Details Emerge How Gunmen Abducted Katsina Lawmaker’s Wife, Children
Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the wife and two children of the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency in the Katsina State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami. The bandits, according to a resident, stormed the country house of the lawmaker located at Kurami village in Bakori Local Government of Area of the state at about 9:00 pm on Saturday after the Muslim...
Fulani Herdsmen Are Being Sponsored – Bishop Oyedepo Attacks FG
The Senior Pastor of the Living Faith Ministries, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that the Fulani herdsmen have become a menace in the country and that he knows that they are being sponsored. His comments are coming shortly after cattle herders group, Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore stated that they will not recognise the Southern governors’ anti-grazing policy, describing it as...
Borno Leaders Caution Against Hasty Release Of Repentant Boko Haram Terrorists
Stakeholders in Borno State have called for stringent profiling of repentant insurgents as many Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters surrender to troops in the North East. The call was part of the 16 resolutions reached during a security multi-stakeholder town-hall meeting convened by Governor Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri, the state capital. Governor Zulum’s spokesman, Isa Gusau,...
IPOB Committing Acts Of Terrorism To Steal Money — President Buhari
The Presidency says members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB are ‘Thieves’ who terrorize Christians to steal money. This is contained in a statement signed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu. The statement, made available to ABN TV, alleged that members of IPOB are focused on stealing money and do not defend Christianity as they claim. The statement read in...
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...
Fresh Attack In Zangon Kataf Kaduna Leaves Three Dead
No fewer than three people have been killed and several others injured in separate attacks by gunmen in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incidents which occurred on Friday at Machun and Manuka villages followed the killing of five persons in Zangon Kataf earlier in August. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed...
Trouble Makers In South East Will Face Hard Times, Army Talks Tough
The General Officer Commanding, GOC, 82 Division Nigeria Army, Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, has promised “hard times for trouble makers” in the South East geopolitical zone. Gen. Lagbaja who read the riot act at the closing ceremony of 82 Division Inter-Brigade Combat Proficiency Competition yesterday at the 14 Brigade Ohafia, Abia State, said that the army and other security...
You Must End Plateau Killings In Two Weeks, Assembly Tells Gov. Lalong
The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Gov. Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Mr Philip Dasun, Chairman, House Committee on Information conveyed the position of the legislators when he briefed newsmen in Jos. Dasun said that the assembly would know the next line of action after the two-week ultimatum. “As an assembly with people...
Katsina Fresh Attack Leaves 11 Dead
At least 11 residents of Dan-Kumeji village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State have been reportedly shot dead by bandits. Six persons who sustained injuries in the attack are currently receiving treatment at a hospital, Daily Trust report says. A resident, Abdulmumini Sani, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview, said the attackers stormed the village around 11:30pm...
Family Of Slain Chinecherem Okoronkwo Says NDA Attack Shattered Late Officer’s Dream, Expected First Child After 4-Year Marriage
It was a shattered dream for the family of Flight Lieutenant Chinecherem Okoronkwo, one of the officers killed during bandits’ attack on Nigerian Defence Academy’s permanent facility in Kaduna State. A family source said the late officer was expecting his first child after four years of marriage before the bandits snuffed life out of him. Okoronkwo was killed in the...
