The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday in Abuja re-arraigned Husseni Ismaila (aka Maitangaran), the alleged mastermind of the 2014 multiple bomb attacks in Kano at the Federal High Court. When the matter was called, the prosecuting counsel, Mr E.A. Aduda, told the court that the DSS...
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The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has declared its commitment to root out the enablers of financial crimes and criminal activities in the country. The committee also asserted that the 10th National assembly would not tolerate corruption. Rep. Ginger Obinna, Chairman of the committee, made this...
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday solicited the support of German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in combating terrorism in Nigeria. Tinubu made the request at a bilateral meeting with the German Chancellor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Sunday. “We are fighting terrorism and that is improving. We still need more...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In its efforts to effectively end the Boko Haram insurgency, the Defense headquarters has organized a workshop for the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Kinetic and non Kinetic approach to counter terrorism in the Northeast region. Speaking at the 3-day...
The Police Command in Cross River, says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives at Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. A team of the command’s Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad, led by SP Ogini Chukwuma uncovered the factory and recovered cache of...
The Coordinator, National Counter-Terrorism Centre in the Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), Retired Rear Adm. Yaminu Musa, says proceeds of kidnapping is being used to partly finance terrorism. Musa said this on Wednesday in Abuja during the `Anti-Kidnap Multi-Agency Fusion Cell Media and Communication workshop’,...
President Bola Tinubu has solicited the support of the United Nations in Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in the light of its rippling effect on global peace, displacements of people and rising poverty. He made the appeal at an audience with the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations...
Amid terrorism and banditry activities in Nigeria and across its borders, especially in Lake Chad, no retired military general made the 47-man cut of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s entire ministerial nominees, a PRNigeria report has shown. This is even as President Bola Tinubu has sought the Senate’s support for...
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, refused to grant bail to Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Frederick Nwajagu, charged with terrorism. According to Justice Yetunde Adesanya, the court is constrained to refuse Nwajagu’s bail application based on the seriousness of the...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Wednesday called on governments and security agencies to intensify efforts at eradicating terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping. “Security remains a crucial concern for Nigerians,’’ its Secretary-General, Prof. Khalid Aliyu, declared in Kaduna in a statement he issued to signpost the beginning of a new...
_“And fear the fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong.”_ – *Quran 8 verse 25* The above is a verse from the Holy Quran, which my late father, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka usually cited when trouble brewed and the...
The Former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said that Nigeria remains committed to bring terrorists to justice. Mon it Monguno made this known at the Session II Third United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States at UN headquarters in New...
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has said that poverty, inequality and exclusion are fueling terrorism, which is posing complex and constant threat to peace and security.anto Guterres said this at the opening of the UN Third Counter-Terrorism week on Monday in New York. Addressing the delegates “at the forefront...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday tasked security and intelligence agencies in the country on the importance of sharing information and intelligence among themselves, saying hoarding such resources could be counterproductive in the fight against terrorism. The President spoke after undertaking a tour of...
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi, Benue, on Monday, remanded in custody five men facing trial for offences including criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbances, mischief, and acts of terrorism. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are Vanen Bunde, Wase Tikor, Shie Jacob, Abur Stephen, and Ortyom...
The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), on Monday in Abuja emphasised the need for urgent actions against the increased terrorist activities in the Central Sahel. The ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Amb. AbdelFateh Moussa, made the call at a five-day training. It...
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 Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says it is on record that Nigeria recorded its highest rating in the fight against terrorism in 2022. Yahaya said this at the opening of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference 2023 on Monday in Abuja. He said...
The Police in Benue on Monday arraigned three persons before a Makurdi Upper Area Court for alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and terrorism. They are Terhide Imo, a.k.a. Yellow, Orvendega Orhena and Aondongu Imo, all of Tse-Tyulen village of Guma local government area (LGA) of Benue state. The Police...
The Kogi House of Assembly on Thursday suspended nine lawmakers over alleged acts of terrorism and electoral violence during Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state. The suspended lawmakers are Muktar Bajeh (Majority leader -Okehi), Daniya Ranyi (Bassa), Suleiman Attajachi (Idah), Bello Hassan (Ajaokuta) and Edoko Moses-Ododo (Ibaji)....