CRIME
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...
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...
