Gunmen Invade ThisDay Abuja Office, Threaten To Kill Staff
Gunmen in their numbers storm Thisday Newspaper Abuja office in Utako on Thursday and threatened to kill staff. The armed men were said to have scaled the fence of the company’s premises to gain access. According to the newspaper, the gunmen, whose mission is yet to be ascertained stormed the office the office around 3am on Thursday. “Although the mission of the...
Defence Ministers, Badaru, Matawalle Vow Remarkable Changes In Nigeria’s Security In Coming Days
The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, have promised “remarkable” changes in Nigeria’s security architecture within one year. The new ministers stated this on Tuesday while addressing journalists on the occasion of the assumption of office at the Ship House, Ministry of Defence, Abuja, barely 24 hours after being sworn...
FG Disagrees With Reps, Senate On Proposed Security Summit
The federal government has refuted claims made by members of the House of Representatives that Boko Haram insurgents are better armed than the Nigerian military. Speaking during a ministerial briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Minister of Defence Mohammed Badaru said:“Yesterday (Tuesday), the House of Representatives said terrorists have better weapons than us. That is absolutely not true. We have much...
Life Has Lost Value Under Buhari – Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) says the lives have lost value under President Muhammadu Buhari. The forum made the statement in reaction to the killing of over 40 farmers in Kwashabe village in Zamarmari area of Jere local government area of Borno state. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, director of publicity and advocacy of the forum, berated...
Bandits On Rampage In Kaduna, Sack Ten Villages
Bandits have displaced 10 communities in Kidandan area under Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Giwa is one of the LGAs that has been badly hit in the ongoing wave of insecurity in the North West. Some of the residents were forced to relocate to Kidandan main town and other safer communities in the LGA, Daily Trust reports. The affected...
Tinubu Talks Tough, Says Killers Of Ekiti Monarchs Will Face Justice
President Bola Tinubu has vowed that the killers of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State won’t escape justice. In a statement on Tuesday, the President, who is in France on a private visit, condemned the “mindless and brutal bloodletting” of the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Olusola; and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsola. The two monarchs were killed when...
Ignore Nnamdi Kanu’s Security Outfit — South-East Governors
THE Chairman of South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, weekend called on the people of the region to ignore the so-called security outfit set up by the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Umahi who described the outfit as laughable stressed that the Governors of the region have...
400 Suspects Arrested For Funding Boko Haram, Bandits [SEE SHOCKING LIST]
About 400 businessmen have been, reportedly, arrested for allegedly funding Boko Haram insurgents and bandits. For over a decade, there has not been a piece of clear information on how Boko insurgents are being funded. According to Daily Trust, the businessmen were arrested in an operation being coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), and in collaboration with the Department of...
Troops Allegedly Kill Popular IPOB Commander In Imo, Recover Weapons
Security forces on Saturday morning killed an alleged Southeast Commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, six-armed militias and arrested several others during a deadly encounter in Imo State. The alleged commander identified as Ikonso, ABN TV gathered, was coordinator of the daredevil attacks on Imo State Police Command as well as the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) facility...
Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest In Kogi
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Christopher Onotu, has been abducted by some gunmen on Saturday night from the Church in Obangede, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. The gunmen reportedly made their way into the Church’s vicarage at about 9 pm,...
