I Used To Advise Government On Security Issues But I Don’t Make Noise — Babangida
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Former military President has disclosed that he used to advise the government on the security challenges facing the country but he does not make noise about it. He made this known in an interview with the BBC Hausa on Sunday. He said it has become necessary for citizens and government to synergize and work together to achieve results. On...
#BREAKING: Gunmen Raze Down Iwollo Police Division In Enugu, Kill Four
Gunmen on Tuesday attacked Iwollo Oghe Police Station in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, killing four officers. The officers died of gunshot wounds sustained in a gun duel while trying to repel the attack. “The hoodlums, who came to the Station in their numbers, opened fire on Police Operatives on duty but were vehemently resisted, and in the ensuing...
#BREAKING: Buhari Appoints Farouk Yahaya Chief Of Army Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday by military spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. His appointment came barely six days after the former Chief of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim, and 10 officers lost their lives in a plane crash in Abuja. “Prior to his...
Biafra Day: Ignore Any Sit-At-Home Order, Police Urge Abians
The Abia state command of the Nigerian Police has called on citizens and residents in the state to ignore any order by Biafra secessionist group, IPOB to sit at home in commemoration of the 2021 Biafra Day. Recall that the group had issued a sit-at-home order between Saturday, May 29 to Tuesday, June 1, 2021. The command in a statement urged...
Coordinating DIG South East Tasks Abia Police Command On Teamwork
Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG in charge of Operations and the Coordinating DIG South East, Joseph O. Egbunike has urged officers and men of Abia State Police Command to embark on teamwork targeted at positive delivery of duties and responsibilities. ABN TV report that DIG Egbunike who is also the Coordinator of the Operation Restore Peace in the Geo-Political...
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Is Your Son, Discuss With Him – Ohanaeze Chieftain Tells Buhari
A chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to engage Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, and other agitators in a roundtable discussion. According to Ibegbu: “Buhari does not want to sit and talk to agitators. A good leader will call those...
Ahmed Gulak’s Murder: We Will Deploy All Resources To Get Justice – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri, Imo State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.” Reacting to the development on Sunday, the President said: “I’m repulsed by such premeditated and gruesome murder of Gulak by evil people who are determined to undermine the peace, unity, and territorial integrity...
Use Good Bandits To Fight The Bad Ones — Gumi Advises FG
The Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who negotiates with Bandits has advised the Nigerian Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end banditry. Gumi, who spoke on the abduction of 200 Islamiyya schoolchildren in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, said many bandits were ready for a dialogue. According to him, the government can use...
Insecurity: Buhari Charges Service Chiefs On Synergy
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the need for synergy among the armed forces in the country, to quickly end the prevailing insecurity in the land. Buhari spoke when he received the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, who was formally presented to him by the Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yahaya...
Rep Ben Kalu Seeks Reversal Of Shoot-At-Sight Order In South East, Says It Fuels Extrajudicial Killings [VIDEO]
The member representing Bende Federal Constituency and the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives Rep. Benjamin Kalu has called for the reversal of the shoot-at-sight order given by the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Usman Alkali baba. According to the federal lawmaker, this would give rise to extrajudicial killings without proper monitoring. Speaking on his weekly radio programme 'Ben Kalu’s Mandate’...
