NAF Air Strike Kills Notorious Kidnapper Janari In Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force says air strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation WHIRL PUNCH, on Thursday, neutralized a well-known terrorist and kidnap kingpin popularly known as Janari and several members of his syndicate. Janari and his cohorts have been responsible for several attacks and abductions within Kaduna State as well as along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, a statement by...
Insecurity: Chief Of Defence Staff Announces New Military Approach
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor says the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) is advancing a new strategy towards addressing insecurity. The CDS made the disclosure on Wednesday at a Youth and Security Summit organized by Abuja Global Shapers Community (AGSC) in collaboration with the Defence Headquarters. Irabor, as part of measures to sustain progress and successes, said the...
Insurgency Has Reduced To 90% In Borno, Says Gov. Zulum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday said the Federal Government and security forces have succeeded in containing 90 per cent of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Nigeria has been battling insurgency for over a decade with several people killed and many others kidnapped in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Zulum, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, admitted that...
N55m Ramson Received Was Used To Feed The Children, We Need Another N100m – Kaduna Bandits
The notorious bandits that kidnapped Greenfield University students in Kaduna State have confirmed that they had so far received N55 million from the families of the abducted students but claimed they had already spent the money on feeding the children. A leader of the bandits' group, who identified himself as Sani Idris Jalingo, said if the Kaduna State Government or...
Chiwetalu Agu’s Arrest Ethnic Profiling While Gunmi Still Campaigns For Terrorists, HURIWA Tackles DSS
Civic advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria, HURIWA has tackled the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army over the arrest and detention of veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu. The group described as injustice, ethnic profiling, the arrest of the actor for wearing ‘Biafran colours’, while controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, roams freely with bloodthirsty bandits. Soldiers on...
FCT Police Command Speaks On Maitama Explosion
The police authorities on Wednesday said the explosion in the Maitama area of Abuja, the nation’s capital, was caused by an overheated metal refuse bin. Reports had emerged of a bomb explosion in the area creating panic and confusion among residents of the nation’s capital. In a statement, the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the situation and preliminary findings indicate...
87 Feared Kidnapped In Fresh Kaduna Attack
Terrorists have reportedly kidnapped 87 people in a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attackers were said to have invaded the village around 10 pm on Sunday. This comes barely two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government. Details shortly…
Avoid Vices, FCT Minister Tells 3,826 Corps Members
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has advised corps members deployed to the FCT for the one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to shun vices such as cultism and drug abuse. She gave the advice during the swearing in of the 2023 Batch C Stream 2 members held at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Abuja on Tuesday. The...
North East Records $9bn Damages From Activities Of Insurgency, Says VP Shettima
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday in Maiduguri lamented that Boko Haram insurgency had inflicted damages in the North-East, to the tune of $9billion. The Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, in a statement, said Shettima stated this while inaugurating the distribution of palliatives in the North-East. He also performed the official groundbreaking for the construction...
Ebubeagu: Anyone Who Registers With New Security Outfit Will Join His Ancestors – IPOB
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have warned youths in the Southeast against joining the newly established security outfit for the region, known as Ebubeagu to spy its own Eastern Security Network, ESN. IPOB gave the warning on Tuesday via a statement issued by its spokesman, Emma Powerful. IPOB, in the statement, condemned the formation of another security network...
