The Benue Commissioner for Power, Energy and Transport, Mr Omale Omale says 10 out of the 28 Benue Links transport company passengers kidnapped on Sunday are still in captivity. Omale confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. A...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 39-year old Pastor, Michael Ogundepo, over alleged visa scam. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, DSC Aidamenbor Daniel, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Akure,...
Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo and Niger Republic have inaugurated “Operation Safe Domain II” as a collaborative effort toward eradicating piracy and maritime crimes within their maritime domain especially the Gulf of Guinea. Speaking at the inauguration on Monday, the Director of Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) Zone E,...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa says the military will continue to go after all adversaries until they surrender or are totally eliminated. Musa gave the assurance on Monday in Jaji, Kaduna State while addressing participants of Senior Course 46 of the Armed Forces Command and...
A public servant, Mr Surajudeen Olasinde, on Monday, narrated how his wife Mrs Mistura, and his two daughters; Hauwa and Fatima, were kidnapped around Galadima District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Olasinde, a staff of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), said the incident occured on Friday,...
A Royal Navy warship, HMS Trent, arrived in Lagos on Sunday to aid the fight against illegal activities including piracy and illicit trafficking in the sub-region. This is Trent’s second visit to Nigeria, the British High Commission said in a statement. “The visit will help deliver capacity...
Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, the Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has vowed to arrest the killers of Na’aman Stephen, a Catholic seminarian. The commander, who doubles as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigeria Army, Rukuba, near Jos, made the promise at an interactive session...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Rivers State Police Command has arrested 6 suspected cultists in connection with the murder of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim in the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the late Bako, who was killed during a shot out...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – No fewer than 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) been transported to Kaduna by one Oluwagbenga Leke has been intercepted by operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a...
The Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, has vowed to “end senseless killings and destruction of farmlands and other properties in the southern part of Kaduna State”. The commander said this in an interactive session with stakeholders on Sunday in Zango-Kataf. The News of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have seized 685.179 Kg of illicit drugs and dismantled 13 illicit drug joints in Kaduna. The state Commander, NDLEA, Mr Ibrahim Braji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday that the seizure...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Governors Forum (NEGF) has raised concerned over the new dimension of growing banditry which has worsen the security situation in the subregion as a result of the concerted efforts of the Military to flush bandits from the other parts of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim, the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who was beheaded by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Odiemudie Community in the Ahoada East LGA of the state. ...
North East Governors’ Forum has urged the military to neutralise insurgents that fail to surrender in the ongoing mass surrender by terrorists in the sub-region. The Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, made the call on Saturday in Maiduguri at the 8th...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday in Maiduguri lamented that Boko Haram insurgency had inflicted damages in the North-East, to the tune of $9billion. The Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, in a statement, said Shettima stated this while inaugurating the distribution of...
Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have beheaded Bako Angbashim, the divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. The incident happened on Friday night. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the officer, a superintendent of police, was beheaded by suspected...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 500-level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Eric Nuhu, male (23) has been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command, for his alleged involvement in cultism. He was arrested along with a Higher National Diploma 1 and National...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has condemned the recent attack on the Fadan Kamatan Parish – Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, located in Zangon Kataf LGA of the state. Governor Sani, who condemned the attack in a statement by his Chief...
The police command in Cross River has dispelled a rumour of disappearance of some men’s private parts in Calabar. The command spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, dispelled the rumour while parading 13 suspects arrested in the state in August. Ugbo said that investigations showed that the rumour,...