NSCDC Deploys 4,000 Personnel For FCT Security During Yuletide
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has deployed “4,000 personnel across the territory to ensure a peaceful Yuletide celebration.” The FCT Commandant of the corps, Olusola Odumosu, ordered the deployment as part of measures to safeguard lives and property, as well as protect Critical National Assets and Infrastructure before, during and after the festive period. This...
Imo CP Meets Stakeholders Over Killings Of 5 Youths
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has met with stakeholders of the Abacheke community in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state over the killing of five youths of the community on Friday. Gunmen who operated on motorcycles had invaded the community and opened fire, shooting sporadically. In the process, four youths of the community were killed...
Curfew Still 8pm — Abia Govt
Abia State Government says the indefinite curfew imposed on Umuahia, Aba, Ohafia and Arochukwu is still between 8pm to 6am. Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu who spoke with ABN TV on Monday said residents are encouraged to get home before the commencement of the curfew. He denied insinuation that the time has been adjusted from 8pm to 6pm.
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Is Your Son, Discuss With Him – Ohanaeze Chieftain Tells Buhari
A chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to engage Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, and other agitators in a roundtable discussion. According to Ibegbu: “Buhari does not want to sit and talk to agitators. A good leader will call those...
Bandits Who Kidnapped Four Persons In Zamfara Say They Want Their Ransom In New Naira Notes
Bandits have abducted four people in the Kolo village of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State and refused to collect old naira notes as ransom. The bandits earlier demanded N10m as ransom but after the negotiation, they agreed to collect N5m. Sources from the area also said that as the villagers were trying to get the money through communal effort,...
Don’t Allow Extremists Take Over Our Country, Sultan Of Sokoto Urges Leaders, Security Agencies
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged security agencies and political leaders to deal decisively with all those who think they can turn the country upside down through misinterpretation of religious teachings. Speaking at the 2nd National Education Summit of the Nigerian Army, holding in Sokoto, the monarch highlighted the problem with extremism. “So many people turn religious upside...
Terrorists Give Deadline To Start Killing Abducted Kaduna Passengers, Releases Fresh Conditions To Release Hostages
Terrorists who kidnapped passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train that was attacked on 28th March 2022 have urged the government to release their children allegedly kept in a Yola detention facility. They threatened to start killing the passengers ...
US Issues Warning To Citizens On Threat To Major Hotels In Nigeria
The United States has alerted its citizens in Nigeria of threats to major hotels in the “larger cities” of the country. The US issued this warning in an emergency information for American citizens dated November 3, adding that the Nigerian security agencies are working to counter the threat. It also advised US citizens to exercise vigilance at major hotels, be alert...
Air Force Denies Killing Innocent Herdsmen In Nasarawa Air Strike
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the ‘38 herders’ killed in airstrikes carried out in January in Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State were terrorists and not innocent persons. The NAF which had kept mum over the incident widely reported in the media about six months ago, said those killed were trying to wreak havoc,...
Attack On Soludo: Ohanaeze Decries Insecurity In South East, Seeks Decentralisation Of Police
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, condemned the attack by gunmen on former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Ohanaeze National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, described the insecurity situation in the South-East as worsening, adding that people in the zone now live in raw fear after over 23...
