Speaker Gbajabiamila Rejects Call For Pantami’s Removal
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday shut down a motion sponsored by the Minority Leader, Hon Ndudi Elumelu, seeking the sack of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa Pantami over his admittance of previous support for Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Elumelu (PDP-Delta) who raised a matter of privilege expressed grave concern over...
After NDA Attack, Activist Deji Adeyanju Says Bandits Will Soon Abducting Governors
Activist and Convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju has warned that if care is not taken, Bandits will soon start kidnapping Governors. Adeyanju, in a statement via Twitter, condemned Tuesday’s attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy in Kaduna by daredevil bandits. The attack resulted in the death of some soldiers while two were abducted. READ ALSO: Nigeria Defence Academy Confirms...
NAF To Investigate Air Strikes That Killed 10 Civilians In Sokoto
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it will launch a thorough investigation into the raining of airstrikes on two villages in Sokoto on Wednesday. According to residents, the incident, which occurred around 7am at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area (LGA), claimed the lives of 10 civilians and left many other people injured. Animals were also reportedly...
How Troops Rescued 5 of Abducted Kaduna College Of Forestry Students
Troops of I Division FCC Nigerian Army has rescued five of the students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna who were kidnapped by bandits on March 11, Army Headquarters says. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Yerima gave the names of the rescued students as Abubakar Yakubu, Francis...
NCAA Criticized After Plane Hit Antelope On Runway
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has come under fire from aviation experts for the Saturday incident at Asaba Airport where a large antelope collided with an Air Peace plane on the runway. According to the NCAA, the Air Peace aircraft decimated the animal, while the jet was eventually grounded. The agency’s spokesperson, Michael Achimugu, stated that as a result of the...
2 Sisters Abducted in Abuja, Kidnappers Demand N30 million ransom
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted two teenage sisters from Guita community in Chikakore, located in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The incident happened some days after the reported killing of a nursing mother, Christiana Igba, and her mother, Maria Agbo, by kidnappers who had held them captive for two weeks in an undisclosed...
Atiku Slams FG Over Worsening Insecurity In Kwara Village
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government over worsening insecurity, particularly in Kwara State, where bandits have reportedly sacked a community in Patigi Local Government Area. In a statement on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Atiku lamented what he described as the administration’s “monumental failure” to protect citizens, warning that violence in the North-Central had reached...
Ex-DSS Director, Nkemdirim Tasks Security Agencies On Integrity Standards In Recruitment
A former Director of Operations of the State Security Services, Chief Raymond Nkemdirim has called on security agencies in the country to ensure they adhere strictly to highest standards of integrity while carrying out recruitment exercises. He insisted that this is the only way bad eggs and moles would be shut out and m prevented from frustrating the nation’s crime...
UK Donates Counter-IED Equipment To Nigerian Military
The UK Government on Friday donated advanced counter-Improvised Explosives Devices to Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command Joint Task Force in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the donation of the equipment marks another milestone in the strategic partnership between the UK and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Counter-IED equipment is created primarily for military and law enforcement. They are used...
North Central Governors Visit Mutfwang, Donates N100m To Victims Of Plateau Killings
Governors of states in the North Central on Tuesday donated N100 million to victims of Christmas Eve attacks in Plateau State. Gunmen killed about 200 people and razed 221 houses in coordinated attacks on 15 villages in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau between Sunday and Monday last week. The Chairman of the North-Central Governors’ Forum, Abdullahi Sule,...
