidnapping to the unity of purpose that exists among the criminal elements. He, therefore, lamented that division among Nigerians has hampered the fight against insecurity. Wondering why estimated 50,000 criminals have held over 200m Nigerians by the jugular for...
We’re Fighting Boko Haram With Weapons Biafran Army Surrendered To Nigeria 51 Years Ago – Soldier
A Nigerian army officer engaged in the fight against Boko Haram has alleged that soldiers at the front use outdated weapons to fight Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents. He alleged that top army officers, including former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, were using the Boko Haram war as an enterprise to enrich themselves at the expense of their lives. “Some...
Abia By-election: IGP Deploys New Unit To Checkmate CTU Operatives
By Emeka Ndem, Aba Following the petition by the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) Abia State Chapter urging the Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Adamu to withdraw Police Counter Terrorism Unit ( CTU) operatives from the Aba North/ South federal constituency by-election holding on Saturday, the IG has dispatched a secret unit to checkmate the activities of the...
332 Fulani Herdsmen Armed With AK47 Rifles In South East — Ohanaeze Youths
The national leadership of Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has described as ‘fact’ the revelation of 332 settlement of killer Fulani herdsmen in Igbo land by the former Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, Ozo Celestine Okoye. DIG Okoye in a publication on Friday, March 26, 2021 on the New Telegraph newspaper said there are 332 Fulani herdsmen settlers heavily armed...
Insecurity: I Meant Recruitment Of 50,000 Youths Into Army Not 50 million — Tinubu
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he made an error while calling for more youths to be drafted into the Nigerian Army in a bid to adequately tackle the nation’s security challenges. In a communique by his media aide Tunde Rahman, Tinubu stated on Tuesday that contrary to comments made at the colloquium in Kano...
Insecurity: Nobody Takes Buhari Seriously, Even Service Chiefs – Sen. Abaribe
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Why would we take him (President Muhammadu Buhari) seriously? Just the day after he had said we would no longer accept all these kidnappings, this would be the last, they kidnapped the last day,” he said. “And those people are still there; those innocent Nigerians are...
Buhari Charges Security Agents To Arrest Perpetrators Of Ebonyi Killing
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the dastardly attack on Monday night in three communities in Íshíelu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. The affected communities are Egedegede, Obegu and Amuzu communities. A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said Buhari has directed law enforcement agencies to fish out the attackers...
