The Ebonyi State police command on Sunday confirmed the attack on the Unwana Divisional Headquarters in Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state. A 35-man armed gang had in the early hours of Sunday attacked the police headquarters and…
Category: Crime Watch
Soldiers Can’t Kill Bandits Because FG Has Refused To Declare Them Terrorists Group- Elrufai Laments
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has urged the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so as to allow the Nigerian military deal with them without any major consequences in international law. The governor spoke at the presentation of…
Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu Arrives Court Premises, Amidst Tight Security
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu has arrived the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, venue of his trial over allegations of terrorism and treasonable felony. Although his visuals could not be gotten,…
Buhari to bandits: “Your days are numbered, be ready for crushing defeat”
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a stern warning to bandits, saying that “the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.” In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Malam Garba Shehu,…
Terrorists aka Bandits Now Demand Cooked Food As Ransom Because Of Hunger In Kaduna—Resident
Some bandits in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State were said to have reportedly started demanding cooked food as ransom for kidnapped victims. This comes after the ban on weekly trading in markets as part of the…
Sultan, CAN seek justice for murdered Kano pastor
The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the CAN President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to fish out those behind the killing of Pastor Shuaibu Yohanna, in…
Pension Managers Have Diverted Billions Of Naira – EFCC
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said billions of naira are frequently diverted by corrupt pension managers. He stated this at a two-day national summit tagged: “Eradication of Pension Fraud in Nigeria.” Bawa said…
Man kills wife, son, injures six others in Ebonyi
Abakaliki—A middle-aged man, Kenneth Nwoha, yesterday hacked his wife, Mercy and six-year-old son, Sampson to death at Isiofumini Isieke Community in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. It was also gathered that after killing his wife and son, Nwoha…
How Sokoto is remodelling Almajiri system
Sokoto State is one of the northern states seeking to reform the Almjairi system of education to check out-of-school numbers and begging by the children. ADAMU SULEIMAN reports on the state’s efforts to modify rather than abolish the system. Sokoto…
Insecurity: Uzodimma Flags off Operation ‘Golden Dawn’
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has flagged off the Armed Forces exercise that would help bring sanity to the state ahead of the yuletide tagged “Operation Golden Dawn” with a promise to support the leadership of the security agencies…
