By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Gunmen on Friday night attacked Toro town in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State and reportedly kidnapped a serving Assistant Superintendent of Police. According to reports, immediately the gunmen stormed the town, they started shooting sporadically, throwing the whole town into...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Security operatives have rescued no fewer than 33 people who were kidnapped in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. They were kidnapped few days ago by gunmen who took them into the forest awaiting payment of ransom from the families. ...
The Bauchi State Police Command has placed operatives and residents on high alert for possible security threat at ember months in the state. This is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil made available to newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi. He said the...
A son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who was arrested after a bloody firefight with Mexican authorities earlier this year, has been extradited to Chicago. He is expected to face sweeping narcotics trafficking charges. Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 32, is reputed to have taken...
A 28-year old man, Misbahu Salisu, has allegedly poisoned his day-old baby girl to death, because he preferred a male child. The man who lives in Doka Baici, Tofa Local Government Area, has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board on Friday. His arrest...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr Olayemi Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a term of five years at the first instance. The Special Adviser to the President on...
Police operatives, soldiers and officials of the Department of State Service (DSS), have stormed a camp at Eke-agbebor Isu, Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi state, said to belong to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This is contained in a press statement issued in Abakaliki...
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, says the police have put in place water- tight measures to ensure free and fair Nov.11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. Egbetokun said this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with strategic police managers and media briefing...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has charged operational commanders of the Nigerian Army to recalibrate their strength to deal scientific blows to the enemies of the nation. Lagbaja said this at the closing of the Combined Second and Third Quarters COAS Conference, on Thursday...
In a harrowing turn of events, the village of Giyawa in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into chaos leading to the death of four persons sequel to bandits’ attack.. ASP Ahmed Rufai, the State Police Command’s spokesman, confirmed the terrifying situation to newsmen on...
Police in Benue State have arraigned one Aondoaseer Agbadu (20) before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday over alleged criminal conspiracy and the harvesting of the kidney of a 17-year-old. Prosecuting Insp. Godwin Ato told the court that one Alexander Swati reported the case at Aliade Police...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Unknown gunmen have killed and beheaded a Labour Party (LP) chieftain from Abia State, Zachary Nmaduka popularly known as Power Zack. The Abia State Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Aba....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun state Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed security agencies to launch special operations to arrest and prosecute cultists engaging in rivalry war across Ijeshaland. Reacting to spate of violence and attacks in parts of the Eastern senatorial district, Governor Adeleke in a statement...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command has inaugurated 60 special female squad to enhance security in schools. Speaking at the inauguration of the squad, NSCDC state Commandant, Mr Muhammad Lawal-Falala, said the squad were trained specifically to tackle insecurity, banditry, rape and other...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 others in different operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, stated this while giving update of military operations across...
The bandits that kidnapped eight Akwa Ibom State graduates on their way to Sokoto State for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Orientation Camp, have demanded an additional N200million as ransom after collecting N13 million from the victims’ families. Recall that the prospective corps members were...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The leader of a notorious cult group, Gift David Okpara has been declared a wanted person by the Nigerian Police Force for involvement in a conspiracy, cult, and the murder of SP Bako Angbashim, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that over 200 churches were shut down and 23 pastors killed as a result of frequent attacks by bandits in some parts of Kaduna State within the past four years. The Chairman of the CAN in Kaduna State, Reverend Joseph...
The Police Command in Delta has apprehended a woman over alleged killing of her husband in Mosogar Community, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through cell phone conversation on...
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’,...