Suspected gunmen have abducted 10 members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN in Anambra State with 300 cows. They were said to have demanded N4m ransom and a gun from the families of the victims. The South East Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in partnership with the British Military Advisory Training Team have trained no fewer than 150 advanced Special Forces operatives, who would be deployed to areas facing security challenges across the country, Speaking in a welcome address at the graduation ceremony...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had stated its reasons for raiding and sealing the Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja, in a joint operation with men of the Department of State Services (DSS). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said t in a...
A community leader in Niger State has accused the Nigerian Air Force of killing six children and bombing houses in Kurebe, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis Sabo, the strikes occurred on April 13. The Nigerian...
Six persons have been confirmed dead with an unspecified number injured following a bomb explosion that rocked a drinking bar in Mashaya market, Iware Community located in Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. The blast occurred on Tuesday. A visit to the scene of the incident by Channels...
No fewer than nine persons have been killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday night during an attack in Geidam community in Yobe state, The locals told newsmen that the suspected insurgents came by foot at around 9pm and moved straight to a drinking joint located at Kwari...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has reiterated his commitment to continually enhance the welfare of personnel in the Nigerian Army(NA). A statement issued by the Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said COAS Yahaya made this known on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – MNJTF troops at Forward Operations Base Arege in conjunction with the Air Task Force (ATF) have raided Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists enclaves in the vicinity of Tumbun Fulani and Tumbun Rago, where about twenty terrorists were neutralized. The Chief of Military Public Information, Colonel Muhammad...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered all Commissioners of Police (CPs), Tactical Commanders and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to boost security around schools and colleges. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday...
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Command, Mr Yekini Ayoku, has embarked on an official confidence-building and assessment tour of Kaduna-Abuja highway. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in a statement issued made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed two persons on Saturday evening in communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The gunmen in their hundreds attacked communities surrounding Gwada town when locals were breaking their fast. This is according to a statement...
The Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen Adeyemi Yekini, says the military will not rest until the killers of 15 villagers at Tiortyu, a community in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue, are apprehended. Yekini, who served as the first Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), said...
In an attempt to frustrate the advancing of ground troops, terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, have devised a new method of planting Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, on highways and operational routes in the North East. While the troops succeeded in diffusing some of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Unknown gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint in Isuofia, on the Ekwulobia Igboukwu Road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra. Isuofia, which is the home to the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has been under attacked by assailants in recent times. Police...
Gunmen have killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State. The official identified as Nwokorie Anthony was shot dead during the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. Two other staff involved in the registration exercise at...
Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), is seeking partnership with communities and traditional rulers to combat crude oil theft and kidnapping in Bayelsa. Irabor stated this on Wednesday, when he paid a courtesy visit to King Edmond Daukoru of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa, before interacting with...
No fewer than five students of the College of Health Science and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State have been kidnapped by armed bandits. It was learnt that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday. He said the bandits could not gain entrance to the school due to the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the APC-led Federal Government is paying deaf ears to the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians. The governor bared his mind in an interview with reporters Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 at the Benue Peoples House following the attack on...
Nabs security personnel involved in the Courier Nigerian troops have intercepted a ‘huge’ amount of ransom for the freedom of some captives in the custody of armed bandits in Kaduna State. PRNigeria gathered that some of the couriers of the ransom payment are suspected to be security personnel. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 98 scavengers, popularly known as “Babanbola”, have been arrested by the FCT Police Command over alleged criminal activities in different parts of Abuja. Parading the suspects during a press conference on Monday in Abuja, DCP Ben Igwe, who is in charge...