CRIME
Wike Threatens To Declare Council Chairmen Security Risk For Abandoning Monthly Security Meetings
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has berated council chairmen who have abandoned monthly security meetings. Wike, who spoke at a town hall meeting in the Abuja Municipal Area Council(AMAC), said henceforth any of the council chairman who failed to host the meeting would be declared a security threat. “How will you say you are not holding a monthly...
30 Feared Killed As Soldiers, Gunmen Clash In Plateau
Reports have indicated that a violent clash has erupted between soldiers and gunmen in two villages of Mangu local government area of Plateau State early Saturday morning. A source, who preferred anonymity, told our correspondent that many people were killed during the confrontation. The clash allegedly followed the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the troubled Mangu LGA by the...
Explosion Kills Almajiri Students, Two Others In Borno
An improvised Explosive device (IED) has killed four Quranic School Pupils (Almajiri’s) and two adults in Gubio local government area of Borno State. Confirming the incident, the council chairman of Gubio, Alhaji Mali Gubio, said the incident happened in an uncompleted building around 11am, on Saturday. “All the people involved are dead so we can not ascertain what exactly happened, but...
Wike To Bandits’ Informants In FCT: Repent Or Die Like Them
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to informants of kidnappers, bandits and criminals in the territory, to repent of their evil deeds or end up dying in the hands of security operatives. Wike gave the warning on Saturday at a town hall security meeting, held in Kuje town in Kuje Area Council...
Plateau Attacks: Stamp Out Terrorists, Be More Aggressive, Chief Of Army Staff Tells Troops
The Chief of Amy Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered troops to adopt a more aggressive posture and stamp out terrorists wreaking havoc in Plateau State and other states. Gen Lagbaja stated this during an operational tour to Plateau, following a fresh wave of violence in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State that left over 30 persons...
FCT Police Rescue 5 Kidnap Victims
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have rescued five abductees from two different gangs of kidnappers in Abuja. The five victims were rescued by a combined team of the FCT Special Intervention Squad and the FCT Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, made the development known on Monday, during a press conference...
15 Terrorists kill By Air Strikes In Kaduna
Air strikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft have killed 15 terrorists along the Kwiga-Kampamin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The terrorists were eliminated following an intelligence report of the movement of the terrorists in the area. NAF’s spokesperson, Air Vice Marshall Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 29. He said the intelligence...
Katsina Governor Donates N100,000 Each To 35 Kidnap Victims Rescued By Troops
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State on Monday donated the sum of N100,000 to each of the 35 persons rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army for them to revive their normal business when they arrive home. The victims kidnapped by armed bandits at Tashar Nagulle and Nahuta villages in Batsari Local Government Area of the state were said to...
Tinubu Talks Tough, Says Killers Of Ekiti Monarchs Will Face Justice
President Bola Tinubu has vowed that the killers of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State won’t escape justice. In a statement on Tuesday, the President, who is in France on a private visit, condemned the “mindless and brutal bloodletting” of the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Olusola; and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsola. The two monarchs were killed when...
Insecurity: Kidnappers Abduct Pupils & Teachers, Demand N30m Ransom
No fewer than six pupils, three teachers and the driver of a private school bus in Ekiti State were, on Monday night, kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. They were abducted while returning from Eporo-Ekiti on the school bus. Their kidnap came barely hours after two monarchs, the Onimojo of Imojo in Oye Local Government Area, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and...
