Court Awards N200,000 Cost Against FG In Favour Of Nnamdi Kanu’s Co-Defendants (Photos, Video)
Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday awarded N50,000 cost in favour of the four co-defendants of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, amounting to N200,000. The Presiding Judge, Justice Binta Nyako held that this cost of time-wasting and unnecessary stress. According to Binta Nyanko, the case has been on hearing since 2015 and has lacked justification...
SWAT, RRS Commanders, Deputy PPRO, 60 Others Promoted In Abia Police Command (Photos, Video)
No fewer than 63 officers of Abia State Police command benefitted from the recently concluded promotion exercise by the Nigeria Police Force, ABN TV reports. Among those promoted include the state commander of SWAT, Eleazar Chijioke who before now was a Chief Superintendent of Police promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Rapid Response Squad, RRS commander, Johnbull Obiogoru who before...
We Cautioned IPOB Against Violence, Arm Bearing — Uche Mefor
The Biafra De Facto Customary Government, Secretary of Information and Communications, Uche Okafor-Mefor, on Sunday said the members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu, were warned not to carry arms but IPOB refused. Mefor made this comment in Owerri, regarding the level of killings in the South East region. According to Mefor, trouble started in the...
Gunmen Invade ThisDay Abuja Office, Threaten To Kill Staff
Gunmen in their numbers storm Thisday Newspaper Abuja office in Utako on Thursday and threatened to kill staff. The armed men were said to have scaled the fence of the company’s premises to gain access. According to the newspaper, the gunmen, whose mission is yet to be ascertained stormed the office the office around 3am on Thursday. “Although the mission of the...
Police Helicopter Crashes In Bauchi
A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria police has crashed at Bauchi airport. The helicopter had on Wednesday evening took off in Abuja. Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) disclosed this on Thursday in a statement in Abuja. The statement partly read, “the accident occurred on 26th January 2022 around 7:30pm (Local Time) at Bauchi Airport. “The NPF helicopter had departed Abuja at 16:54 UTC for...
Buhari Talks Tough, Vows To Crush All Terrorists In The Country
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will crush terrorists in Nigeria. He said residents of Kaduna should be assured of his government’s determination to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the state and in other parts of the Nigeria. He was hosted to a State Banquet organised by Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State to round up his...
Bandit Attacks: Kaduna Youths Recieve Armed Combat Training
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has trained 103 youths on armed combat and intelligence gathering. The training is part of the efforts of the military aimed at tackling insecurity in southern parts of Kaduna state. The graduation ceremony of the trainees took place at the OPSH Sector 7...
Insecurity: Chief Of Defence Staff Announces New Military Approach
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor says the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) is advancing a new strategy towards addressing insecurity. The CDS made the disclosure on Wednesday at a Youth and Security Summit organized by Abuja Global Shapers Community (AGSC) in collaboration with the Defence Headquarters. Irabor, as part of measures to sustain progress and successes, said the...
Pay N24m Or Wait For Our Action, Terrorists Tell Zamfara Communities
Terrorists have slammed N24 million levies on nine communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State and demanded prompt payment or face assaults, Daily Trust gathered. Ten days ago, the armed criminals operating in Gando forest attacked seven communities in Bukkuyum and Anka Local Government Areas killed scores of residents and rustled about 2,000 cows. The levied communities include; Gaude,...
Banditry: el-Rufai Weeps, Says Informants His Greatest Challenge
Informants are posing a great challenge to the efforts to rid Kaduna state of banditry, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has said. He said this at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Kaduna on Saturday. El-Rufai said informants living within communities in the state have been frustrating the fight against banditry. “The level of insecurity we face in the country, especially here in...
