Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has issued a ban on illegal mining in the state on Saturday. He also ordered security agents to shoot violators of the order at sight. The governor’s media aide, Malam Suleiman Idris, quoted Lawal as saying in Gusau that the order was part...
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The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy, Badagry, on Saturday warned petroleum dealers in the town over smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol to neighbouring countries. Capt. Adams Aliu, the Commanding Officer, FOB, NN, gave the warning at a stakeholders’ meeting with Petroleum Dealers...
The troops of 103 Battalion (Rear) of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, presently on Operation UDO KA II have rescued Dr Maxwell Ayim from suspected kidnappers between Four Corner and Amokwe Junction in Udi LGA of Enugu State. This is contained in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigeria Army says troops of Operation Save Haven (OPSH) have uncovered a gun manufacturing factory in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Army in a statement on Friday said the discovery followed a week long intelligence operations that finally led...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Police in Niger State have apprehended 5 suspects for being in possession of a human skull for money ritual purposes. The police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Minna. DSP Abiodun explained that: “On...
Defence Headquarters says troops of the Nigerian armed forces have eliminated 52 terrorists, apprehended 60 and rescued 61 kidnapped hostages in different operations between Sept. 15 and Sept. 22. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has summoned an emergency Security Council meeting, following the recent abduction of an unspecified number of female students of the Federal University, Gusau. The governor’s Media Aide, Mr Suleiman Idris, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau and made available to...
Military troops have rescued no fewer than 6 of the 24 students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State kidnapped in the early hours of Friday by armed bandits.m A top military source close to the Commander of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, confirmed this to Channels TV,...
The Nigerian Army on Friday, buried the former Director of Defence Media Operations, Late retired Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, who died on Aug. 26, few weeks after his retirement from active service. Onyeuko, a member of the 38 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), was until his...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – A Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Marcellinus Okide, who was abducted early this week, has regained his freedom from his alleged captors. The Chancellor/Secretary of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Wilfred Agubuchie, confirmed the development in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Muri/Sam Gubernatorial Campaign Council of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP) has alerted the Inspector-General of Police( IGP), The Director-General Department of State Security(DGDSS) of a planned attack on Fulani settlements in the Eastern Senatorial District of Kogi State in order to ignite...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is working with security agencies to secure the safe release of 8 prospective corps members, who were abducted by bandits in Zamfara on their way to the orientation camp in Sokoto. The NYSC Director-General,...
The Yobe Police Command says it has arrested two persons in connection with suspected acts of banditry. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu and made available to newsmen on Thursday. Abdulkarim gave the names of the suspects as Hassan...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A fierce argument between locals and herders had led to the death of a herder and the severe injury of a reverend in charge of Baptist Church, in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened yesterday Monday, in the morning in Boher village,...
The Zamfara Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Wednesday confirmed the murder of Alhaji Hamisu Danjibga, the state Correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria (VON). A statement issued in Gusau by the state NUJ Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad, said that the body of the deceased was dumped...
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 Commander, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, has visited some wounded soldiers currently undergoing treatment at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH, said in a statement on Wednesday, that affected personnel were those wounded in the ongoing...
Sixty-nine (69) gay suspects who were apprehended on Aug. 27 in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta during a gay wedding ceremony, have been released on bail. Counsel to the suspects, Mr Ochuko Ohimor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Warri...
The police in Osun have called on illegal gun owners to voluntarily surrender them at the nearest Divisional Police Headquarters. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson. Opalola explained that the move was in compliance with the directive of the...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has assured the residents of Imo that the killers of seven Joint Task Force (JTF) members at Ehime Mbano area of the state on Tuesday will be fished out to face the law. Uzodimma gave the assurance on Tuesday evening, when he visited the...