By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria’s current security challenges and emerging threats require the country’s military and other relevant stakeholders to be several steps ahead of perpetrators while also stepping up local production of armaments. This was one of the highlights of the response of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 12 Bauchi, Audu Madaki has been injured following gunshots by suspected bandits. One of his guards was killed in the incident. Although the reports are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but NATIONAL...
Five hostages who were taken on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by terrorists. It is however not clear if any money was paid to the terrorists to release their abducted victims. The security agencies and the Federal Government are yet to confirm the development, but...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 28 persons have been killed, others kidnapped and hundreds of livestock have been rustled following an attack by armed terrorists in Duma Village in Tureta LGA of Sokoto State. Tureta LGA shared borders with Zamfara Local Government Area where a wanted...
—–Says terrorists’ threat to kidnap Buhari is laughable… The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as unnecessary the threat by some legislators to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari over security challenges across the country. Mohammed, who was fielding questions from State House correspondents...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya has said The Nigerian Army is determined, committed and up to the task of clearing criminals anywhere across the country. COAS Farouq stated this on Monday during his operational assessment visit to Borno State,...
No fewer than 3 soldiers attached to troops of the Guards Brigade have been injured in an ambushed by armed bandits in Bwari Area Council of FCT, Abuja. It was learnt that the terrorists were heading to the Nigerian Law School in Bwari for an operation when they ran...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have reportedly abducted a businessman, Mr. Tony Udemezue from his resident in Tambuwal town of Tambuwal Local Government Area.of Sokoto State on Sunday. Mr Tony, who is a perishioner of the Catholic Church of Sokoto Diocese was said to...
Terrorists have released three victims of 62 hostages of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28. The victims, who consist of two males and a female, secured their freedom around 11 am on Monday. According to Channels TV reports, the victims were released by the terrorists at a...
Victims of armed banditry in Niger State have gotten a reason to smile again owing to the ‘rehabilitative’ support they are getting from residents of Kagara town, PRNigeria has reported. Amid corrosive insecurity, hundreds of thousands of people have been sacked from their ancestral homes as a result of...
The Presidency has urged the media to increase its support for the fight against the exploitation of the internet and social media for terrorist purposes to address security challenges in the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman made the call in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. ”To...
Catholic priest, Reverend Father John Mark Cheitnum, who was murdered by terrorists in Kaduna State, had written about the 2023 election few days before he was abducted. Rev. Father Cheitnum and his colleague, Reverend Father Donatus Cleopas, were kidnapped by terrorists at the rectory of Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Indigenes of Katsina State, who reside in the nation’s capital in Abuja, have expressed great concern over the recent breakdown of law and order, across several villages and communities in the state. The group, Concern Katsina Youth Vanguard, said the situation was not only...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE have killed three bandits in a fierce battle that occured during a raid operation on Friday at CHITO general area, SANKERA council ward in Ukum LGA of Benue State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General, Benard Onyeuko, disclosed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the armed forces to wipe out terrorists, bandits and other enemies of the country from the surface of the earth with immediate effect in order to bring lasting peace to the country and the African continent in general. The president who gave the directive...
President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week summoned emergency National Security Council meeting to deliberate on nation’s security challenges occasioned by the recent attacks by terrorist groups. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected terrorists Tuesday night attacked presidential advance team to Katsina State as...
The lives of some gallant military officers who masterminded the arrest of several Boko Haram terrorists who were among inmates that escaped after an attack on the Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday are in ‘grave’ danger, PRNigeria has reported. It would be recalled that Islamic State of West...
The Federal Government has confirmed that about 600 inmates escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre following Tuesday evening’s attack by suspected terrorists. During a visit to the facility, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Mr Shuaibu Belgore explained that over 300 of the inmates have been retrieved...
Sporadic gunshots and bomb blast have been reportedly heard near the Kuje Correctional centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday night. Residents close to the area, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the heavy gunshots which started at about 10.pm lasted close to...
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...