Baby Found Alive At Mother’s Back 24 Hours After She Was Killed By Bandits
A seven-month-old baby boy named Habibu has been found sleeping on his mother’s back 24 hours after she was shot dead by bandits on the Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. Bandits blocked the Pandogari-Allawa road a day to Sallah and shot six passengers, including an SS 2 student of the Maryam Babangida Girls’ Science College, Minna, Hauwa...
Securing Nigeria Not Easy Task, Ex-CDS Irabor Says At Pulling Out Ceremony
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, says that providing security for a diverse country like Nigeria is not an easy task, but insists it is not an impossible one to achieve. He said this in his valedictory speech during the pulling-out ceremony organised for him at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja on Friday. According to Irabor, the...
New NDA Commandant Assumes Office In Kaduna
Sequel to the recent redeployment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army by the new Chief Of Army staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Taoreed A. Lagbaja, Maj. Gen. John O. Ochai has assumed command as the 32nd Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna on Monday, June 26, 2023. He took over from Maj. Gen. Ibrahim M. Yusuf,...
New Defence Chief Vows Full Force Against Bandits, Terrorists
The new Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday threatened that troops of the Nigerian Military would go all out against the marauding bandits, terrorists and other adversaries disturbing the peace of the country. Maj.-Gen. Musa, who disclosed this at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, when he officially took over from Gen. Lucky Irabor (rtd) said the determination of the...
Ag. IGP Egbetokun Considers Establishment Of Quick Intervention Squad
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G P), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said the Nigeria Police will establish a Quick Intervention Squad to tackle the menace of crimes and criminality. Egbetokun said this on Friday in Abuja during his inaugural conference with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above. “The Nigeria Police Force under my...
I Feel Like A Lion To Devour Enemies Of Nigeria — Ag. IGP Egbetokun
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says he is feeling like a lion that is ready to devour Nigeria’s enemies. He said this shortly after Vice-President Kashim Shettima decorated him in presence of his wife, Mrs Egbetokun, at a brief ceremony which took place at Vice President’s Conference Hall. The ceremony was attended by the outgoing IGP, Usman Alkali...
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...
Five Killed In Fresh Kaduna Bandits’ Attack, 100 Cows Rustled
Suspected bandits have killed a traditional title holder, the Ardo of Birni and Kewaye of Zazzau Emirate, Alhaji Shuaibu Mohammed and his four children. The incident occurred on Saturday night at about 10pm in Dorayi village of Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The bandits numbering five also rustled 100 cows belonging to the deceased. The wife of the deceased, Malama Halima...
Frank Mba, Adamu Ciroma Approved For Rank Of DIG
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma as Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs). This was contained in a statement by the PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Friday. According to him, DIG Ciroma will replace DIG Ali Janga who has retired from Service and had represented the...
Hold RSF Responsible For Death Of West Darfur Governor — Sudanese Army
The Sudanese army accused the Rapid Support Forces militia of killing the governor of the West Darfur Province, Khamis Abdullah Abakr in a statement issued early on Thursday. However, the RSF has in turn blamed rogue elements for the killing. The army issued a statement sharply condemning “the treacherous behaviour of the RSF militia” in abducting and executing Khamis Abdullah Abakr. Abakr’s...
