•Armed Fulani herdsmen At least two personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have lost their lives when a joint security patrol team was ambushed by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at Udei in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. At least three officers have been missing since the incident […]
•Armed Fulani herdsmen One person has been confirmed dead, with over 100 houses set ablaze by suspected herders in farming communities of Karim Lamido Local Government Area in Taraba State. The community, Bandawa Gwenzu, which comprises Gwenzu, Langwanshin and Danzhan, was attacked last night, reports Channels TV. Speaking to our correspondent...
•Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi and terrorists The federal government of Nigeria has commenced the Phase 7 of the Kainji Mass Trials of terrorist suspects. This is contained in a statement from the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), yesterday in Abuja. The National Coordinator of NCTC, ...
•Trafficked Nigerian girls Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Katsina State Command, have arrested three suspected members of an inter-state human trafficking syndicate that specialises in the recruitment, harbouring, and trafficking of young girls from other parts of the country to the No...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, today begged the National Assembly to urgently pass a law to criminalise unexplained wealth. He said Nigeria cannot win the anti-corruption war without legal backing to hold public officers accountable for assets far beyond their legitimate earnings, reports Th...
•Gunmen An unspecified number of passengers were today abducted and some of them reportedly shot by criminals operating at Ezinnachi/Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. The incident, according to some passengers, occurred between 9:00 and 10:00 am as the gunmen blocked the highway and operated unchallenged, reports Vanguard. One...
•Ogun CP, Ogunlowo The Ogun State Police Command has rescued 38 Cameroonian nationals from a locked building in the Mowe area of the state. The victims, comprising 22 men and 16 women, were said to have been lured into the country under pretences by suspected fraudsters who allegedly promised them lucrative business opportunities, reports The ...
•Governor Dikko-Radda of Katsina State Bandits terrorising Katsina State live among residents, Governor Dikko Radda has said. “They are neither strangers nor outsiders. These are not alien criminals. They are from among us, we know their fathers and their grandfathers. That is why local solutions like the community watch corps are effective. T...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a full-scale investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, who was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service for attempting to smuggle large sums of undeclared foreign currencies through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. Salisu was intercepted during a routine ...
•Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has fixed July 17 for ruling on an application filed by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, seeking to travel out of the country, on health grounds. At the resumed hearing, his counsel and […]

