Ex-Governor Okorocha Escapes Assassination
Former Governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha escaped assassination on Friday after unidentified hoodlums launched an attack on his convoy, leaving a security aid killed. The attack took place along Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway. The axis had in recent times become a hotbed of kidnapping for ransom as gunmen operate freely, causing residents to flee from...
Troops Retrieve Weapons, Ammo, Destroy Bandit Hideouts In Taraba
Soldiers from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have retrieved weapons and ammunition and demolished bandit hideouts in Taraba State. Captain Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the troops working under the leadership of Brigadier General Kingsley Chidiebere Uwa engaged the bandits in a fierce firefight,...
We’re Not Involved In Negotiations For Kankara Students Release – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has dissociated itself from the reported negotiations by the Katsina State government with the bandits that abducted 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, last Friday. It said the military will continue its ongoing kinetic operations, noting that the armed forces were reviewing strategies to ensure the safe rescue of the children. The Coordinator, Defence...
Borno Gov Raises Alarm As Boko Haram Regroups
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has raised the alarm over the regrouping of Boko Haram insurgents in the Tumbus areas of Lake Chad and the Mandara Hills within the Sambisa Forest in the state. Zulum lamented what he called a setback in military operations in the state, saying Boko Haram terrorists were freely breeding in Tumbus water areas on the...
Northern Senators Want Firm Action Against Kidnapping
The Northern Senators’ Forum has called on the Federal Government to come up with resolute action to tackle cases of kidnapping in the country. Chairman of the Forum, Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, in a statement, said the recent wave of violence and kidnapping in the north was a major concern to the forum. “The series of events that have unfolded in Kaduna State,...
FG Warn Public Against Civil Defence, Immigration Recruitment Racketeers
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians about the activities of recruitment racketeers while assuring that it would advertise available vacancies in the services under the Ministry of Interior whenever approval is obtained. The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), in a statement by its Secretary, Maj. Gen. Abdulmalik Jibril (Rtd), on Tuesday, said its attention had been...
Village Heads Flee As Bandits Impose Compulsory Tax On Farmers In Katsina
As the insecurity occasioned by rural banditry bites harder, some residents of frontline local governments in Katsina State have either abandoned their farms or resort to forceful payment of taxes to bandits. According to the Katsina State Government, some 5,884 farmlands were abandoned due to the attacks. From January to June 2021 alone, according to the government, 23,333 hectares of...
South East Group Condemns Killing Of Soldiers In Anambra By Gunmen
The Igbo People of Nigeria (IPN) has condemned the ambush and subsequent murder of soldiers on a routine patrol at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A statement by Anayo Mbakwe on Wednesday night described the incident as a national tragedy, barbaric and unacceptable. Mbakwe said the people of the southeast are known to be loving, welcoming...
Search For NAF Missing Aircraft Continues As PDP, Ndume Express Worry
The search for the missing Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet entered its fourth day on Saturday with no sign of the wreckage of the aircraft. It was gathered that more troops and air assets had been deployed in the ongoing search of the jet which was believed to have crashed with two crew members, Flt Lts. John Abolarinwa and Ebiakpo...
We’ll Not Tolerate Any Post-election Incitement That’ll Threaten Security, Says IGP
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has stated that the force will not accept any post-election incitement that could jeopardize national security. On March 22, Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party's (LP) vice-presidential candidate, claimed that All Progressives Congress (APC) nominee Bola Tinubu did not match the constitutional conditions to become Nigeria's president. Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the APC...
