Gunmen suspected to be robbers have attacked a lodge where some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reside in Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the gunmen at about 1am on Wednesday, attacked and dispossessed Corps members of their valuables at Udo Ekong Ekwere Street, off...
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The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday night, July 5. In a video shared online on Wednesday evening, the terrorist showed some of its men shooting their way into the facility. Tens of fighters were seen marching...
Press Statement by the Nigerian correctional Service on Kuje Prison attack: “In furtherance to my earlier press release on the unfortunate attack by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, I wish to state that the attackers broke into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje using explosive devices through the main...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that four inmates of the Kuje Custodial Centre died and 879 escaped during the attack by the unknown gunmen. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Abubakar Umar, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said that the attackers...
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi says 64 Boko Haram suspects escaped from the Kuje custodial after the attack on the facility on Tuesday night. Addressing newsmen after taking an assessment tour of the facility, the Minister said the attack started around 10:30pm with heavy gunfire and explosions. He said...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Wednesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or be impeached over his alleged perennial failure to take decisive action on terrorists. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, also said the Buhari government and the military are fine...
There is now calm at the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, following a deadly attack on the facility by gunmen on Tuesday night, PRNigeria reports. Recalled that suspected terrorists Tuesday night attacked the Kuje prison, freeing hardened criminals into the nation’s capital. PRNigeria gathered that...
An attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, have left one dead and 3 others injured. On Tuesday evening, explosions and gunshots were heard from the direction of the correctional centre, a situation that forced pandemonium among residents of the Kuje...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police has warned cultists planning to celebrate the July 7, (7/7) Day to desist from such plans, noting that unlawful gatherings will not be tolerated. The 7/7 is a day set aside by some cult groups to celebrate what they call...
The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, on Tuesday paraded 42 suspects for offences ranging from murder, armed robbery, cultism, diversion of goods and recovered fresh human parts. The new Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan. The News...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of police inspector, Adebayo Adeforiti, and abduction of a Chinese national by some gunmen at CGC construction company along Shao/Oloru Expressway. The police spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, said in a statement on Tuesday that the...
Katsina State Government says bandits have completely burnt down two primary health centres in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya, the Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. According to him, 69 out of the...
Sporadic gunshots and bomb blast have been reportedly heard near the Kuje Correctional centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday night. Residents close to the area, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the heavy gunshots which started at about 10.pm lasted close to...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has detained the Managing Director of a construction company, Temitope Banjoko, over allegations of money laundering. ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, confirmed the arrest to Channels Television on Tuesday. She said that Banjoko was awarded a contract worth N46,305,000...
Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal. The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away by his abductors in Kogi State. It was gathered that some heavily armed men numbering five invaded his residence located behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Operatives from The Ondo State Police Command have re-arrested a convict identified as Ikuemelo Tosin, who escaped during the jailbreak in Owo Correctional Centre in March. The convict, popularly know as 4G Network, was arrested and arraigned in court for alleged cultism and murder,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 50 hoodlums have attacked some members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly during a meeting on Monday. The hoodlums who were armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the venue of the meeting along Sir Kashim Ibrahim road, few meters away from...
Angry natives on Monday set two suspected ritualists ablaze for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl to death in Ede-Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. An eyewitness from the community, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident had thrown the community into...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Benin – The police authority in Edo State has confirmed the abduction of two Catholic Reverend fathers from Central Senatorial District on Benin-Auchi Expressway between Ehor and Iruekpen areas. The police spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed this in a statement, identified the Catholic priests are...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been burnt down by unknown arsonists. The office, situated at the council’s headquarters in Ogurute was set on fire late Sunday night and the affected building was...