Gunmen Who Killed Zamfara District Head Went House To House, Picking Identified Targets — Residents
A district head identified as Alhaji Umaru Bawan Allah has been shot dead in an attack on Gada community in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. Daily Trust gathered that five other persons were killed in the attack which happened in the wee hours of the day. Residents said dozens of armed men stormed the community around 1am and went...
Tinubu Visit Borno To Evaluate Flood Impacts
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State, to commiserate with the government and her people over the recent flood disaster. In the North West state, the president would evaluate the impact of the flood on residential houses, hospitals, markets, schools, and other public facilities. In a video seen by our correspondent on X, the president’s aircraft landed at the...
Search For NAF Missing Aircraft Continues As PDP, Ndume Express Worry
The search for the missing Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet entered its fourth day on Saturday with no sign of the wreckage of the aircraft. It was gathered that more troops and air assets had been deployed in the ongoing search of the jet which was believed to have crashed with two crew members, Flt Lts. John Abolarinwa and Ebiakpo...
Three Killed, Houses Burnt as Amotekun, Herdsmen clash in Oyo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead while two others were injured in a clash involving men of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps and suspected herdsmen in Ayete community, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Unconfirmed sources said about seven houses were also razed in the clash whose cause could not be ascertained yet, The Nation reports. Although...
Chief Of Army Staff Orders Clampdown On Sit-At-Home Enforcers In South East
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to assert control over regions where Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East. He spoke as the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye assured yesterday that...
Tinubu Meets With Nigerian Troops In Guinea Bissau’s Peacekeeping Mission
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Guinea Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this is Tinubu’s second foreign trip after his participation at the summit on “A New Global Financing Pact” in Paris, France, hosted...
How Leader Of Miyetti Allah Was Arraigned For Establishing Militia Group
A leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, Bello Bodejo, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly establishing an unlawful ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya. Bodejo was arraigned on a three-count charge filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation in which he was accused of violating the Terrorism,...
I Won’t Rest Until I Address Insecurity, Cost Of Living, Buhari Assures Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has again reassured that his administration would continue to address the current security challenges and costs of living in the country, saying ”I won’t rest until I bring relief to Nigerians.” Malam Garba Shehu, the...
FG Replies Northern Leaders, Says No Plan To Site Foreign Military Base In Nigeria
The Federal Government says it is not considering establishing any foreign military base in Nigeria. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Monday, described as “false” reports in certain quarters that the Nigerian government is considering siting such military base in the country. “The Federal Government is aware of false alarms being raised in some quarters...
‘Unknown Gunmen’: Those Who Kill By Gun Shall Die By Gun – Fr Mbaka
Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry in Enugu, southeast Nigeria, AMEN, has expressed grief that “Nigeria is stained with so much blood”. ABN TV understands that the controversial Catholic Priest, who is believed to be reacting to the rise In attacks on Security personnel by 'unknown Gunmen' in the South East and South-South regions of the...