At least three people have been killed in an ongoing attack on a hotel in Kismayo, southern Somalia, claimed by Al-Shabaab Islamists, police and a witness said on Sunday. The attack began at 12:45 pm (0945 GMT) when a booby-trapped car rammed the hotel entrance. “Terrorist attackers stormed Hotel...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 10 suspects in connection with the seizure of 4,870.2kgs cannabis in some parts of Edo. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mr....
The Tactical Team of the Police Command in Ebonyi has raided three camps of the outlawed IPOB/ESN operatives and arrested two suspected members of the gang. SP Chris Anyanwu, Spokesperson of the command, said at a news conference in Abakaliki on Sunday that the camps were located in a...
The Zamfara Government’s Anti-Thuggery Standing Committee said it has arrested three suspects for allegedly supplying Sim Packs, drugs, illegal substances and sexual enhancers to bandits. The committee has also arrested three other suspects for alleged phone snatching. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Zamfara Government had...
The police command in Kano has nabbed Aminu Ali Shana, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after it discovered no less than 367 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) with him. It was gathered that the APC chieftain is the chairman of the ruling party in Yautan Arewa ward...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has said that physical and mental alertness was key to military operations in any part of the world. The CNS made the assertion in his remarks at the end of the third route march organised for the Naval personnel...
Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, a former Minister of Defence, on Saturday restated his call on Nigerians to defend themselves against armed bandits terrorising the country. Danjuma made the call at the official presentation of Staff of Office to the new Aku Uka of Wukari, Manu Ali, in Wukari. Ali was...
….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...
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....