Stay Away From Police Stations Now, Don’t Jeopardize Integrity Security Operatives, IGP Egbetokun Warns POS Operators
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered stoppage of Point-of-Sales (POS) machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. Egbetokun said the ban became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions of POS machine operators with certain police operatives. The police boss, who spoke through the force spokesman, Olumuyiwa...
Bandits Demand Rice, Cough Syrup, N290m For Release Of 7 Hostages
Bandits who abducted seven residents of Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT on December 28 have demanded N290 million ransom, drugs and foodstuffs to release the hostages. The victims, including a pregnant woman, three children and four adults, have now spent one month and four days in captivity. A leader in the community (names withheld)...
Terrorists, Bandits Hiding In Forests, We Need Help, Ganduje Begs Buhari
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said most forests across the country now accommodate terrorists, armed robbers, bandits and criminals. The governor said this while speaking with State House reporters after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. He described the current security challenges in the country as “unfortunate” and called the...
COAS Farouk Yahaya Declares War Against Bandits
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has declared that henceforth, the Nigerian Army will engage bandits and criminals in a war. Yahaya, who stated during a familiarization visit to 31 Artillery Brigade and Tradoc Minna, Niger State, said the army will be more resolute and decisive in dealing with them. “I commend them on the job they are...
After NDA Attack, Activist Deji Adeyanju Says Bandits Will Soon Abducting Governors
Activist and Convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju has warned that if care is not taken, Bandits will soon start kidnapping Governors. Adeyanju, in a statement via Twitter, condemned Tuesday’s attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy in Kaduna by daredevil bandits. The attack resulted in the death of some soldiers while two were abducted. READ ALSO: Nigeria Defence Academy Confirms...
“Send Soldiers After Killer Herdsmen, Not IPOB” — Igbo Women Fire Back At Defense Chief
The Indigenous Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) has issued a scathing response to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, urging him to redirect military efforts from crushing Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members to confronting the real threats in the South East — armed herdsmen who are terrorizing rural communities. Reacting to the CDS’s recent remarks advising against...
Northern Governors Backs Creation Of State Police Over Rising Insecurity
Northern governors yesterday warned that the region stood on the brink of losing its future to escalating insecurity and deepening poverty, unless leaders took urgent, decisive action. They also called for state police as a way out of the high level insecurity in the north, and asked for a 6-month ban on mining in the region. This is even as Kaduna...
Southern States Not Safe, Leave Now – Miyetti Allah Tells Members
The Bauchi State Chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has urged its members to vacate the 17 southern states, where governors have decided to ban open grazing. MACBAN Chairman, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, said: “This is a simple calculation. We are heading for secession. The rulers are no longer interested in the people. If some people are...
Farmers Should Carry AK-47 Like Herdsmen, Says Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom has said that farmers should be allowed to bear AK-47 rifles like herdsmen, so that they can defend themselves. Answering questions from newsmen at the Makurdi airport on his arrival for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) meeting in Abuja, Governor Ortom stated that a situation whereby herdsmen carried sophisticated weapons like the AK-47 rifle and farmers are...
NSA, Service Chiefs Meet Over Trump’s Threat
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday met with service chiefs and heads of security and intelligence agencies over the decision of US President, Donald Trump, to move against Nigeria, following allegations of Christian genocide in the country. The meeting came as Trump said late Sunday that ground operations and air strikes could form part of the US...
