Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges FG To Take Advantage Of Strong Diplomatic Ties With Finland To Arrest Simon Ekpa
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on the Federal Government to take advantage of Nigeria’s diplomatic ties with Finland to get Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, whom the military has accused of fuelling the insecurity in the South-East. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, had on Tuesday accused the Finland-based Ekpa of sabotaging the activities...
Armed Thugs Disperse Voters, Set Ballot Boxes On Fire In Lagos
Unidentified armed thugs in their large numbers invaded some polling units in the Oshodi and Itire areas of Lagos, dispersing voters with dangerous weapons and setting ballot papers and boxes on fire. The masked thugs dressed in black disrupted the exercise in the affected units on Saturday when Nigerians filed out in their large numbers to vote in the presidential...
Buhari In Fresh Move To Wipe Out Insecurity, To Meet Service Chiefs Thursday
Barely 48 hours after the Presidential Brigade Guards came under attack by terrorists; President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting which will hold on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant to the Presid...
FG Says 23,000 Nigerians Missing In Last Ten Years
Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, said on Wednesday that 23,000 people have been reported missing in less than a decade due to the insurgency in some parts of the country. Edu said this in Abuja at a stakeholders engagement with the theme “Where are you now”, to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. She said...
Rescue Victims Of Kaduna Abduction Now, Tinubu Orders Security Agencies
President Bola Tinubu has condemned has condemned the abductions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Borno State and Students and teachers in Kaduna State. Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement in Abuja on Friday, described the abductions as heinous and asked security operatives to immediately rescue those taken away. The President said after receiving reports from security chiefs on...
NSCDC Nabs Notorious Bandit While Buying S*x Enhancement Drugs In Sokoto
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has arrested a 40-year old notorious bandit in Sokoto state, Bello Galadima who had gone to buy sex enhancement drugs in the Aliyu Jodi area of the state. Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Audi who disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja also restated his zero tolerance for...
Sponsors Of #EndBadGovernance Resident Outside Nigeria To Be Arrested Soon — Immigration Boss
Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Kemi Nandap says the sponsors of #EndBadGovernance protest in the diaspora are on a watch list and they will be arrested when entering the country. Nandap made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during a combined news conference by the heads of security agencies and Service Chiefs convened by the Chief of Defence...
Insecurity: Buhari Urges Police To Review Strategy
President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked men and officers of the Nigerian police to use the current security threat to review their strategy in protecting the people. He said that their preparedness would also indicate their capacity to ensure a free and fair election in 2023. Buhari, who spoke on Monday during the opening ceremony of the police conference and retreat going...
After US Security Alert, Buhari Urges Nigerians Not To Panic
President Muhammadu has advised the nation’s security establishment and entire citizens to continue being vigilant, saying it is important to avoid panic. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said Buhari was reacting to security advisories issued by US embassy in Abuja, urging citizens to remain calm. According to him, the recent changes in...
Bandits Will Have No Hiding Place If I’m Elected President — Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said if he is elected President of the country, there would be no hiding place for bandits. Addressing delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina on Wednesday, Atiku said it is the negligence o...
