Insecurity: 19 Northern Governors Meet With CDS, Traditional Rulers In Kaduna
The Governors of the 19 Northern States on Monday met with traditional rulers from the region in Kaduna State to discuss critical issues affecting the region. The meeting was part of the Northern States Governors’ Forum’s efforts to engage with key stakeholders and address pressing concerns, especially the lingering insecurity, poverty, out-of-school children and other socio-economic challenges ravaging the region. The...
Pay N28m Or Lose 52 Captives In Our Custody, Boko Haram Tells Kwapre Adamawa
Many weeks after Boko Haram terrorists invaded Kwapre community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State and made away with no fewer than 52 members of the area, the insurgents have sent a demand notice to the village head to either pay a ransom of N28 million or loose the captives. The terrorists, who are said to be emboldened...
Buhari In Maiduguri, Tells Security Forces To Totally Eliminate Terrorists
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on security agencies to take the fight to terrorists’ hideouts and ensure they are “completely eliminated”. He gave the directive in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital at an event to mark World Humanitarian Day. موقع المراهنات العالمي ”The Men and Officers of Operation Lafiya Dole, Security Agencies, and the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) are...
Chief Of Army Staff Leads Prayer At Mass Grave Of Those Killed In Kaduna Bombing
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday prayed for the victims of the accidental bombing by the Army which killed dozens at Tudun Biri, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Nigerian Army, mistaking a village for a bandits’ camp on Sunday night, bombed a Maulud event in Kurmin Biri village in Igabi...
Military Spending: Senate Summons Finance Minister
The Senate committee on Army on Thursday summoned the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, to give account of releases to the military for operation Lafiya Dole and the war on terrorism. The committee issued the summons after the Minister was absent at a meeting called by the committee. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry of Finance Aliyu Shinkafi represented the Minister but...
Bayelsa Youths Vow Reprisal Attacks Over Killing Of Kinsmen By Herdsmen
Youths of the Okumoni community, Okordia clan, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have warned that they may be forced into a reprisal if the killings of innocent indigenes by herdsmen continued. Two chiefs from Zarama and Okumoni communities have been killed while several others were injured within one week by people police described as herdsmen. Corpse of the...
Court Okays Suit Seeking Matawalle’s Prosecution Over Alleged Involvement With Banditry
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, okayed a suit seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate the alleged link between the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle and the operation of bandits in Zamfara State. Cited as 1st to 3rd defendants in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1434/2024, which was brought before the court by a...
IGP Wants Increased Efforts To Fight Kidnappers In FCT
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has called for the intensification of efforts to “decimate kidnappers and other criminally-minded individuals” in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The IGP spoke on Tuesday after a meeting with the Force Management Team and Tactical Squads in Abuja following the worrying state of security in the nation’s capital. “The IGP expressed deep concern...
Islamiyya School Abduction: After Paying N25m To Wrong Bandits, Parents In Confusion As N4.6m Misses From Ransom Money
There is confusion in the camps of the parents and the abductors of the 156 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi local government area of Niger State, as the courier sent to deliver the N30 million for the release of the pupils was detained by the bandits who claimed that the ransom money was short by...
Public Should Not Fear, Only 5,000 Out Of 100,000 Repentant Boko Haram Are Fighters – Borno Commissioner
Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo has said that only about 5,000 out of the over 100,000 repentants Boko Haram members were actual insurgents. Gambo made this known in Maiduguri while presenting a paper titled “Borno Model” at an event to commemorate the 2023 International Day of Peace, organised by an NGO, Peace Ambassador...
