Defence Hqt Says Over 13,000 Suspected Terrorists Surrendered To Troops In Two Weeks
The fight against insurgency in the country has gathered boost as over 13,000 suspected terrorists have surrendered to Nigerian troops in the last two weeks. Providing an update on the military operations across the nation, the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko said the figures include some members of the families of the suspects, including women and...
How Gunmen Killed Imo Judge During Court Sitting
Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. He was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants fled. The killing of the jurist who our correspondent gathered hailed...
Declare Nigeria A Failed State Now, Former American Ambassador Advises US
A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, and a former Director with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Prof. Robert Rotberg, have said it is time for the US to acknowledge that Nigeria is a failed state in the light of the many challenges plaguing the country. Campbell and Rotberg said this in an article titled, ‘The Giant...
” 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...
Senate, Again, Calls For Removal Of Service Chiefs Over Insecurity
The Senate has again recommended that President Muhammadu Buhari remove the Service Chiefs following increased insecurity in the country. The lawmakers made this resolution on Tuesday during the debate on the abduction of over 300 students following gunmen’s attack on Government Science Secondary School (GSS) in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The resolution follows the motion raised by...
Frustrated, Gov. Hope Uzodinma Says He Can’t Guarantee Security In Imo
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has declared that he cannot guarantee security in the state if left alone. After meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Uzodimma told newsmen that stakeholders, including traditional, religious, and political leaders, must engage more with the people to restore normalcy in the beleaguered state. According to him, former political...
Seven NSCDC Officials Killed At Kaduna Mining Sight Laid To Rest Amidst Tears
The remains of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) ambushed and killed by bandits have been laid to rest in Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Sunday in Abuja. Odumosu recalled that the operatives were slain in Birnin Gwari community on Jan. 9, while on...
Suspected Herdsmen Kill Three Persons Returning From Burial In Gov. Ortom’s Community
Three kinsmen of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State were, Saturday evening, reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen while returning from a burial ceremony along Iordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state. This came as the governor, yesterday, raised the alarm that armed herdsmen have taken over communities in his home town making it impossible for him...
Police Not In Rivalry With Military, Lagos CP Odumosu Says
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the military, the Police and other security agencies in the country are not rivals. According to a statement issued by the Lagos Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, CP Odumosu said the police and the military are members of the same big family pursuing the same goal in...
Northern Senators Want Firm Action Against Kidnapping
The Northern Senators’ Forum has called on the Federal Government to come up with resolute action to tackle cases of kidnapping in the country. Chairman of the Forum, Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, in a statement, said the recent wave of violence and kidnapping in the north was a major concern to the forum. “The series of events that have unfolded in Kaduna State,...
