Insecurity: Convene A National Peace Summit Now, Prof. Ibe Urges Buhari
As the country continues to face protracted security challenges, the Chancellor of Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently convene a National Peace Summit to address the issues ravaging virtually all parts of Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen recently in his Amaokwe Achara Uturu country home, Prof Ibe, who currently consults to the fifteen...
Imo Police Promise Criminals Hard Times, Take Insecurity Fight To Communities
The Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Abutu Yaro, has ordered the immediate deployment of Police Special Forces to the hinterlands in order to reinforce the security forces patrolling those areas. This came as a result of the recent shift of criminal activities to some parts of the rural communities following the major defeat suffered by the criminal elements...
Body Of Slain Ogun Couple’s Son Recovered In River
The police in Ogun State have recovered the remains of Oreoluwa Fatinloye, son of the slain couple, Mr and Mrs Kehinde Fatinloye, who were murdered and set ablaze by suspected assassins at their residence in Abeokuta, on Sunday. The corpse was recovered from the Adigbe river, along Obada Oko area of Abeokuta. According to information, the deceased’s hands were tied before...
Farmers Should Carry AK-47 Like Herdsmen, Says Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom has said that farmers should be allowed to bear AK-47 rifles like herdsmen, so that they can defend themselves. Answering questions from newsmen at the Makurdi airport on his arrival for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) meeting in Abuja, Governor Ortom stated that a situation whereby herdsmen carried sophisticated weapons like the AK-47 rifle and farmers are...
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...
Cybersecurity Expert: “Yahoo Boys” Should Be Reformed By The EFCC Into IT Professionals
A cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) to devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allowing them to languish in detention or undergo destructive dissolution. Ihediwa, also a renowned software developer, made the call on Wednesday...
Abia By-election: IGP Deploys New Unit To Checkmate CTU Operatives
By Emeka Ndem, Aba Following the petition by the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) Abia State Chapter urging the Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Adamu to withdraw Police Counter Terrorism Unit ( CTU) operatives from the Aba North/ South federal constituency by-election holding on Saturday, the IG has dispatched a secret unit to checkmate the activities of the...
Two Feared Dead As Gunmen Attack Army Checkpoint In Enugu
There was tension in Enugu as gunmen, yesterday, attacked an Army checkpoint at Obeagu-Amodu Road in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. It was gathered that the hoodlums stormed the checkpoint in two Lexus SUVs and one Toyota Sienna around 7:25 a.m., and reportedly opened fire on the combined team of Police and military. A source confirmed that there...
Insecurity: Police Nonchalant Because Of #EndSARS Impact — Abia Speaker
As the country battles to stamp out insecurity across board, Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has said the nonchalant attitude of the police and other security agencies in dealing with the issues is a result of the negative impact the #EndSARS protest had on them last year. The Speaker who spoke while presiding over plenary...
Service Chiefs Won’t Be Sacked So Far As Buhari Is Satisfied With Them – Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman, says the nation’s service chiefs will remain in office as far as President Muhammadu Buhari is satisfied with their performance. Shehu, who featured during an Arise TV programme on Monday night, said the calls for the sack of the service chiefs are “out of place”. Parts of the country have seen a rise in attacks in...
