Police in Cross River have recovered one AK-47 rifle, a cutlass and N1million from fleeing herdsmen in Ikom Local Government Area. Spokesman of Zone Six of the Nigeria Police Force, SP Nelson Okpabi, said an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the zone, Mr Emeka Onyekaba led the team that...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Police in Bauchi State have killed thirteen suspected kidnappers at various locations across the State within two months, while six kidnapped victims were rescued. Fourteen different rifles, including 10 AK-47, were recovered within the period during several operations. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Professor Getruth Njar has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Main Avenue axis of Calabar South Council of the state. Prof. Njah, who was recently sworn in by Governor Ben Ayade, was kidnapped and whisked away through...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Gunmen on Tuesday set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ogidi, Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, destroying non-sensitive materials for 2023 general elections. The Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Muslim Right Concern (MURIC), has called for justice for a women allegedly raped inside a worship centre in Oyo State. MURIC said this in a statement by its Oyo State Ambassador, Mr Ibrahim Agunbiade on Wednesday in Lagos. He said that the group would do everything within its...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed dozens of terrorists and captured more than 40 in recent operations in the Lake Chad Basin. The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, made this known in a statement on Wednesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Her Excellency Ambassador Lami Sauda Remawa – Ahmed has paid a courtesy visit to Headquarters Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) at Camp Farcha N’Djamena Chad on Tuesday. Mrs. Lami was accompanied by the Defence...
Mr Kenneth Abang, a legislative aide to a House of Representatives member, representing Boki-Ikom Federal Constituency in Cross River has been kidnapped Abang, who is an aide to Rep. Chris Agibe was abducted in Betem community in the Biase Local Government Area of Cross River. He was kidnapped alongside...
Kebbi Government on Tuesday appealed for military intervention to degrade bandits operating in the state. Gov. Atiku Bagudu made the appeal when he received the new General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Godwin Mutkut, who visited him in Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has raided a kidnappers’ hideout at Kiguna village in Lafia, the state capital, and arrested six suspects. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Maiyaki Muhammed-Baba, made the disclosure at a news briefing to present the command’s achievements from the beginning...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested some syndicates in parts of the country for allegedly selling the new redesigned Naira notes. DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Dr. Afunanya said the syndicates were...
No fewer than 8 persons have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday party in a township in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, police have said. Two gunmen entered the yard of the house on Sunday evening in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth,...
Police in Enugu State have burst a criminal gang’s hideout on Onitsha Road, Enugu where they recovered two assault rifles, one English-made and one locally-fabricated pump action gun. They also recovered one double-barrelled gun, 349 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, 25 live cartridges, a hammer, one battle axe head,...
Brig.-Gen. Sadisu Yakasai, the Commander, 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 2, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), says the joint military force is winning the war against crude oil theft and militancy in the Niger Delta. Yakasai spoke on Sunday during the end of the year 2022 West African Social Activities (WASA)...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi...
Mr Amobi Ujar, an All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) supporter in Ebonyi, has been arrested by operatives of the Ebubeagu security outfit for alleged vandalism and destruction of All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign materials. Mr Friday Nnanna-Ujor, the State Commander of the security outfit, confirmed the arrest to newsmen...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Police in Adamawa State have arrested five Cameroonians suspected to be involved in the attempt to kidnap one Emmanuel Ebel, resident of Jambutu, Yola-North LGA of the state. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, disclose this in a statement on Saturday in Yola. He...
Maj.Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the newly appointed Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, has assumed duty in Maiduguri. Speaking shortly after taking over on Saturday in Maiduguri, Ali expressed gratitude to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) for appointing him as the theater commander. “I have...
Amotekun Corps (the security outfit created by Southwest states) have arrested a 25-year-old man in Osogbo for allegedly raping two minors. Retired Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Commander of Amotekun Corps in Osun, confirmed the arrest in Osogbo on Saturday. He told newsmen that the suspect, who was reported to be...
No fewer than 8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger when an aircraft bombed the area on Jan. 24. Many members of a vigilance group and their commander were killed in the blast. The area bombed had Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...