Dr Mansur Muhammed Dansadau, the Medical Director of Dansadau General hospital in Zamfara State alongside two other health workers who were abducted in Dansadau emirate have been released by their abductors. It was gathered that they were released on Friday night after seven days in captivity after the sum...
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By OlA MODUPE, Akure – Operatives from the Ondo State Police Command have rescued about 77 people for the case of suspected abduction from The Whole Bible Deliverance Church in Ondo Town, Ondo West LGA of the state. The state police spokesman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the rescue operation...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has described sports as very critical to the physical and mental alertness of military officers. COAS Yahaya made the remark during the ceremonial tee-off of a golf tournament at the Arsenal Golf Course on Saturday in Owerri. The News Agency of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has faulted Governor Bello Matawalle’s directive to the people of the state to bear arms and defend themselves. In a statement, The Secretary of the PDP in the state, Faruku Ahmed, said the decision to allow...
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed electrocution of a suspected electric accessories thief at Amoji-Ukwu Village, Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the suspected thief was electrocuted in the early hours of Friday while cutting two cables linked to a...
Police operatives from the Ondo State Police Command have rescued no fewer than 50 children from an underground apartment in a church in Ondo Town of the state.. It was learnt that children were abducted and kept in the underground cells. The pastor of the church and other accomplices...
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the report of a young mentally-ill lady who stripped herself and barked like a dog in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The state police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Friday. He said the command was aware of the...
One of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014, has shared how she escaped from captivity after eight years. The insurgents had stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State where they whisked away over 250 girls who were writing their final...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has vowed to bring to justice terrorists behind attack on troops location in Shororo, Niger State. COAS Yahaya gave the assurance while addressing journalists at Mogadishu Cantonment Juma’at Mosque prayer in commemoration of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration NADCEL 2022...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Operatives from the Ebonyi State Police Command have raided the camp of The Indigenous People of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) suspected camp, killed one and arrested another. The command’s Spokesman, SP Chris Anyanwu, said in a statement on Friday in Abakiliki, that the...
Residents of the communities in Bashar District in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau have cried out against the incessant attacks by kidnappers and bandits in the area. They complained that the criminal elements were terrorising their communities and giving them sleepless nights. The people made the complaint on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has confirmed that its troops deployed in Shiroro area of Niger were ambushed while on a mission to deal with bandits’ attack on miners in the area. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday said...
Abdullahi Maikano, the President of Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA), on Thursday said Nigeria would host the second edition of the Armed Forces Games in 2024. Maikano told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the Games is to foster the culture of peace needed...
The Defence Headquarters says troops have in the last two weeks, eliminated no fewer than 89 terrorists in different operations across North West and North Central theatres of operation. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a mining site in Niger State and reportedly killed security agents, civilians, and kidnapped three Chinese nationals. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, has condemned the arrest and detention of the Publisher of WikkiTimes, Haruna Mohammed and his reporter Kamal Idris, by the Nigeria Police Force in the state. In a statement jointly signed by the State Chairman and...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized illicit drugs worth over N600 million at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State. Isaac Aloye, the commander of the agency at the airport disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the Command in the past four months...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Zamfara branch, says it is working to secure the release of the Medical Director of Dansadau General Hospital, who was abducted by bandits on June 25. Dr Mannir Bature, the state NMA Chairman, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Etche Area Command, in Rivers on Wednesday arrested a physically challenged female for alleged possession of 24 sacks of 231.2kgs of cannabis sativa. The arrest was disclosed in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Mr Emmanuel...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Dr Mbang Akpama, an indigen of Nko Community in Yakurr LGA of Cross River State has lamented the ordeal in which the people of his community have being passing through in the hands of the military following a clash with Onyedama, a neighboring community....