Seven Abducted NYSC Members Freed In Port Harcourt After Payment Of Ransom
Some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were earlier kidnapped by assailants have been released in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The corps members numbering seven in total were reportedly kidnapped on their way back to the state after orientation camp in Ondo State about a week ago. Confirming the release to Channels TV correspondent, the Public...
Benue Killings: I’ve Forgiven Buhari — Ortom
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said he has forgiven President Muhammadu Buhari. Ortom disclosed this while responding to questions on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ Ortom had criticised the presidency for blaming his administration for the killings in the state. He described the attempts by the president to blame his government for the situation as “futile attempts to...
Two Fleeing Inmates Of Kuje Prison Arrested In Adamawa
Two inmates who escaped from the Kuje correctional centre in 2022 have been arrested by the Adamawa police command. Spokesperson of the Adamawa Police Command Suleiman Nguroje said the names of the two escapees are Atiku Ibrahim and Adamu Ibrahim. He said they were arrested by the police crack squad on May 19. In July 2022, gunmen attacked the Kuje correctional centre,...
NSCDC Sets Up Special Squad To Protect Schools
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps( NSCDC) has created a special squad to protect schools across the country against attacks. The Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, disclosed this while making his keynote address at the opening session of the capacity-building courses for safe school administrators and managers held at the national headquarters of the NSCDC...
Two Suspects Arrested Over US Consulate Convoy Attack In Anambra
The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials and four were Mobile Police escorts. Speaking on the...
We’ll Deploy Newly Recruited Army Personnel To Fight Boko Haram, ISWAP Terrorists — COAS
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has said the Army will deploy the 6,251 newly recruited soldiers to contain the spate of insecurity in the nation. He said the country is faced with numerous security challenges occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, armed bandits, kidnappers, separatist agitators, religious extremists and other criminal elements. Lt. Gen. Yahaya...
Security Forces Kill Two Gunmen, Arrest Robbery Suspects In Anambra
Security operatives in Anambra State have killed two gunmen and also arrested members of a robbery gang. The development followed joint operations by the police alongside the vigilantes, according to a Tuesday statement from the Anambra Police spokesman Ikenga Tobechukwu. “These joint operations yielded a major positive development on 7/5/2023 by 8:45 pm. The operatives while on routine patrol along Usmusiome...
One Killed As Police Rescue 58 Abductees In Kogi
Police operatives have rescued 58 kidnap victims at Udulu Forest, Gegu LGA of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other identified kidnappers den in communities contiguous to the Federal Capital Territory. Spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the bandits/kidnappers on sighting the security team coordinated by the police,...
Bandits Kill 2 Abducted Teenagers Who Attempted To Escape, Free 70 In Zamfara
Bandits have released 70 out of 85 victims abducted from Wanzamai village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The victims were kidnapped three weeks ago on farmlands. They are mostly residents of Wanzamai, a community that had suffered series of bandits’ incursions in the past. While the children went to the bush to fetch firewood, the other adults were...
Policeman Detained For Abandoning Duty Dies In Kogi Cell
A policeman serving under the Kwara State Police Command, Taiye Atobiloye, has died in a cell at the D Division of the Kogi State Police Command, following his detention for being absent from duty for two days at the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, Kogi State. Atobiloye, with service number 232980, who was attached to the Oke Onigbin Division in Kwara...
