Ortom Weeps After Killing Of Two Aide Workers, Six Others By Fulani Militia
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lamented over the Sunday night killing of Benue farmers and two aid workers at Tomanyii village in the Guma Local Government Area. Speaking to newsmen on Monday, Governor Ortom noted that until the Federal Government “which wine and dines with the leadership of the armed herdsmen decide to end the atrocities, the killing...
We Escaped Because Our Abductors Were Heavily Drunk — Katsina Teenagers
Two Katsina female teenagers, Mubaraka Naziru and Amina Rabiu, who escaped from their abductors recently, have narrated their ordeal while in captivity. Katsina is one of the north west states badly hit by banditry. The situation has led to tens of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Zamfara, Sokoto and Katsina states. The two teenagers were abducted when bandits in their large...
We’ll No Longer Tolerate Attacks On Northerners – Northern Elders
THE Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday declared that it would no longer tolerate further attacks on members of the northern community in the southern part of the country. The Chairman, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Tuesday during a town hall meeting with members of the northern community in Rivers State. While noting that the forum...
Terrorists Are Fighting Their Sponsors – Pastor Giwa
Following the attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre by ISWAP and the attack on the advance team convoy of President Buhari, the Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has described the attack as revenge by the t...
Despite Killings, Statewide Records Show Buhari Did Better In Borno ― Zulum
Notwithstanding recent killings of farmers and other attacks, statewide records on the 27 local government areas since 2011, indicate clearly that President Muhammadu Buhari has still performed better in handling Borno’s security challenges, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has declared. Zulum stated this on Sunday while addressing northern elders from the Arewa Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, who were led by the...
Igbo Youths Demand Military Checkpoints Removal In Southeast
The dismantling of all security checkpoints in the area has been demanded by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders or COSEYL. The coalition's President General, Goodluck Ibem, said in a statement on Tuesday that the appeal came after reports of the Nigerian military allegedly treating drivers inhumanely at checkpoints in the South East. The coalition claims that the military checkpoints...
Insecurity: We Are In Pains, Says Senator Orji Kalu
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, has decried the high rate of insecurity in Nigeria, saying the country is in pains, ABN TV reports. According to the Abia North Senator, the country is at the moment passing through challenges as a result of spate of killings and abductions going on in various parts. The former Abia governor spoke...
At Least 200 Killed In Israel As Hamas ‘Massacred Civilians’ – Army
The Israel death toll from the Hamas surprise attack Saturday has surged to more than 200, the army said, accusing the Palestinian militants of breaking into homes and “massacring civilians”. “Terrorists rampaged and broke into homes, massacring civilians,” the army said, adding that more than 200 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded in the assault that began at...
” Ekiti Yet To recover From EndSARS ”, Oyebanji Tells Youths
Governor Biodun Oyebanji has appealed to Nigerians especially people of Ekiti against wrecking havoc during the planned nationwide protest. Oyebanji spoke in a Special State Broadcast, titled, ‘Need to uphold peace during the August 1 planned nationwide protest’ to the people of the state ahead of the planned nationwide protest. The governor, who said that the strike had obvious potential to...
Abducted Imo LG Boss Beheaded, Assailants Publish Video On His WhatsApp Status
The abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. The council boss was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be no election in the country. A source from the LGA, who...
