Leave Now Or Die, ISWAP Warns Borno Communities
Barely four days after killing fifteen fishermen in the Tumbun Rogo community, the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, have given residents of Kukawa lga notice, to quit their communities or face death from the terror group. A resident who fled his community to Maiduguri three hours after receiving the threat, revealed this to newsmen. While relieving his experience,...
Ignore IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order, Imo CP Tells Residents As Anambra Police Boss Deploys Special Squad
Security operatives in Imo State have called on residents to ignore the order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for people of the South East to sit at home on May 30, 2024, to mark the Biafra Remembrance Day celebration. Addressing newsmen during a confidence-boosting parade in Owerri on Wednesday, the commissioner of police, Danjuma Aboki, said security...
Troops Reject N2m Bribe Offer, Arrest Taraba Kidnap Suspects
Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sub Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have apprehended six suspected kidnappers in separate operations carried out within Taraba State two of whom attempted to bribe them with N2m. The operations were carried out on the 19th of May 2024. Acting on a tip-off, troops from the 93 Battalion Sub-Sector 3B OPWS, stationed at Forward Operating...
Gunmen Invade Kogi Varsity, Abduct Students
Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi, and abducted some students. An eye witness said the bandits swooped on the university around 9.00 p.m. while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went into three lecture halls and began...
Anambra Police Repel Attack By Gunmen Near Odumegwu Ojukwu University
The Anambra State Police command has repelled attack by gunmen operating near the campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli in Ihiala local government area of the state. The border town has been experiencing hit-and–run attacks from the nearby Mgbidi in Imo State, forcing many residents of the area to relocate to other communities. It was gathered that the gunmen had...
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...
Prominent Northern Leaders Urge Tinubu To Reject Relocation Of US, French Military Bases In Nigeria
Some eminent northern leaders Friday cautioned against allowing the United States and the French governments to relocate their military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. In an open letter to President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the National Assembly, the leaders said the federal government should not succumb to such pressure. Those who signed the letter include Professor Abubakar Siddique...
Some Security Officials Using Banditry As Business Venture — Katsina Governor
The Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda, has accused some security personnel and government officials of aiding banditry which he says has now turned into a “business venture”. “Now it has turned out to be a business venture. A business venture for the criminals, some people who are in government; and some people who are in security outfits, and some people...
Ex-AIG Says State Police Non-negotiable
A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, has said adopting state police is non-negotiable. According to him, the clamour for state police raged over the failure of the federal police. The discussion on state police has been revived recently with President Bola Tinubu and state governors supporting it. Aisabor in a chat with our correspondent yesterday, said the new dynamics in...
In Second African State Exit, US Troops To Leave Chad
The United States will withdraw some troops from Chad, the Pentagon has said, days after Washington agreed to move forces out of neighboring Niger. The US has approximately 100 troops stationed in Chad as part of its strategy to combat extremism in West Africa. “USAFRICOM is currently planning to reposition some US military forces from Chad, a portion of which were...
