Trouble Makers In South East Will Face Hard Times, Army Talks Tough
The General Officer Commanding, GOC, 82 Division Nigeria Army, Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, has promised “hard times for trouble makers” in the South East geopolitical zone. Gen. Lagbaja who read the riot act at the closing ceremony of 82 Division Inter-Brigade Combat Proficiency Competition yesterday at the 14 Brigade Ohafia, Abia State, said that the army and other security...
Fresh Attack In Zangon Kataf Kaduna Leaves Three Dead
No fewer than three people have been killed and several others injured in separate attacks by gunmen in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incidents which occurred on Friday at Machun and Manuka villages followed the killing of five persons in Zangon Kataf earlier in August. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed...
Cleric Urges FG To Focus On Rescuing Abducted School Children And Leave IPOB Alone
The Anglican Bishop of Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, the Rt. Rev Ndubuisi Obi, has expressed worry about the helplessness of the Federal Government over the growing cases of abduction of pupils by bandits. He said rather than rescue the innocent children from their abductors, the Federal Government was busy pursuing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members and their...
Details Emerge How Gunmen Abducted Katsina Lawmaker’s Wife, Children
Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the wife and two children of the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency in the Katsina State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami. The bandits, according to a resident, stormed the country house of the lawmaker located at Kurami village in Bakori Local Government of Area of the state at about 9:00 pm on Saturday after the Muslim...
Only Amnesty Will End Banditry, Security Challenges In North, Sheikh Gumi Insists
Shiekh Abubakar Gumi, a respected Islamic scholar has revealed the only way the bandit/herdsmen crisis can be stopped in Nigeria. Gumi, a controversial figure, in a recent statement seen by ABN TV disclosed that the menace can only be stopped with Amnesty. According to him, the same way the government quelled the Niger-Delta crisis with Amnesty is the only way...
Unknown Gunmen Responsible For Sen. Effiong’s Kidnap — Police
The Police have confirmed the kidnapping of Sen. Nelson Effiong, who represented Eket Senatorial District in the eighth Senate. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, told newsmen in Uyo on Monday that the senator was kidnapped in Uyo at about 10 p.m on Sunday, Sept. 5. “He was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at a popular drinking...
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...
Police Call For Calm As Suspected Bandits Send Threat Letter To Sokoto Communities
The Police have called for calm in some communities in Sokoto State following reports that a threat letter was sent to them from suspected bandits. Written in the Hausa language, the said attackers mentioned five communities – Shuni, Kwanar Kimba, Rikina, and Dange, all in Dange/Shuni Local Government Area, causing panic among the residents. But the state Commissioner of Police, Kola...
Ebubeagu Gathering Intelligence From Forest, When Last Did You Hear Of Any Attack? – Ikpeazu’s Aide Ememanka Fires Critics
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Sir Onyebuchi Ememanka has challenged people of the State, especially critics of government to recollect when last they heard about any attack by Fulani herdsmen in the State. This was in response to allegations that Ebubeagu, a security outfit launched by the Southeast governors is not effective, especially in Abia. The...
Biafra: Kanu Speaks On What ESN Will Do Again In South East
Kanunta Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says the Eastern Security Network (ESN) will continue to defend persons living in the South of Nigeria against criminals. ESN, the controversial security outfit of IPOB created by Nnamdi Kanu in December 2020 has always maintained that it is ‘wading off the bandits and...
