We Now Bear Arms To Defend Ourselves From Ikwuano People — Akwa Ibom Community
The people of Nkari in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday said an incessant boundary crisis led them to bear arms to farms. The community has been engaged in a long-drawn communal war with Usaka Ukwu in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. Chairman of Ini LGA, Mr Israel Idaisin, said his people have resorted to...
Reps Move To Make Special Secrecy Law For DSS, NIA, DIA, Others
The House of Representatives is considering a new law that guides the operations of security and intelligence agencies in Nigeria, which will especially propose stricter conditions for information gathering and sharing by security agents. The National Security Agencies Personnel Identity Protection Bill 2021, which is awaiting second reading by the House, will supersede the existing Official Secrets Act when it...
Obasanjo, Sheikh Gumi Hold Talks In Abeokuta
Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday morning met with former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This was confirmed by Obasanjo’s media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, to newsmen. Gumi was said to be accompanied to the meeting by some religious leaders in the country. The Islamic scholar, according to Akinyemi, arrived the residence of the former president inside...
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...
Security: Ikpeazu Declares Curfew In Umuahia, Aba
In a bid to secure the property and lives of Abians, the state Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the imposition of curfew in Umuahia and Aba metropolis between 10pm and 6am daily from Monday, 5th April, 2021 till further notice. The state government says this is sequel to security reports received from multiple sources, and informed by the need...
IPOB, ESN Responsible For Imo Jailbreak, Police Facility Attack— IGP Adamu
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba has disclosed that Preliminary investigations revealed that the attackers of Imo state custodial service centre, who came in their numbers with sophisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs), Sub-Machine Guns (SMGs), AK49 rifles, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), are members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra...
DSS Alerted Gov. Uzodinma, Police 3 Times Before Imo Attacks, Says Ex-director
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, DSS, Dennis Amachree, has said the secret police alerted the Nigeria Police Force and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, at least three times before Monday attacks in the state. Amachree, however, said the police and the governor, who is the chief security of the state, failed to act on the...
Inept Attitude Of Government Fueling Insecurity — Sir Udensi Decries
A renowned Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi has blamed inept attitude of government at various levels for the growing insecurity in the country, ABN TV reports. While admitting that insecurity is a global phenomenon, Sir Udensi said the show of disregard by states and federal government has exacerbated the trend, adding that it portends grave danger to the economy...
Imo Jailbreak: Fleeing Inmate Nabbed In Akwa Ibom
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested one David Ubong, one of the inmates set free when suspected hoodlums attacked a correctional centre in Owerri. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, in Uyo on Friday, said that Ubong confessed to have escaped from the Owerri correctional centre on April 5. Macdon said that the suspect...
‘Unknown Gunmen’: Those Who Kill By Gun Shall Die By Gun – Fr Mbaka
Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry in Enugu, southeast Nigeria, AMEN, has expressed grief that “Nigeria is stained with so much blood”. ABN TV understands that the controversial Catholic Priest, who is believed to be reacting to the rise In attacks on Security personnel by 'unknown Gunmen' in the South East and South-South regions of the...
