CRIME
Ondo Amotekun Deploys Personnel To Ekiti, Apprehends 31 Suspects
Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps said it has deployed its personnel to neighbouring Ekiti State to help secure release of the kidnapped pupils and arrest the kidnappers. It said some arrest has been made in pursuit of the abductors. Commander of the Ondo Amotekun Corps, Akogun Adeleye Adetunji, said Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ordered deployment of the personnel to Ekiti State. Akogun Adeleye said...
2 Sisters Abducted in Abuja, Kidnappers Demand N30 million ransom
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted two teenage sisters from Guita community in Chikakore, located in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The incident happened some days after the reported killing of a nursing mother, Christiana Igba, and her mother, Maria Agbo, by kidnappers who had held them captive for two weeks in an undisclosed...
Ondo Amotekun Deploys 100 Personnel To Facilitate Release Of Ekiti Pupils, Teachers
The Ondo security outfit codenamed, Amotekun, has deployed 100 of it’s personnel to the neighboring Ekiti state to aid the release of the five pupils of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, and four staff members abducted on Monday. Amotekun commander in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye,said in Akure, that the security outfit was acting on the order of...
Ibadan Blast: Declare All Explosives Within 72 Hours, Makinde Tells Companies
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, signed into law Executive Order 001, 2024 on the handling and storage of harmful substances in the state. In a section of the order, the governor gave 72 hours ultimatum to anyone in the state in possession of any kind of explosives to declare them. The new law came about two weeks after an...
Explosion Rocks Imo, Several Persons Feared Dead
An explosion from an illegal oil bunkering has rocked the serene oil bearing Obitti Community in the Ohaji/Egbema Council Area of Imo State. The explosion, which claimed several lives, properties and farmland estimated at several millions of naira reportedly arose from the activities of some hoodlums who dug a deep hole in a nearby bush, fixed a long pipe in...
Bandits Demand Rice, Cough Syrup, N290m For Release Of 7 Hostages
Bandits who abducted seven residents of Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT on December 28 have demanded N290 million ransom, drugs and foodstuffs to release the hostages. The victims, including a pregnant woman, three children and four adults, have now spent one month and four days in captivity. A leader in the community (names withheld)...
FHA Director Abducted In Abuja
Suspected bandits have kidnapped a director at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Aondo Ver. According to a source, the incident happened at Pambara New Extension, Bwari Central Area of FCT around 12:30 am on Thursday. Pambara New Extension is about 200 metres away from the military camp and checkpoint in Bwari. kidnappers were said to have gained access through...
Russia Could Deploy Troops To Burkina Faso If…. Traoré
Burkina Faso's military-backed president has said Russian troops could deploy to fight jihadists in the West African country, if needed. In an interview, Ibrahim Traoré said Russia is offering logistical and tactical training and they are willing to sell whatever weapons are required by Burkina Faso. Mr Traoré added there are no restrictions on what can be bought from Russia, China,...
Security Services Launch Investigation On FHA Director’s Kidnap
In an attempt to locate and rescue Mr. Aondo Ver, the kidnapped director of the federal housing authority, agents of the IGP Special Intervention Squad (SIS) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have launched an investigation. Sources told Our correspondent that as news of his kidnap said to have occurred between the hours of 12.30 and 1 am on Thursday, filtered...
“We’ll Give Them Fire For Fire”, Wike Warns Kidnappers, Criminal Elements In FCT
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike says his administration won’t leave any stone unturned in the quest to make the nation’s seat of power secure. Bandits and other criminal elements have in recent months held sway in some parts of the FCT, killing and kidnapping others. But Wike told a gathering at the flag off of the...
