Phyna Shares Ordeal After Escaping From kidnapp Attempt
Big Brother Naija Level Up winner, Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has recounted how she escaped a kidnapper’s attack in Delta State. Phyna took to her X account to explain her ordeal while also grateful for not being a victim. Narrating her experience, she said the kidnappers hijacked four cars in front of the vehicle she rode in and abducted...
Troops Arrest Suspected Kidnapper’s Informant, Recover AK-47 Rifle, Vehicle
Troops of 6 Brigade/Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have apprehended a suspected kidnapper’s informant, recovered an AK-47 rifle, and a vehicle in two separate operations. The informant identified as Grace Markus was arrested for reportedly aiding kidnappers and criminal elements in the area. A press statement by the Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army public relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni,...
Okowa Mourns Three Security Aides Killed In Ambush, Says Attack Barbaric
Vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, described as unfortunate the killing of three of his security aides who were ambushed on Friday night by unknown gunmen along Ihiala-Orlu Road enroute Umuahia, Abia State. Briefing newsmen in Asaba, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, described the killing of...
You People Are Confused And Mischievous, Face IPOB Terrorists, Leave Herders Alone – Miyetti Allah Tells Southern Governors
The National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhassan Saleh, says the ban on open grazing of cattle by southern governors is an ‘empty policy’. The governors had after a four-hour meeting in Asaba, Delta State on Tuesday agreed that open grazing should be banned. Open grazing of cattle has often caused conflicts between host communities and migrant herders, leading to...
Abia Assembly Summons Umunneochi LG Chairman, Ministry of Homeland Security Perm Sec Over Insecurity
Members of Abia State House of Assembly have invited the Executive Chairman, Umunneochi Local Government Area, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Homeland Security, and the Chairman of Lokpanta cattle market for interaction over the growing security concerns in the local government. This follows a matter of urgent public importance raised during plenary at the floor of the Assembly...
Tension In Oyo As OPC, Amotekun, Others Clash With Herdsmen
There was palpable fear in Iwerele, Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Monday, as many were reportedly feared dead in a clash between Oodua Peoples Congress, Amotekun, Operation Burst, Soludero and a group of herdsmen. The cause of the conflict was still sketchy as of press time. A source however said a group of herdsmen had invaded a farm...
Nobody Can Dismantle This Nation, We’ll Be Ruthless On Anyone Threatening National Peace — DG DSS Talks Tough
The Department of State Services has warned that the agency will henceforth deal ruthlessly with anyone who threatens the peace and security of Nigeria. The Director-General of Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, handed down the warning at the graduation ceremony of participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course of the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja. The DG DSS...
Shettima Calls For Adoption Of Non-kinetic Means To End Insecurity In South East
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday said the best option to end the insecurity in Southeast is a non-kinetic approach except the country wants to engage in an endless war of attrition. Senator Shettima said the most atrocious of wars are at the end of the day sorted out on the negotiation table. Recall that the Southeast has been battling with...
INEC Raises Fresh Security Alarm Ahead Of Edo Governorship Election
INEC has raised fresh concerns over the security situation in Edo State ahead of September off-cycle governorship election. Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, expressed the concern in his remarks at the third regular quarterly consultative meeting with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Abuja, yesterday. He made a particular reference to the worrisome recent event in Edo State that resulted in...
Kaduna Train Attack: Terrorists Free Five More Abductees
The terrorists, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 8, have released five more kidnapped passengers on Tuesday, August 2. The five victims are Prof. Mustapha Umar Imam, Akibu Lawal; Abubakar Ahmed Rufai, Mukthar Shu’aibu and Sidi Aminu Sha...
