Gunmen have abducted the wife and daughter of the Commissioner of Environment in Plateau State, Idi Bamaiyi. Family sources said the victims were abducted on Saturday morning when the gunmen invaded the residence of the commissioner. They, however, confirmed that the incident had been reported to the security agencies...
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy has recorded a milestone in indigenous systematic survey and charting of the nation’s offshore waters. Director of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major-General Benard Onyeuko, who made this known in Abuja on Thursday, said the commencement of the indigenous survey was necessary...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has commended troops of the North East Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) for the successes recorded against remnant of the Boko Haram insurgents in the region. Faruk hailed the gallantry and feat achieved by the military while inspecting...
An hotel manager, who allegedly raped a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Osogbo, will appear in court on Tuesday. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Police Spokesperson, Osun Command, Nigeria Police, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. Opalola said that police...
Several locals have been killed by armed men suspected to be bandits during an attack on Tsafe town in Zamfara State. The assailants were said to have invaded the town which is the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night. Neither the state government...
Gunmen have killed 10 persons and injured 19 others during a cultural festival in Chando Zerreci community in Irigwe Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Lawrence Zango, the National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Youth Movement, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. Zango said that...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said it had arrested a 27-year-old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, for allegedly killing his father with a machete at Onipanu area of the state. The Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Assures on making the best of new platform for anti-piracy war By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) has ended a – 4 day official trip to Sharjah, United Arab Emirate for the symbolic change of flags for the handing and...
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has abrogated its sit at home directive in South East Nigeria, saying the development is to embrace peace negotiations organised by the Anambra government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Saturday from Awka that IPOB yielded to the appeal by the Anambra...
Police command in Imo on Friday successfully repelled a deadly attack by suspected members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN) who attacked Mbieri Police Division. The police said the incident happened at the early hours of Friday, where a group of gunmen attacked the station with explosive devices....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Operatives of The Kaduna State Police Command have averted a tragedy when its anti-bomb squad defused a bomb at Shanono community of Igabi LGA of the state. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the IED was discovered...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Babaji Sunday, has called on residents to disregard the news of bandit invasion in Kubwa axis of Abuja. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, said this in...
At least, twenty people, including women and children, drowned in Guni-Zumba river while fleeing due to an attack by bandits. According to Daily Trust reports, the victims escaped when bandits attacked Guni and Kurgbaku communities of Munya Local Government Area of Niger state. It was gathered that the incident...
BY OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Men of the Lagos State Police Command have repelled an attempted attack on Dangote Refinery, Lekki Free Trade Zone of the state. The state police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the attack occurred at the early...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Nigerian Army says troops of 82 Division have dislodged the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) from their hideout in Anambra In a statement issued Tuesday, The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the...
A train conveying passengers from Abuja to Kaduna has been attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Kaduna State. Many passengers are feared injured while several others were said to have been kidnapped by the assailants. Although the police authorities are yet to confirm the attack, which happened...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops have rescued the Kaduna-bound train passengers trapped by terrorists Monday night, the state government has said. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that suspected terrorist on Monday night attacked a Kaduna-bound train, few kilometers to Kaduna metropolis. Confirming the incident in a statement, he Commissioner...
Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) have attacked the Obowo Divisional Police headquarters in Imo on Monday. Police spokesman in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, stated in Owerri that the assailants approached the station from an ungoverned forest at the rear....
The Nigeria Army on Saturday said it has uncovered the wreckage of the crashed Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar in 2021. According to a notice on its verified Facebook page, the Army said the wreckage was found during a clearance patrol of troops of Operation...
A security guard attached to the Kaduna International Airport has been shot to death by gunmen suspected to be bandits. The victim, Shehu Na’Allah, is a staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Confirming the incident, the manager of the Airport, Mrs Amina Salami, said that the bandits...