Gunmen Kill PDP Lawmaker In Adamawa
He was a member of the PDP. A gang of armed men stormed the lawmaker’s residence in his hometown, Bannga, in the early hours of Saturday, shooting his son and whisking him away before killing him a few hours after. The Police Public Relations Offic...
Nigerians React As Buhari Travels To Liberia To Deliver Lecture On Peace, Security
Nigerians have expressed their reactions as President Muhammadu Buhari left for Monrovia, the capital of Liberia today to deliver a lecture on peace and security. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu disclosed on Monday that “the trip signifies the ...
Insecurity: We Won’t Take It Again, Abia Assembly Blows Hot
Abia State House of Assembly has expressed anger over the spate of insecurity in the state, calling on heads of security agencies in the state to do more in tackling the issues. Recall that the Assembly had in a resolution last week invited heads of all the security agencies in the state to an interactive session on the security challenges...
Lekki Toll Gate: You Ought To Secure Not Arrest Protesters, Atiku Tells Police
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the arrest of some protesters by the police in the Lekki area of Lagos State. In a statement on Saturday following the arrest of the youths at the Lekki tollgate, he decried that the police abandoned their responsibility of protecting the protesters. “The 1999 Nigerian Constitution, as amended (Section 40) guarantees the right of...
Niger Govt Releases Names Of Abducted GSS Kagara Pupils, Teachers
The names of the abducted pupils and teachers of Government Science College, Kagara in Niger state have been released. ABN TV had reported bandits invaded Government Science College Kagara and abducted 27 students, 3 teachers, two non teaching staff and 9 family members of the staff staying in the quarters on Wednesday morning. The names of the abducted teachers are: Hannatu...
Bandits: We Support Gumi’s Call For Amnesty — Northern Group
A Pan-Arewa Social-Political organization under the auspices of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Thursday threw its weight behind Sheikh Ahmed Gumi’s call to grant amnesty to bandits. The group argued that when Niger Delta militants took up arms against the country, previous administrations set up the Ministry Niger Delta Affairs, and other amnesty programmes, geared towards meeting their demands. CNG added...
Security Forces Rescue Abducted Bridal Train From Boko Haram
A team of military and police have rescued a bridal train abducted by Boko Haram on Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway. The bride and her team were kidnapped by the insurgents on Friday at about 1pm somewhere in Mainok on Damaturu-Maiduguri Highway. The abductees were made to drive their two vehicles into the bush and begin a long journey to a destination believed to...
Abducted Zamfara School Girls Regain Freedom
The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have been released and are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the state capital. A very competent source had informed our correspondent on Saturday that negotiations with the bandits who kidnapped the schoolgirls had reached a very advanced stage, saying “they...
Insecurity: We Must Embrace State Policing — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the need for state Police to curb the worsening security situation in the country. The Vice President also said that the way out to the perennial crisis between farmers and herders, was the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), as developed by consensus of governors under the auspices of the National Economic...
ESN Has Captured Notorious Fulani Bandits’ Leader Terrorising Benue, Others — Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, says that members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, have captured a notorious leader of a gang of Fulani bandits, identified as Mohammed Isa. Kanu said this in a statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, which was obtained by ABN TV on Monday. In the statement, the IPOB...
