Reps Backs Senate’s Call To Declare Bandits, Sponsors As Terrorists
The House of Representatives on Thursday joined the Senate in calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits and their sponsors as terrorists. Adopting a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the Chairman of the Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, members of the House unanimously said it was important to support the position of the Senate on the issue...
Some Of Our Staff Informants To Bandits, Says Katsina VC
The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, has alleged that some of the university’s staff are serving as informants to bandits. Bandits have been attacking the area, kidnapping students and staffers of the university as well as their family members. Exactly a week ago, bandits stormed the residence of Dr Tiri Gyan David, Head of the Department...
Northern Governors Backs Creation Of State Police Over Rising Insecurity
Northern governors yesterday warned that the region stood on the brink of losing its future to escalating insecurity and deepening poverty, unless leaders took urgent, decisive action. They also called for state police as a way out of the high level insecurity in the north, and asked for a 6-month ban on mining in the region. This is even as Kaduna...
Insecurity: Chief Of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya Storms Enugu (Photos, Video)
Against the backdrop of the escalating security concerns in some parts of the country, particularly the South East zone, Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya has paid a familiarisation visit to the zone, ABN TV reports. The Army chief was received at the headquarters of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu by the General Officer...
Bandits Strike In Zamfara, Abduct 44 Persons As Residents Pay “Protection Levy”
Bandits have abducted at least 44 people from Kanwa community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Trust on Sunday has gathered. Residents said the bandits stormed the community in the night, moving from house to house to abduct residents, mostly women and children. In recent time, there’s been a lull after years of deadly raids on communities in...
Gunmen Abduct Cross River Traditional Ruler
The traditional ruler of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, Etiyin Maurice Edet, was on Sunday night abducted by gunmen at his residence in the council area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an aide to the traditional ruler was shot dead in the process of the kidnapping. The spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed...
Ebonyi Woman Regains Freedom After Abduction From Suspected Herdsmen, Narrates Ordeal
A woman kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government area of Ebonyi State, last week, Mrs Nkechinyere Onachukwu, has been reportedly rescued. The woman was kidnapped on her farm in Amaonye community in Ishiagu last week Tuesday. She was released on Monday, following a manhunt by security agencies in conjunction with the council’s security led by...
Ohanaeze Youths Decries Kidnapping, Calls S’East Governor For Help
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has decried the incessant kidnapping in the South-East. The group’s worry comes amid the escalating cases of kidnapping across the five South-East states. In a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike urged the governors of the five states to...
Insecurity: We Want Ebubeagu Now, Ohanaeze Begs South-East Governors
Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Friday said there was not enough to deny the Igbo the opportunity to produce the successor of president Muhammadu Buhari. Ohanaeze said that the current security challenges in the region should not be an alibi to deny Ndigbo the opportunity to succeed Buhari in 2023. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, in his Christmas and New...
US Lifts Travel Ban After Failed Benin Coup Attempt
Calm has returned to Cotonou following a failed coup attempt in the Benin Republic on Sunday, the United States Embassy confirmed on Monday, lifting its earlier shelter-in-place advisory for American citizens in the country. In a statement, the embassy said it had reassessed conditions on the ground after a turbulent 24 hours. “The US Embassy in Cotonou assesses that the...
