……..Condemns tragic killings in Benue, Plateau By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A mass burial was held yesterday Saturday, for thirty eight (38) people including women and children killed by Fulani herdsmen in Takalafia and Gwanja rural communities of Karu Local Government Council of Nasarawa State The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, who...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has given the Federal Government 18 days ultimatum to fish out and prosecute killers and abductors of its members across the country. The President of NSE, Mr Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, gave the ultimatum at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja on the killings...
The Military Special Task Force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has dismissed allegations of compromise made against it in the Southern part of Kaduna by Zangon Kataf Youth Christian Association of Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, Capt. Oya James, Media information Officer, OPSH, said the military would not be...
Sen.Gabriel Suswam has urged the incoming administration to make tackling power deficit and insecurity in the country a priority. Suswam made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Suswam, who spoke while responding to questions on agenda setting for the incoming administration , said there...
Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, the Bishop, Diocese of Nike Anglican Communion in Enugu State on Saturday urged governments at all levels to focus on job creation to stem rising insecurity and terrorism. Onyia made the call while delivering his Bishop’s Charge at the 2nd session of the 6th Synod of the...
The 1 Division Nigerian Army on Wednesday commenced the Corporals and Below Inter-Brigade competition in Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition is to improve combat proficiency, physical fitness and leadership traits of personnel. It is also to prepare them for the present security challenges...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, says one of the greatest challenges being faced by Nigerians at the moment is beyond any infrastructural development, rather a concerted effort to give the citizens protection to be alive first. Bishop Kukah, who spoke...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna State Wing, on Thursday urged students not to be deterred in their quest for knowledge because of insecurity and evil being perpetrated by bandits. The union’s Senior Assistant Secretary General, Adamu Kaltungo, gave the advice in a statement in Kaduna, while reacting...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army has the capacity and moral strength to deliver on its constitutional mandates of defending the nation. Yahaya said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference, 2023. While...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 10 students in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been kIdnapped by armed bandits The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the...
Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor (VC), University of Calabar, has solicited for a robust external security presence to avert all threats of insecurity on campus. Obi made the call when the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Aminu Alhassan, paid her a courtesy call in her office on Monday in...
Nigeria will on May 29, 2023 have a new leadership that will steer the affairs of the country in the next four years. The new administration will inherit some humongous challenges especially in the areas of national security which the country has been contending with for over a decade....
The Police in Kaduna State, have confirmed the occurrence of a fresh attack on Zango Kataf Local Government Area, on Saturday night. SP Muhammad Jalije, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, that the attack occurred at 20:40hrs in Ungwan Wakili....
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the gruesome murder of the village head of Maigari, Rimin Gado Local Government Area Kano. Alhaji Dahiru Abbas, 70, was said to have been murdered on Sunday by unknown gunmen at his residence. The Kano State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night abducted two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin kudu, in the Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, Dansalama Adamu. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdullahi Usman, confirmed this to Channels Television via a telephone...
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Imo, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest following the incessant attacks, killings and kidnapping by gunmen in the state. Their grievance was further heightened with the killing of Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman, Customary Court, Ejemekwuru, in Oguta Local Government Area, on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ifeanyi Okowa, has assured that if they are voted into office, they would drive away the hunger and the insecurity Nigerians are currently facing. He said that they understand the problems the country is presently...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Rosicrucian Order, Amorch Nigeria has called for collective efforts from Nigerians home and abroad to tackle the country’s socio-economic challenges. The Organisation warned against sitting on the fence, calling for emulation of the virtues/ qualities of Nigerian’s founding fathers, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 41 members of local vigilance groups, popularly known as “Yansakai”, have been killed in an ambush by terrorists in Yargoje forest in Katsina State. The Katsina State Police Command confirm the incident in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Gambo...