….Rescues two abducted Chibok girls By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian military has opened a new camp at Gongolon outskirts town of Miaduguri metropolis for camping of voluntarily surrendered Boko Haram terrorists, following the increasing number of the surrendered insurgents and their families. The Theater Commander , Joint...
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The outgoing Commissioner of Police in Edo State, AIG Abutu Yaro, has ordered the withdrawal of Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Auchi Division, CSP Ayodele Suleiman over the controversial death of one of the attackers of the President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman. The suspect was reportedly...
Two more Chibok girls have been rescued by the military in Borno, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, the Theatre Commander, North East of Joint Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. Musa, who also announced the opening of a new camp for...
The videos and photographs of the attack on the convoy of the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, have emerged. As earlier reported by The Eagle Online, his convoy was attacked on Friday after he returned from a trip abroad. According to available information, the attack was...
At least seven persons were assassinated on Friday at Warrake in Edo when gunmen attacked a motorcade of the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johson Suleman. The cleric was on his way to Auchi in Edo after he returned from a missionary trip to Tanzania when the...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Gunmen has attacked the convoy of Prof. Reuben Okechukwu, Provost, Federal College of Education, Technical, Isu, Onicha Local Government Area. It was learnt that the provost was attacked on Wednesday at the boundary of Isu and Agba in Ishieleu LGA of the state. The...
The police command in Lagos state, says it has arrested five persons allegedly involved in the clash between traders and some miscreants, over ticket collection at Alaba international market in Ojo. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday....
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Oil thieves have been denied the opportunity of smiling home with products valued at N654,850,755.04 as troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation DELTA SAFE in the South-South Region continued to sustain aggressive patrols to curb the menace of Crude Oil Theft (COT) and...
A 25-year old man, Bulus Asuma, has committed suicide in Jos over the loss of two tricycles belonging to his employees to thieves, the police said in Jos on Wednesday. Asuma of Angwan Rukuba in Jos North Local Government Are is said to have hung himself in his room...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has approved the deployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) for the Force Intelligence Bureau and the Department of Operations. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated in Abuja on Wednesday that the newly-deployed DIGs are Mr Bello Sadiq, to Force...
The Military High Command has warned politicians against using military personnel, their activities, uniforms or accoutrements as themes or for illustration of message in political advertisements or any such productions. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, gave the warning in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The News...
Police officers currently see cybercrime and financial crimes as the biggest threats worldwide, according to a report by the international policing organisation, Interpol. As the Lyon-based agency said it also expects these crimes to increase significantly in the coming years. The report said that with 195 member countries, Interpol...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Sector III, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating in the Lake Chad region have arrested 40 suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistics suppliers. The MNJTF’s Chief of Military Public Information Office, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday....
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) on Tuesday inaugurated Exercise Still Water with the mandate of combating crime and insecurity within its area of responsibility. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 120 army personnel participated in the programme during the inauguration held in Ojota with...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Sani Bello has directed the Joint Security Taskforce in the state to urgently end the incessant armed banditry, kidnappings and wanton attacks on several communities at Gulu in Lapai LGA of the state. Governor Bello gave the directives in a statement...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Unknown gunmen have abducted a priest of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu, in Anambra State. Igweagu, Parish Priest of St. Joseph Parish, Abata Nsugbe, Anambra East LGA was kidnapped on Wednesday, Oct. 12 on his way home after a vigil Mass at...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Abdulsalam Abubakar General Hospital Hospital, Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that two persons were killed in the attack which occured in the early hours of Tuesday. Several persons including the hospital doctor and a pharmacist...
The Zamfara Government says 80 suspects are in custody for alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping for ransom and illegal possession of firearms. Dr Abdullahi Shinkafi, Chairman Zamfara Committee on Prosecution of Banditry and Related Offences, made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. ”Other suspects...
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old Lagos car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, aka IVD, over the death of his wife, Abimbola, in the Lekki area of the state. Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this on Monday, said, “He was arrested on Saturday, he’s...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday heard that two former employees of First Marina Trust Ltd. cloned emails of several customers and defrauded them to the tune of over N1.3 billion. Mr Anthony Onyeoghane, a witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is prosecuting...