The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the federal and Edo state governments to pay blood money to the families of the sixteen hunters killed in Uromi. In a statement issued by JNI Secretary-General, Prof. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, while extending its felicitations to…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has impounded a truck loaded with 70,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC National Public Relations Officer (NPRO), Afolabi Babawale, on Monday in Abuja. Babawale explained that the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad…
The Police Force Ebonyi Command has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Mile 50 Layout, Abakaliki, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, told reporters on Monday that officers also recovered the vehicle of the victim, Nneka Onyibe. According to Ukandu, on March 30 at about 8:30 pm, the command received a report…
Gov Monday Okpebholo of Edo has condemned the brutal killing of 16 hunters in Udune, Uromi Local Government Area of the state, describing the attack as barbaric and unacceptable. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okpebholo, condemned the act at Government House during a condolence visit to Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State…
The Police Command in Kano State has detained a 20-year-old suspect from Sharifai Quarters over alleged killing and attack on vigilante members on the entourage of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II after the Eid prayers. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this on Sunday in Kano. He said the incident occurred during the entourage…
Niger Governor, Muhammad Bago, has called on security agencies to ensure adequate security across the state for a hitch-free Eid-el Fitr celebration. Bago made the call while addressing thousands of Muslim Ummah that gathered for Eid-el fitr prayers after the two rakaats prayers at the Minna Central Eid prayer ground on Sunday. Represented by his…
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has rescued two kidnap victims and launched a search for their alleged abductors. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the alleged kidnappers abducted the victims on Wednesday at Ijede in the Ikorodu area of the…
Troops of the special military taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have arrested two suspected killers of Rev. Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu. This is contained in a statement issued by Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH, on Wednesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repots that Okechukwu, a priest of the Catholic Diocese…
Kidnappers of Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe, Imo, are demanding for N2o million as ransom for the release of the clergyman. Ubaechu was abducted in Ejemekwuru on Sunday evening while on his way to attend the annual retreat of priests of the Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Imo. His…
No fewer than 11 soldiers have been killed and six others including a brigade commander have sustained injuries during terrorists attack on a Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Wajiroko in Borno State. According to military sources, the brigade commander was injured when his vehicle stepped on an Improvise Explosive (IED) enroute the location to provide…
