Bandits Kill 2023 Zamfara Governorship Aspirant
A 2023 governorship aspirant in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sagir Hamidu, has been shot dead by armed bandits. The incident occurred on Sunday when the assailants opened fire on travellers along the ever-busy Kaduna-Abuja Highway. According to Daily Trust, he was killed alongside other travellers. The Kaduna State Police Command could not be reached for reaction as at press time. The command’s Public...
Respect My Age, Stop The Killings Now, Mbazulike Amaechi Urges Igbo Youths
An Elder Statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, 92, has urged Igbo youths to respect his age and stop the wanton killings and destruction of property in the South East Zone. Amaechi made the appeal on Wednesday in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi. The elder statesman said that he was in the state to...
Escaped Prison Inmates Increasing Insecurity In Imo, Gov. Uzodimma Weeps
Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, yesterday lamented that the inmates that escaped from the Owerri Correctional Center some months ago as a result of jail break, were on rampage, compounding the security challenges in the state. Consequently, the governor pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the aid of the state by providing funds for him to tackle...
Buhari Reiterates Support For Navy As He Inaugurates Made-In-Nigeria Vessel
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a locally-built Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) 111 in Lagos State. The vessel was inaugurated on Thursday and built by NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be built by the Nigerian Navy, according to a statement by a presidential aide, Femi Adesina. He quoted his principal as saying during the event that the new...
How Bandits Killed Kaduna House Of Assembly Member, Abducted Travellers
Bandits have killed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rilwanu Gadagau, along the Kaduna-Zaria Highway. Gadagau, who represented Giwa Constituency of the state, was the Chairman of the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development in the Assembly. He was reported to have been killed on Monday night by bandits who attacked travellers along the road. The body...
Insecurity: We Want Ebubeagu Now, Ohanaeze Begs South-East Governors
Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Friday said there was not enough to deny the Igbo the opportunity to produce the successor of president Muhammadu Buhari. Ohanaeze said that the current security challenges in the region should not be an alibi to deny Ndigbo the opportunity to succeed Buhari in 2023. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, in his Christmas and New...
Nigeria Under Siege By Bandits, Terrorists, Resign Now, PDP Reps Caucus Tells Buhari
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party Caucus in the House of Representatives have said Nigeria has been seized by kidnappers, bandits and terrorists who extract ransom from the poor and impoverished, citizens, and turn homesteads, hamlets, villages, towns and cities into killing fields under the regime led by the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The minority lawmakers, therefore, demanded...
Policeman On Anti-Kidnap Mission In Adamawa Kidnapped
Gunmen have abducted a mobile policeman in Tike area of Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A resident said the abducted policeman was mistaken for a rich man, who was the target of the kidnappers. The victim is aid to be among the officers drafted to the area to tackle kidnapping, which has become rampant in the axis. According to...
Buhari Talks Tough, Vows To Crush All Terrorists In The Country
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will crush terrorists in Nigeria. He said residents of Kaduna should be assured of his government’s determination to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the state and in other parts of the Nigeria. He was hosted to a State Banquet organised by Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State to round up his...
Police Helicopter Crashes In Bauchi
A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria police has crashed at Bauchi airport. The helicopter had on Wednesday evening took off in Abuja. Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) disclosed this on Thursday in a statement in Abuja. The statement partly read, “the accident occurred on 26th January 2022 around 7:30pm (Local Time) at Bauchi Airport. “The NPF helicopter had departed Abuja at 16:54 UTC for...
