After Aba Police Station Invasion, Ikpeazu Places N1m Bounty On Attackers, Bans Keke NAPEP
Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has placed a bounty of one million Naira on hoodlums who attacked Abayi police station in Aba in the early hours of Tuesday. The governor while expressing regret that the arms carted away by the hoodlums will be used on innocent citizens of the state vowed that the state government will not cede any...
Buhari Finally Reveals Why FG Has Not Used Force On Bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari has said security forces have not moved against bandits in the country because of the fear of “heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages” that may be suffered in such operations. In a statement on Friday, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as saying, “We have the capacity to deploy massive force against the bandits in the...
Nigerian Security Much Better Under Buhari ― Minister
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday, affirmed that the nation’s security has fared much better under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari than the previous administration, ABN TV reports. The minister, who took the president’s message to Zamfara State over the weekend when he assured that the Jangebe school girls abduction would be the last, met in a closed-door...
If Those Who Instigated Civil War Were Pardoned, Why Not Pardon Bandits, Sheik Gumi Replies CAN
Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheik Abubakar Gumi has said those who instigated civil war where millions of people were killed were pardoned why not do the same to bandits. He also said for Nigeria to get out of banditry and achieve peace, the bandits must be forgiven. Sheikh Gumi, a self-appointed peacemaker between the bandits and the government pointed out that “even...
“We Brought In Fulani From Mali But After Election They Refused To Go Back” – Kawu
Abubakar Kawu Baraje has traced the origin of the current insecurity in the country to the influx of Fulani from neighboring countries like Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Chad brought into the country for election purposes in 2015. According to the former PDP chairman, who also once served as the party’s national secretary, chairman of the breakaway faction of...
Trace Bandits’ Funding Sources Same Way You Did With #EndSARS Protesters, Ben Kalu Charges
Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has challenged the security operatives to trace the source of funding of banditry in the North the same way they went after #EndSARS protesters and closed their funding sources. According to the Reps Spokesperson, there is no way kidnapping of school children by the bandits will take place without funding. Speaking on a...
Attack On Ortom: PDP, Wike Spit Fire, Tell Nigerians To Hold APC, Buhari Responsible If…
Reactions have continued to trail the Saturday attack on Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom by suspected Fulani militia on Benue. The Peoples Democratic Party and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike were outraged, calling on Nigerians to hold the APC led federal government and the President, Muhammadu Buhari responsible if anything untoward happens to the Benue governor. In a statement titled, ‘PDP...
Fear As Security Forces Kill 16 Suspected Gunmen In Aba, IPOB Insists Victims Not ESN
There is palpable fear among the residents of Aba as soldiers of the 144 Battalion, stationed at Ariaria junction, along the Enugu–Port Harcourt expressway, on Tuesday allegedly killed 16 gunmen who engaged them in a fierce gun battle. A military source, however, said it was a joint operation of the Nigerian Army and police which led to the death of...
Bye-Election: Abia Police Commence Deployment Of Officers, Warn Troublemakers
Abia state police command says it has commenced the deployment of officers and men ahead of the Saturday bye-election in Aba North/South Federal constituency of the state. This is even as the Force warns those it described as troublemakers to stay away from the places where election is taking place especially when they have no business there, saying any attempt...
Umahi Weeps As Fulani Herdsmen Kill 22 In Ebonyi Community
Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed 16 persons who were between the ages of 18 and 56. Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the incident, observed that about 10 motorcycles and a vehicle, whose owners were killed, were set ablaze. One of the eyewitnesses, who escaped the...
