Bandits Bomb Kuje Prison, Abuja
Kuje Medium Prison on Tuesday night came under heavy bombardments by unknown terrorists, throwing the entire area Council into confusion. The first explosion, a high capacity bomb, went off around 10.25pm. It was followed by second and third blast an...
Buhari Talks Tough, Says Perpetrators Of Ondo Catholic Church Killings’ll Face Eternal Sorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the heinous killing of worshippers on Sunday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State. President Buhari while condemning the incident said that eternal sorrow awaits thos...
Allow Amotekun To Bear Arms, Governor Akeredolu Urges FG
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged the Federal Government to allow Amotekun Corps to carry sophisticated weapons in order to protect the people. Speaking on his recent position on the oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to private individuals and organisations, Akeredolu explained that his position was to allow Amotekun bear sophisticated arms like the non-state actors who...
Open Grazing Our Heritage, If You Stop Us We Attack — Fulani Jihadists Warn Okowa
Residents of Asaba, Delta State capital, were, Sunday, thrown into confusion, following a threat letter by Fulani jihadists to attack the capital city over Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s support for the ban on open grazing in the southern part of the country. The threat letter, which was pasted in some parts of the state, including the premises of Living Faith Bible...
U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution Call For Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the U.S. cast its veto. The text was co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia, collectively known as the E-10. The text received 14 votes in favour, with...
Send Us N20m To Release 20 Abductees, Bandits Write Sokoto Community
Suspected bandits operating in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto state have allegedly written a letter to a monarch in Burkusuma demanding for ransom to secure the release of 20 persons kidnapped from two communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area. The letter was allegedly written in the Hausa language by one of the victims kidnapped by the bandits and...
Cleric Urges FG To Focus On Rescuing Abducted School Children And Leave IPOB Alone
The Anglican Bishop of Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, the Rt. Rev Ndubuisi Obi, has expressed worry about the helplessness of the Federal Government over the growing cases of abduction of pupils by bandits. He said rather than rescue the innocent children from their abductors, the Federal Government was busy pursuing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members and their...
FENRAD Carpets Gov. Uzodinma For Inviting Military Against ESN In Orlu
A human and environmental rights group Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) has condemned the Imo State governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma for inviting the Nigerian military to launch an aerial onslaught against suspected members of Eastern Security Network (ESN), a wing of IPOB in Orlu Imo State. The group says the military should have rather deployed its energy...
US, UN Condemn ‘Horrific Attacks’ In Borno
The United States of America and the United Nations have condemned recent suicide bomb attacks that targeted civilian populations in the Borno local government area, Gwoza, that claimed over 18 lives, leaving over 50 people injured on Saturday. The Emir of Gwoza confirmed female suicide bombers attacked a wedding and funeral on Saturday, killing over 30 people on the spot...
Many Arms Used By Bandits Originally Belonged To FG — NSA Ribadu
Many of the illicit weapons currently used by terrorists and bandits originally belonged to the Federal Government, according to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Ribadu spoke at the Arms Destruction Exercise organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), on Thursday...
