Give Us N60m To Release Abducted Niger Perm Sec — Kidnappers Demand
Abductors of Niger State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Musa Garba, have demanded N60m ransom from his family. Dr. Garba was kidnapped alongside his three year-old-son, on Friday at a wedding ceremony holding at his residence in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State. A family source told our correspondent in confidence that the abductors called on Sunday...
Bandits On Rampage In Kaduna, Sack Ten Villages
Bandits have displaced 10 communities in Kidandan area under Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Giwa is one of the LGAs that has been badly hit in the ongoing wave of insecurity in the North West. Some of the residents were forced to relocate to Kidandan main town and other safer communities in the LGA, Daily Trust reports. The affected...
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...
Attack On Abia INEC Office Needless, Unacceptable — Sen. Kalu
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, has condemned the attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ohafia Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia. The INEC office was set ablaze on Sunday by unidentified hoodlums, leaving electoral materials and furniture destroyed. Kalu, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, described the act as undemocratic...
Insecurity: Police Nonchalant Because Of #EndSARS Impact — Abia Speaker
As the country battles to stamp out insecurity across board, Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has said the nonchalant attitude of the police and other security agencies in dealing with the issues is a result of the negative impact the #EndSARS protest had on them last year. The Speaker who spoke while presiding over plenary...
Bandit Attacks: Kaduna Youths Recieve Armed Combat Training
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has trained 103 youths on armed combat and intelligence gathering. The training is part of the efforts of the military aimed at tackling insecurity in southern parts of Kaduna state. The graduation ceremony of the trainees took place at the OPSH Sector 7...
Bandits Who Adopted 45 Persons In Southern Kaduna Church Demand N200m Ransom
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, has said there was still no breathing space for communities in Southern Kaduna, as terrorists, jihadists, bandits and armed herdsmen have continued to plunder and wreak communities in the southern part of the state. SOKAPU President, Awemi Dio Maisamari, said in a statement, yesterday, that the latest was the mass abductions on September 12 and...
Gunmen Bomb INEC Office, Police Station In Anambra
Hoodlums have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Ojoto and a police station in Nnobi, both in Anambra State's Idemili South Local Government Area. The hoodlums were said to have stormed the facilities around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday in four unmarked Sienna vehicles, armed with IEDs, petrol bombs, and other explosives. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga of the State Police,...
Expose Sponsors Of Banditry Now, Northern Council Challenges FG
The Northern State Council of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, has asked the Federal Government to expose sponsors and those behind banditry in Nigeria. The Secretary, Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Northern States Council, Alhaji Isiaq Sanni made the call in Kaduna when the Society and Yoruba community paid tributes to their late Chairman and President, Alhaji Liadi Adeyinka Olapade. Speaking at the 8th-Day Fidau...
2 Million Security Personnel Not Enough To Protect 200 Million Nigerians — COAS
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, said it is unrealistic for two million security personnel to protect a population of over 200 million Nigerians. Gen. Lagbaja made this remark during the 2024 distinguished personality lecture in Ilorin, Kwara State. The COAS, who was represented by the Chief of Army Training, Sanni Mohammed highlighted the military’s heavy reliance on...
