Ikpeazu Extends Curfew To Ohafia, Arochukwu, Reviews Time
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has extended the curfew earlier imposed on Aba and Umuahia to Ohafia and Arochukwu local government areas of the state. Recall that the Governor had announced a curfew in the state after the attacks onImo State police headquarters and Nigeria Correctional Service both in Owerri, Imo state capital in which nearly 2000 inmates reportedly...
Terrorists Abduct Nursing Mother, Baby, Others In Zaria
A mother, her baby and two other peasants were kidnapped by terrorists in Zaria, Kaduna State. Journalists were told that “in the early hours of Friday, gunmen attacked the Tudun Mun tsira village of Zangon Shanu, Samaru in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State” “They kidnapped a nursing mother and her baby. An elderly man, Mallam Abubakar Garba Aliyu...
Weeping As Bandits Kill 29 Persons In Fresh Attack In Kaduna
No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Commissioner...
Unknown Gunmen Responsible For Sen. Effiong’s Kidnap — Police
The Police have confirmed the kidnapping of Sen. Nelson Effiong, who represented Eket Senatorial District in the eighth Senate. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, told newsmen in Uyo on Monday that the senator was kidnapped in Uyo at about 10 p.m on Sunday, Sept. 5. “He was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at a popular drinking...
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...
Despite Causing Death of 60 Persons, We’ll Give Nnamdi Kanu Fair Trial — FG
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the arrested leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, caused the death of 60 persons in four months, but assured that he will get fair treatment and trial. Nnamdi Kanu facing an 11-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms, pending before a Federal High Court in...
Insecurity: Nigerians Won’t Understand How Hard We Work To Protect Them — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration is working hard to tackle insecurity confronting the nation and he hopes Nigerians understand. Speaking to journalists at the State House shortly after observing the Eid prayer, marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fast, President Buhari said that the menace of bandits and kidnappers will be addressed to ensure that the...
Reps Cautions Against Rising Insecurities
The House of Representatives, yesterday, held a special plenary session on Nigeria’s escalating insecurity, with lawmakers issuing some of the strongest self-indicting speeches heard in the chamber in recent years. Members warned that the country was “slipping,” institutions failing, adding that parliament must take responsibility to rescue the nation. Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda, who lamented that insecurity could...
Bandits Ambush, Kill Zamfara Monarch
Armed bandits have killed the district head of Yankuzo, Alhaji Hamza Abdullahi Kogo of Tsafe Emirate in Zamfara State. The district head was attacked by the bandits on his way back to his community from an official engagement last Friday around 8pm, a Channels TV report says. Sources from the area said the monarch was shot and wounded in an attempt...
Insecurity: Nigerians Do Not Deserve This Torment — Reps Caucus Weeps
Members of the Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives have lamented that Nigerians do not deserve the torment which has become their plight in recent times. Their lament which was contained in a statement by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, was hinged on the recent rise in terrorist operations and the escalation of bandits’...
