Abuja-Based Naval Staff Lawal Kidnapped In Kogi
A staff of Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Mr Musa Lawal has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped in Lokoja at his residence, behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja at about 8 pm on Monday. The hoodlums gained entrance to his apartment after they destroyed ...
Kidnapping: Buhari Orders Increased Surveillance, Patrol on Abuja-Kaduna Road
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered security agencies to intensify surveillance and patrol activities along the Abuja-Kaduna Road. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Thursday after the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Aregebesola also disclosed that the regime is impressed by the recently concluded governorship elections in Anambra State which saw...
Troops Rescue 20 Policemen After Their Abduction By Terrorists
Twenty policemen abducted by terrorists during an attack on a police division at Buni Yadi have been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, the Defence Headquarters has said. Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, while briefing reporters on ongoing military operations in the last two weeks, said the troops’ kinetic and non-kinetic operations have driven the...
Buhari Talks Tough Over Killing Of 55 Persons In Zamfara, Urges Military To End Banditry
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the recent attacks by bandits on communities in Zamfara State. Report has it that no fewer than 55 people were killed in separate attacks by bandits in four Zamfara communities in three days. The affected comm...
Buhari Meets Freed Kaduna Train Passengers, Assures Nigerians Of Security
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train who recently regained their freedom from captivity. On March 28, an attack on a train on its way to Kaduna from Abuja resulted in killings, injuries and abductions. A total of 61 persons were said to have been kidnapped during the attack. The abductees have been released at various...
Chiwetalu Agu’s Arrest Ethnic Profiling While Gunmi Still Campaigns For Terrorists, HURIWA Tackles DSS
Civic advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria, HURIWA has tackled the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army over the arrest and detention of veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu. The group described as injustice, ethnic profiling, the arrest of the actor for wearing ‘Biafran colours’, while controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, roams freely with bloodthirsty bandits. Soldiers on...
Worshippers Abducted From Zamfara Mosque Resume Work At Bandits’ Farmlands
The 44 worshippers abducted from a mosque in Zamfara community last Friday have been subjected to physical labour on armed men’s farmlands. Residents said the bandits had called to tell relatives that the captives were with them and working on their millet and sorghum plantations but had yet to demand ransom, Daily Trust reports. “Our millet plantations are due for harvest...
Buhari Arrives National Arcade, Lays Wreath For Armed Forces Remembrance Day
In Abuja on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. He leaves office on May 29, 2023. The event serves as the culmination of events that got underway on November 16, 2022, when Buhari unveiled the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund at the presidential villa in Abuja. At the time, he had...
We Made Juju To Fortify Ourselves With Heads Of 10 Young Girls, Suspected ESN Commander
A suspected commander of the Eastern Security Network, the paramilitary arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emeoyiri Benjamin, has stated his roles in some bloody attacks allegedly carried out by the group in Imo State. The 28-year-old suspect dubbed Onye Army also explained how he and his gang members fortified themselves with charms prepared with heads of 10 young...
DSS Summons Fani-Kayode Over Coup Comment
Former Minister of Aviation and Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his coup comment. In a Facebook post on Monday, the Osun-born politician confirmed that he will honor their invitation. The former minister had alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate Atiku...
