•Bandits A medical doctor while on duty last night was shot by rampaging bandits who invaded the Kankara General Hospital in Katsina State, North-West Nigeria. The marauders shot the doctor, Murtala Saleh, in the right thigh, while one Kamala Suleiman, was injured on the knee, reports Channels TV. The police said both victims are currently [&h...
•Terrorists Retired generals have expressed worries over the resurgence of terrorist attacks in the North-East, stressing the need to curtail the development. Amnesty International, however, pointed out that the violent escalation indicates a failure of the current security measures, reports The PUNCH. At least 40 farmers were reportedly kille...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of Gibson Reuben, a Netherlands national and Managing Director of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited. Rueben drowned after his vehicle plunged into the Aleto-Eleme River while attempting to escape from his abductors, reports NAN. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confir...
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday convicted and sentenced an Arabic teacher, Oladosu Sakiru, to 21 imprisonment for attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old female pupil. The trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, sentenced Sakiru following his guilty plea to the amended two counts of attempted sexual assault by ...
•Terrorists Unspecified numbers of Nigerian military personnel have been missing in a recent ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Baga, at the fringes of the Lake Chad. Personnel of the armed forces, who spoke to our correspondent in anonymity, said soldiers were ambushed while trying to recover dead bodies of 40 residents killed by the [&hellip...
•Seme border In a move to address alleged extortion and restore order along the Seme border corridor, security stakeholders, yesterday, approved the establishment of four checkpoints. The decision was reached during a high-level security meeting held at the Zone 2 Command Headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, reports Vanguard. The meeting, chaired by...
•Police The Anambra State Police Command, in collaboration with the military and other security agencies, has neutralised five suspected members of an armed secessionist gang during a raid on their camp in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. The operation, which took place yesterday along Umugem Road, resulted in the recove...
•Terrorists The Kebbi State Police Command, yesterday, announced the arrest of three members of the Lakurawa terrorist group who allegedly offered N1.6 million bribe to its lead investigator. A statement by the command’s public relations officer, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said the three suspects, one Umaru Garba, Alhaji Abubakar Mamman and Usman Muha...
•Late Salome Adaidu and her killer boyfriend, Timilehin Ajayi Thirty-two-year-old Timileyin Ajayi, has been remanded in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the Nasarawa State Capital Timileyin was apprehended for the murder of his alleged girlfriend, Salome Eleojo Adaidu, a 24-year-old mem...
•Simon Ekpa The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, today, said the arrest of Simon Ekpa in Finland has greatly reduced the tension in the South East. This development, he said, alongside Operation Udoka by the Defence Headquarters, is restoring peace in the region, reports Vanguard. Operation Udoka was established to flush bandi...
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