CRIME
Fish Out Coup Mongers Now, Minister Charges Defence Intelligence
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has directed the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to go after those calling for military take over of power in the country. The Minister gave this directive in a statement on Thursday signed by the Director of Information, Press and Public Relations of the Defence Ministry, Henshaw Ogubike. Matawalle described those calling for an...
Imo CP Meets Stakeholders Over Killings Of 5 Youths
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has met with stakeholders of the Abacheke community in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state over the killing of five youths of the community on Friday. Gunmen who operated on motorcycles had invaded the community and opened fire, shooting sporadically. In the process, four youths of the community were killed...
Insecurity: Don’t Be A Failure Like Buhari, Afenifere Tells Tinubu
Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, on Monday, called on President Bola Tinubu to deal decisively with terrorists operating across Nigeria, saying he could not afford to fail like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. The group said Tinubu must demonstrate the political will and courage to annihilate these “monstrous individuals killing and abducting people, in their hundreds, particularly innocent school children and...
Don’t Behave Like Buhari, Negotiate With Bandits Now, Gumi Tells Tinubu
A prominent Islamic cleric and former military officer, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has renewed his call for the federal government to go into negotiations with bandits in a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians. Gumi during the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, tried convincing the government to dialogue with bandits. In a statement, the cleric said he was willing...
Police Rescue Abducted UNTH Security Man, Nurse Still Missing
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued a security man attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, who was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday with a staff nurse. This was contained in a statement the command issued on Wednesday, adding that a manhunt to arrest perpetrators and rescue the staff nurse had been launched. Some gunmen believed...
Troops Rescue 10 Abductees In Zamfara
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji have thwarted an attempt to abduct 10 people in Tsafe town of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Information Officer to the Operation, Lt. Suleiman Omale, in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday, said the troops responded to a distress call and were able to overpower the abductors. “Responding swiftly to a distress...
Kaduna Abduction: No Dime Will Be Paid To Criminal Elements, Tinubu Vows
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his directives to security agencies and the ministry of defence that no ransom should be paid by the government to kidnappers, bandits, or any criminal elements for the release of abducted persons. The Minister of Information and National Orientation disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council,...
Zamfara: Gov. Lawal Places Ban On Sale Of Unlabelled Bread, Fuel Above 50 Litres To Curb Insecurity
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has signed an executive order banning the sale of unlabelled bread, bagging of bread, sale of petrol above 50 litres and the use of tinted glasses in Zamfara State. Governor Lawal signed the executive order yesterday in his office at the Government House, Gusau. A statement by the Zamfara governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the...
Kidnapping: They Don’t Have Ordinary Tracking Device, Wike Taunts Police DSS
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has berated the lack of tracking equipment for security agencies in the nation’s capital, saying his administration will purchase drones for surveillance at border communities. He singled out the FCT commands of the police and the Department of State Services, which he said lacked ordinary tracking devices. The minister spoke during a chat with journalists on...
Abduction: Kaduna Bandits Demand N1billion Ransom On 287 Students, Give 20 Days Deadline
The bandits who abducted 287 school children at Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have demanded a N1billion ransom to set their captives free. They also threatened to kill the victims if the ransom was not paid in 20 days. But the military vowed yesterday to rescue the school children to their parents unhurt, explaining bandits now embark...
