President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, condemned the use of terrorism as a tool in inter communal conflicts, urging that the attackers of innocent citizens in Benue must be found and dealt with swiftly under the law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
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A boy, 22, was on Sunday evening set ablaze by an angry mob for allegedly stealing an Android mobile phone at Atimbo area of Calabar Municipality Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River. An eye witness who narrated the incident, said the boy identified as Eyo, has been known...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Sunday in Abuja called on the Sokoto State government and security agencies to stop alleged killings of innocent pastoralists in the state. Its National Secretary, Malam Bello Aliyu-Gotomo, stated that wanton killing of innocent pastoralists was going on in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Prof Onje Gye-Wado, a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, who was kidnapped on Thursday night, has been freed by his abductors after collecting close to 4 million naira ransom. A former NUJ chairman and also a former commissioner of information in the state,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 24 youths for alleged thuggery and attack on innocent citizens in the state. The police spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement on Sunday, that the seven of them were arrested in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Kuje Prison escapee by name Salisu Buhari ,24 years and Zubairu Ali 27 years, have been arrested for alleged theft in Nasarawa State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations officer, Nasarawa State Command, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – A 43-year old man, Yusuf Hassan, has been arrested for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex- lover Busayo Falola, ablaze, burning down the whole building. The incident occured at 127, old Schorlar Palace, Igan road, Ago Iwoye, in Ijebu North LGA of Ogun...
The Police Command in Adamawa says it has arrested a 70-year-old Man, Usman Ibrahim, for allegedly raping two minors in Yola-North Local Government Area (LGA). SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, disclose this in a statement on Saturday in Yola. He said that the survivors were four- and seven-year...
By EMEKA CHIKWE , Port-Harcourt – The Police have launched an investigation into alleged kidnapping of Dr. Gidswill Dike, a lawyer working for the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. The lawyer was alleged to have been kIdnapped on Thursday inside the Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Kidnappers of Prof Onjey Gewado, a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, have demanded the sum of seventy million naira (N70,000,000) ransom. This was disclosed to our correspondent by a family source who is monitoring the developments. Recall that Professor Onje Gye-Wado, was kidnapped Thursday...
Armed bandits have kidnapped no fewer than 80 children in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children, aged between 12 and 17, were abducted on Friday at about 8am, the BBC Hausa Service has reported. According to the report, the children were abducted while fetching firewood in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has felicitated with members of the Armed forces of Nigeria on the occasion of Easter celebrations. CDS Irabor in a statement by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Friday in Abuja, called on...
The Kaduna State Government, says stories of kidnapping on the Abuja-Kaduna road are false and misleading. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, debunked the story in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Aruwan said a report published today by a newspaper, alleging that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has ordered security checks and patrols of all public spaces and essential government assets during the Easter celebrations. Baba gave the order in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday in...
Rev.Fr Hyacinth Alia, the Benue Governor-elect has tasked security agencies to find the killers of 46 persons in Umogidi community of Entekpa-Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. Alia said this when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He sympathised with the families of the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye-Wado, has been kidnapped, last night in his village Rinza, near Wamba, the headquarters of Wamba LGA of the state. The incident according to a family source occurred some few minutes to 12 midnight of...
An assailant stabbed a student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State to death on Thursday after an argument over N1,000. The assailant fled after the incident and is still at large. Irate fellow students went on rampage immediately after the stabbing and razed a building belonging to a...
The Defence Headquarters has described the call for interim government by some persons in the country as unfortunate and unconstitutional. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this while addressing newsmen at the bi-weekly briefing on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja. Danmadami said...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Troops of operation DELTA SAFE, in conduct of Operation OCTOPUS GRIP and other operations in the Niger Delta region, have denied crude oil thieves the sum of N407,542,860.00 following the discovery and destruction of 50 illegal refining sites, 22 wooden boats, 237 storage tanks,...