No fewer than 55 persons have been kidnapped by bandits while escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially, a resident however, told Channels Television on Friday in a telephone call that the...
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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has condemned the killing of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government Local Government area of the state, Oba Segun Aremu. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye in llorin on Friday, described the killing as...
The Police Command in Kwara on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area. CSP Ejire Adeyemi-Tohun, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the state Police Command, confirmed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has called on the military high command to provide more security presence in various parts of the state to forestall future security breaches in the state. Governor Oyebanji made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti state, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, condemned the mindless...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government over its failure to address the spate of Kidnapping and banditry in the country. Atiku stated this in a post via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Troops of the Nigerian Army under the Joint Task Force in the North West, Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) has rescued 35 kidnapped victims in Katsina state. The Information officer to the operation, Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim stated this in a statement issued in Gusau...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a suspected kingpin of child trafficking and labour syndicate, after three months of intelligence gathering. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said the syndicate usually brought under-aged...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has expressed the determination and commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and other security agencies in the country to partner state governments in the north central states to end the scourge of banditry,...
Mr Collins Orji resides in Karu, a suburb of Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory. He used to undertake a road walk as a form of exercise between 5:00am and 6:00am before going to work. But this is no longer the case in recent times, no thanks to...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has enlisted the support of traditional leaders to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the federal capital. Wike said this during a security meeting with the FCT Council of Chiefs and the chairmen of the six Area Councils in Abuja on Wednesday, that the...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the profiling of areas worst-hit by kidnappers in the territory. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Development Control, FCTA, who led the exercise in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the exercise was to ascertain the causes of the kidnappings and suggest solutions....
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said residents of the territory will get positive news within days with regards to efforts being made to tackle insecurity in the FCT. “I can assure you that in a matter of days, you will be...
The FCT Administration (FCTA) has concluded plans to strengthen collaboration with the four neighbouring states with the territory to tackle cross border crimes. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Wike pointed out that the FCTA...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration will soon bar unpainted taxis and buses from plying FCT roads. The Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Wike explained that the move was to address the incidence...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday said that inadequate equipment and operational vehicles were hampering ongoing war against banditry and kidnappings in FCT. Wike, who said this during a media chat with journalists in Abuja, also blamed the recent surge in kidnappings...
The Senate will summon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike and security agencies over the spike in crimes in the nation’s capital. The lawmaker representing FCT, Senator Ireti Kingibe (LP- Abuja), disclosed this when she appeared on Channels Television’s current affairs show Sunday Politics....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd...
The Nigerian nation is a confused state. The protection of people’s lives and property as well as their welfare are the two main reasons that governments are in place everywhere in the globe. Any additional justification is incidental rather than central. This implies that any nation with a...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has asked the Police Commissioner, FCT Command, to establish two additional Police Divisions in Gwagwalada Area Council of the territory. Wike gave the directive during a security town hall with relevant stakeholders on Friday in Gwagwalada, to...