How Bandits Attacked Intending Pilgrims In Sokoto
Bandits on Monday attacked intending pilgrims who were coming to Sokoto from Isa Local Government Area. The pilgrims were due for take-off to the Holy Land today, Tuesday by 7:30am. The bandits were said to have attacked their convoy along Gundumi fo...
Photographer Stabbed To Death By Armed Men In Niger
Suspected hoodlums have killed a 33-year-old freelance photographer, Zacchaeus Salawadeen, after stabbing him many times in the presence of his three children. The hoodlums were said to have trailed Salawadeen to his house in Tundun Fulani Area of Minna, Niger State capital where they stabbed him to death. The incident was said to have occurred on Tuesday night after the photographer...
FG Can Still Negotiate With Bandits, Give Them A Promising Future
A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has urged the Federal Government to explore non-kinetic approach in dealing with the menacing phenomenon of banditry in Nigeria. Shittu, an ex-minister in the cabinet of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. “If I am in position, it is not too late to use non-kinetic neasures in...
We’re Not Responsible For Zone 13 Police Zonal Command, Uzuakoli Police Station Attacks — IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied any involvement in the attacks of security agents, agencies and their formations in any part of South East and Nigeria in general. IPOB while describing the attack of Police Zone 13 as unfortunate said that it does not involve in any violent activity and therefore should not be associated with any violence...
Ebonyi Killings: FENRAD Tasks Buhari, Umahi On Protection Of Citizens
Following the recent killings in Ebonyi state in which dozens of lives were lost after suspected Fulani herdsmen unleashed mayhem in Umuogudu Akpu-Ngbo in Ohaukwu Local Government on Monday, April 12, 2021 an environmental and pro-democracy rights group, Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governor, Dave Umahi to...
IGP Hails Wike At Commissioning Of Intelligence, Surveillance Centre
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba on Monday, commissioned the Police Intelligence and Surveillance Centre built by the administration of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike administration to provide technical support to the police and other security agencies in the state. Wike also restated his administration’s commitment to the protection of lives and property in the state, saying more...
Wanted Bandit, Bello Turji Speaks, Says He’s Not Afraid Of Death
Wanted bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, has dared the security forces, saying he is not afraid to be killed. He, however, called for dialogue with the federal government to end armed violence in Zamfara State. Turji, who is among the 43 terrorists in the North West declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters, made the call in a five-minute and forty-second video. In the...
Defence Headquarters Denies Existence Of Foreign Military Base In Nigeria
The Defence Headquarters has denied reports stating that the French military was planning to establish a base in Nigeria. In a statement by the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba on Monday said the clarification was necessitated due to reports doing the rounds, that French soldiers had arrived in the country. “The attention of Defence Headquarters has been drawn...
Edo State Govt Declares Over 200 Vehicles Missing
The committee set up by the Edo government to recover government assets says over 200 vehicles belonging to the state are missing. The chairman of the committee Kelly Okungbowa shared the information with journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday. He said three of these vehicles have been recovered less than a day after the group was inaugurated. Okungbowa...
Two Feared Dead, Several Others Injured As Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack In Kaduna
In another fresh attack, bandits, yesterday, stormed Agban Kagoro Community, Kaura Local Council, killing two persons and injuring several other residents. A resident, Jonathan Musa, told journalists that the terrorists came in large numbers, shootin...
