Airforce Jet Loses Tyre, Makes Emergency Landing
A Nigerian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft has made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. It was gathered that the aircraft, a Cessna Citation CJ3 was on a routine flight to Ilorin when it lost its tyres. The incident, however, forced the aircraft to land on its underside without the aid of a landing gear. The Nigerian...
Buhari Condemns Killing Of 40 Vigilante Operatives In Katsina, Commiserates With Families
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on at least 40 vigilante personnel at Yargoje forest in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. On Friday, terrorists ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows and killed over 40. Most of the victims were volunteers from neighbouring Bakori Local Government Area of the...
Customs Intercepts $6m Fake Notes, Worth N2.763bn
The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCoS) have intercepted over $6 million in fake American dollar notes in the Gbaji area of Lagos State. The notes, equivalent to N2.763 billion at an exchange rate of N460.52, were intercepted from four suspects. The area controller of the Command Dera Nnadi explained that the seizure was made by officers at...
Gunmen Snatch Guns From Policemen In Abia
Gunmen reportedly stole two guns from police officers conducting a stop-and-search operation in Aba, Abia State's commercial nerve center. The incident occurred on Wednesday night along Faulks road near Osusu junction in Aba North local government area, according to reports. According to The Nation, while some reports claim the gunmen arrived in a Hilux SUV, others claim they arrived in a...
How Gunmen Killed Imo Judge During Court Sitting
Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. He was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants fled. The killing of the jurist who our correspondent gathered hailed...
Gunmen Bomb INEC Office, Police Station In Anambra
Hoodlums have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Ojoto and a police station in Nnobi, both in Anambra State's Idemili South Local Government Area. The hoodlums were said to have stormed the facilities around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday in four unmarked Sienna vehicles, armed with IEDs, petrol bombs, and other explosives. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga of the State Police,...
How ISWAP Fighters Doled Out Old Naira Notes To Highway Passengers In Borno
Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy, sources have said. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred after Mairari village, along the Maiduguri/Monguno highway on Saturday in...
Nigeria’s Unrest Caused By Foreign Forces – Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria's insecurity issue, according to President Muhammadu Buhari, results from powerful nations determined to destroy Nigeria. After touring the state to commission projects under Governor Ganduje's administration, Buhari made the claim on Monday at a presidential lunch in Kano. "One can clearly see how these foreign countries took on our weaker part of Nigeria, the Lake Chad, where we have crude...
How Troops Launched Special Operations In Sambisa Forest, Killed Boko Haram Commander, 31 Others
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have neutralised a Boko Haram commander and 31 other terrorists in Konduga Council of Borno State. The commander, Abu Iliya, was killed on Saturday when troops raided the terrorists’ hideout in the Kayamari-Habasha-Yuwe axis of Sambisa Forest. A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama,...
How Jigawa DPO Slumped, Died In Office
The Divisional Police Officer of Jahun Local Government Area, Jigawa State, SP Abubakar Musa has slumped and died in his office. Spokesman of the State police command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adamu confirmed the death in a statement issued on Saturday. He said the incident happened on Friday night around 9:00 pm in the DPO’s Jahun Division office after a protracted illness. According...
