Details Emerge How Gunmen Abducted Katsina Lawmaker’s Wife, Children
Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the wife and two children of the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency in the Katsina State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami. The bandits, according to a resident, stormed the country house of the lawmaker located at Kurami village in Bakori Local Government of Area of the state at about 9:00 pm on Saturday after the Muslim...
Community Leaders Connive With Bandits, One Collected N700,000, Allowed Criminals To Kill 30 Villagers — Katsina Governor
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State says bandits cannot operate freely without the connivance of some persons in the society. Speaking at a town hall meeting which held in Daura at the weekend, Radda said his government is ready to support people to assist security agents in protecting communities against attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals. The programme had as...
Under Buhari, Nigeria Has Become A Giant Killing Field – PDP
The National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the current security situation in the country, saying Nigeria has become a giant-killing field. In a communique read by the national chairman of the party after a meeting of the caucus at the Akwa Ibom Governor's Lodge in Abuja, the party said Nigeria was fast descending into anarchy, with...
#BREAKING: Hard Times For Terrorists, Bandits As Nigeria Takes Delivery Of 6 Super Tucano Aircrafts
Hard times await terrorists and bandits as Nigerian Air Force says the first batch of six Super Tucano aircraft has arrived the country from the United States. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to him, the aircraft were received in Kano by the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), Chief of...
Plateau Killings: Restructure Nigeria Now, Edwin Clark tells Tinubu
Convener, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, at the weekend said that the only solution to challenges confronting Nigeria, especially insecurity, is restructuring. Clark stated this in an open letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu, obtained by ABN TV, where he sympathised with the President over the recent killings in Plateau State. The Elder Statesman insisted that restructuring Nigeria is...
Nigeria Has Become A Massive Killing Field ― Bishop Kukah
Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Mathew Kukah has observed that there is a growing fear among Nigerians whether the country’s glory is about to depart owing to Boko Haram, banditry, Kidnapping, armed robbery, and other merchants of death happening across the nation. He made this known in his Easter message titled, ‘Before our Glory Departs’, according to him today...
Hold IPOB Responsible For Attack On Imo INEC Office — Police
The police in Imo State have said gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) carried out the attack on the Oru West office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mike Abattam, the state police spokesperson, said in Owerri on Sunday that the operatives on duty,...
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...
Bandits Kidnaps Worshippers From Zamfara Mosque
Bandits have abducted scores of worshippers in one of the mosques in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area simply identified as Garba told our correspondent that the bandits invaded the mosque around 5 a.m. on Thursday when the people were about to start the morning prayer. Garba said, ”We were...
DSS, Prison Officials Fight Dirty Over Emefiele
There was drama at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday when the Department of State Services (DSS) operatives and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Centre (NCC) fought over the custody of Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele, who has been in DSS detention since June, was arraigned in court on Tuesday. Justice Nicholas...
