Farmers Should Carry AK-47 Like Herdsmen, Says Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom has said that farmers should be allowed to bear AK-47 rifles like herdsmen, so that they can defend themselves. Answering questions from newsmen at the Makurdi airport on his arrival for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) meeting in Abuja, Governor Ortom stated that a situation whereby herdsmen carried sophisticated weapons like the AK-47 rifle and farmers are...
Gunmen Kidnap Ex-Reps Member, Kill Police Escort In Nasarawa
Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, was abducted yesterday evening by suspected bandits while traveling to Jos. The attack, which occurred around 6:00 p.m., took place between Nunku in Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, and Gwantu in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna State. In a gun battle, the assailants fatally shot the police escort...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Not Helicopter, Crashed in Kaduna – Air Force
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) popularly known as drone, crashed in Kaduna on Monday morning and not its helicopter as earlier reported. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “Contrary to reports on social media as well as on a...
FG In Pain As UK Promises To Offer IPOB/MASSOB Members Asylum
The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed anger over a plan by the United Kingdom to offer asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the...
Police Affairs Minister Says IGP’s Tenure Extended, Will Not Retire At 60
Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, has said the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, will not be retiring midway into the general elections as earlier expected. He made the clarification while fielding questions from State House reporters after the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the year. Dingyadi, who said Baba already had an appointment letter extending his...
Police Probe Natasha’s Family House Attack
The Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State Police Command, has commenced an investigation into the alleged attack on the family house of Senator Natasha in the Obeiba-Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. A statement issued on Friday by the Command’s spokesman, William Aya, stated that the investigation followed a report that the house was attacked by some unknown hoodlums. “Consequent...
NAF Air Strike Kills Notorious Kidnapper Janari In Kaduna
The Nigerian Air Force says air strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation WHIRL PUNCH, on Thursday, neutralized a well-known terrorist and kidnap kingpin popularly known as Janari and several members of his syndicate. Janari and his cohorts have been responsible for several attacks and abductions within Kaduna State as well as along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, a statement by...
Abductors Demand ₦110m Ransom For Release Of Niger Islamic Students, Threaten To Kill Victims
Abductors of the over 136 students and staff of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in the Rafi local government area of Niger State are demanding the sum of ₦110 million as a ransom for the safe release of the victims. They also threatened to kill the victims should the school or their parents fail to meet their demands by midnight...
You Have Few Weeks To Restore Security, Buhari Tells Service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has told service chiefs that they have just a few weeks to restore security in the country, ABN TV learnt. Speaking after decorating them with their new ranks at a ceremony in the presidential villa, Abuja on Friday, he charged military top brass to speed up their actions in freeing the country from the current state of...
Ogun Authorizes Recruitment Of 500 Amotekun Officers
In a move to strengthen security across the state, Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved the recruitment of 500 additional operatives into the Ogun State Security Network, also known as the ‘Amotekun Corps’. According to a statement by the Corps Commander, Amotekun Networks, Brig Gen Alade Adedigba (retd), the recruitment drive, set to begin on Monday, March 10, 2025, comes just...
