The Bauchi State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has charged traditional and community leaders to join hands with security agencies to fish out killers of some local vigilantes in the state. No fewer than nine members of a local vigilante group popularly known as Yan Ba Beli were killed by…
THE men of Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, an arm of the Anambra State Police Command, have foiled a planned robbery operation along Ebenebe-Achalla road in Awka North local government area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga said the operatives, while on anti-kidnapping patrol, were tipped off by a…
Unknown gunmen have killed at least nine members of a local vigilante group popularly known as ‘Yan Ba Beli’ in Bauchi State. The vigilante group gained popularity for leading onslaught in collaboration with state security operatives against kidnappers and armed robbers across the state. The vigilantes were killed in the forest of Gamji village while…
Troops of Operation Udoka II’ conducted clearance operations on terrorists’ camps in Imo and Anambra states on Saturday. The troops arrested a suspected terrorist and also recovered Improvised Explosive Device-making materials, motorcycles, stored foods and other logistics items in the camps. Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Enugu, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, stated…
The United States has scheduled a ship to transport its citizens from Israel to Cyprus on Monday. The US embassy disclosed this on Sunday, in a security alert. The decision followed reports of Israel’s planned invasion of the Gaza Strip. US citizens and their immediate family members with valid travel documents will board a ship…
The Nigerian Airforce has neutralised several terrorists in Borno State and seized over 40 motorcycles as well as destroying six gun trucks. The Airforce said with this attack on the terrorists, the insurgents’ ability to attack troops and innocent Nigerians have been degraded. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a statement said its Air component of…
The Nigerian Army has rescued six kidnapped victims at Hayin Tsando, Maraban Jos area of Kaduna State. Nigerian Army troops acting on credible and timely intelligence on the kidnapped victims, embarked on a search and rescue operation, where they engaged the criminals in a gun duel. Confirming the incident, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,…
The Israeli military said on Friday it has made no use of white phosphorus in its Gaza war this week, in an apparent denial of a Human Rights Watch report. “The current accusation made against the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) regarding the use of white phosphorus in Gaza is unequivocally false,” it said in a…
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has accused soldiers of the Nigerian Army of attacking contractors handling projects of the state government, especially in Ahoada-East and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government areas of the state. He alleged that the said soldiers were possibly covering up their possible involvement in illegal bunkering of petroleum products in the two local…
A man of Chechen origin stabbed to death a teacher and severely wounded two other adults on Friday at a school in northeastern France, with President Emmanuel Macron denouncing an act of “Islamist terror”. The attack in the town of Arras comes with France, which has large Jewish and Muslim populations, on high alert for…
Israel is debating whether to use a “Leningrad approach” to starve out Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip and thus avoid a ground invasion, U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports. But that course of action may kill some 100,000 residents as well, Hersh said, citing an Israeli national security veteran. “The big debate today ……
Kaduna – The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) led by the Sultan of Sokoto has said that the protracted conflict in the Gaza Strip must come to an end for the sake of human global peace, particularly that the Al-Aqsa mosque which is the third sanctified site after Makkah and Madinah was not spared in the…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the Military, especially the Army as the pillar of Nigeria’s survival as a nation. He also commended the Army for shunning anti-democratic tendencies, saying democracy is a necessity for societal development. A statement made available to journalists by Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed disclosed that the Governor spoke while…
The Nigerian Army have conducted an exercise that involved the clearing of remnants of Unexploded Ordinances (UXO) from the site of the unfortunate bomb incident in Lagos. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja said, last Sunday marked 260 months and 12 days since the unfortunate ‘Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast of January 28,…
Four people were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday when a luxury bus rammed into a truck. Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. She said the truck did not stop after the…
According to AP Report, Israel has said it is at war as its soldiers battle Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel and launch airstrikes on Gaza, the day after an unprecedented surprise attack by Hamas fighters. With briefing from men in northern Israel, a brief exchange of strikes with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group…
A former minister of aviation and Director of Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to condemn the vicious attack on the state of Israel by Hama militants yesterday. Israel came under sudden heavy attack yesterday by Hamas terrorists with hundreds of Israelis killed and several others taken hostage…
The African Union (AU), has expressed ”utmost concern” over the latest outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Chairperson of the AU Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat said in a statement that it has ”grave consequences” for the lives of civilians and regional peace. ”Denial of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, particularly that of an independent and…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen, has condemned the attack by suspected bandits on Anguwar Dankali community in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, that reportedly left four people killed and five injured. In a press statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, the Speaker said: “enough…
The Federal Government has expressed concern about the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas and calls for de-escalation and ceasefire. A statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar indicates that the cycle of violence and retaliation that the current escalation has assumed only serves to perpetuate an unending cycle of pain…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is “at war” and vowed that Hamas, Gaza’s rulers, will “pay a price it has never known”. “This morning Hamas launched a murderous surprise attack against the state of Israel and its citizens,” he said in a video address. At least 40 people have been killed in Israel…
The Kaduna State Police Command says it arrested 10 suspected kidnappers between September and October 3, 2023. The Command’s Acting Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated this at a news conference on Saturday. He said operatives of the Command recovered three AK-47 rifles; three fabricated 10 rounds revolver, 448 rounds of 7.62 X…
The Nigerian Navy has intercepted a fiber boat containing 205 drums of substances suspected to be Premium Motor Spirit in Igboelejo Community in Apapa Local Govt Area of Lagos State . The Commander NNS BEECROFT Commodore Kolawole Adetuga made this known at a news briefing in Apapa. Oguntuga said the patrol team in response to…
Authorities of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have recounted the incident that led to the death of a pregnant woman and a commercial tricyclist, popularly called Keke NAPEP, in an auto crash in the early hours on Tuesday, at Ago Palace Way, Okota area of Lagos State. Recall that pandemonium broke out when…
Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft has arrested eight stowaways from a Tanker Ship, CHARMINAR PANAMA en route Europe from the country, in the early hours of Thursday. The Commander NNS Beecroft Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga made this known while handing them over to the Nigeria Immigration Service Lagos seaport and Marine Command in Apapa. Commodore Oguntuga represented…
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase CFR, has called on Nigerians to have faith in the greatness of the country, insisting that all hope is not lost. In a statement by Ikechukwu AniHead, of Press and Public Relations, Arase stated this as part of his message ahead of Nigeria’s 63rd independence…
President Bola Tinubu has emphasized the importance of creating a sustainable environment for investment opportunities in Agriculture to strive in Africa to achieve food security in the continent. Tinubu said this at the High-Level Meeting on “Attracting investments in Land Restoration, Food Systems, and Rural Transformation in Africa”. It was organized by the African Union…
The US Department of State has advised Americans to reconsider traveling to Nigeria “due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed gangs.” Following its travel advisory update done on Wednesday, the US noted that some areas “have increased risk”. It advised its citizens against traveling to Borno, Yobe, Kogi, and northern Adamawa states due…
In a bid to foster national unity and peaceful coexistence, key religious and civic leaders, including the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, have stressed the importance of not just talking about peace but taking concerted actions to achieve it. They…
Sudan army chief and president of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan in Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has warned the United Nation’s that his country’s war could spill over into neighbouring African countries. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in a speech, urged the international community to designate his opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a terrorist…
The Nigerian Air Force says its aircraft, during a surveillance mission, took out a gun truck, killing about 8 terrorists at Baranga village, Marte Local Government Area, Borno State. This took place during the early hours of Wednesday under “Operation Hadin Kai”. Director of Public Relations and Information of the Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet,…
