Nigerian Air Force kills wanted terrorist, Yellow Jambros in Niger

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Air Force kills wanted terrorist, Yellow Jambros in Niger

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 11, 2023

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said its troop dubbed “Operation Whirl Punch” eliminated a dreaded terrorist leader named Yellow Jambros. Yellow Jambros, NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said, was the mastermind behind several kidnappings and killings along the Abuja–Kaduna road and in several communities in Kaduna, Niger, Katsina and Zamfara States. The terrorist kingpin was killed alongside his gang members on their way to Wurukuvhi in Chikun LGA of Niger State for...

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Ogun State Government places N50 million bounty on killers of finance director

NewsNigeriaOgun State Government places N50 million bounty on killers of finance director

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 8, 2023

The Ogun State Government has announced a N50 million reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Taiwo Oyekanmi, the State’s late director of finance. Pilot News reported that Oyekanmi was brutally murdered on 29 November by a gang of armed robbers after cashing out an unspecified amount of government funds from a bank. The robbers made away with every penny. Governor Abiodun described the late Oyekanmi...

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FULafia students protest rampant attacks and abductions by bandits

EducationNewsNigeriaFULafia students protest rampant attacks and abductions by bandits

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 8, 2023

The students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State took to the streets on Thursday in protest over the increasing spate of bandits attacks and abductions. The school’s hostels have witnessed invasion by bandits in recent times with scores of students ferried away to an unknown destination. The latest attack on Wednesday night saw all the occupants of an off-campus hostel named Confidence Lodge, except two students, abducted. The two students who...

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Gunmen attack Sunshine Stars FC, shoot ball boy

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsGunmen attack Sunshine Stars FC, shoot ball boy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 8, 2023

Nigerian football team Sunshine Stars FC were the victims of a terrifying attack as they travelled across the country ahead of their Premier League away match this weekend. The club, which is based in the city of Akure in Ondo State, were en route to Benin City in Edo State on Thursday for a match with Bendel Insurance FC when gunmen attacked them. Sunshine Stars’ ball boy was hit by a bullet and has since...

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Boko Haram sack locals in eight Borno villages

NewsNigeriaBoko Haram sack locals in eight Borno villages

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 6, 2023

Eight communities in Kaga LGA of Borno State are now desolate following a chilling vacation notice issued to locals by Boko Haram jihadists. The rebel group, The PUNCH reports, ordered residents to desert their respective communities or face severe attacks as a form of vengeance after the Nigerian military slew scores of gang members. The terror group accuses the communities of betraying them by refusing to inform them about an impending attack by the military...

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Police defuse bomb at University of Maiduguri’s main gate

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice defuse bomb at University of Maiduguri’s main gate

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 6, 2023

Police authorities in Borno State prevented the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, from blowing up after it defused a bomb planted at the school gate by suspected terrorists. Police spokesperson Nahum Daso said a “suspicious device” was spotted near the main gate of the tertiary institution at about 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 4 December. The police bomb disposal team, otherwise known as the Explosive Ordinance Department, EOD, was immediately deployed to the scene. The team confirmed...

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ISWAP terrorists attack police formation in Borno, steal two rifles

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaISWAP terrorists attack police formation in Borno, steal two rifles

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 6, 2023

A police checkpoint in Mairari, Konduga LGA in Borno State came under a heavy terrorist attack on Monday night, but the policemen held the attackers down. There was a gun battle between the police and the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. The rebels retreated after a 15-minute futile attempt to crack down on the police formation. The terrorists stole two rifles belonging to the police and only damaged the police armoured...

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Army bombs over 120 Kaduna villagers in ‘error’

NewsNigeriaArmy bombs over 120 Kaduna villagers in ‘error’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 5, 2023

Many residents of Tundun Biri village in the Igabi LGA of Northwest Kaduna State were killed in a devastating airstrike carried out by the Nigerian Army on Sunday night. Several others were critically injured from the bomb explosion which an army chief told state officials was a mistake. Those bombed were Muslims gathered for the Maulud celebration at about 9:00 p.m. Sunday. The celebration coincided with the time the Nigerian military was giving a gang...

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CBN to freeze bank accounts without BVN and NIN from March 2024

BusinessNewsNigeriaCBN to freeze bank accounts without BVN and NIN from March 2024

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 4, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, plans to clamp down on bank accounts with no bank verification number, BVN, and national identification number, NIN, in 2024. In a memo made available to the press last Friday, the CBN said all existing bank accounts without a linked BVN and NIN will no longer receive funds, and make withdrawals and transfers starting 1 March 2024. However, the apex bank directed that all unfunded accounts be placed on...

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Fire guts NTA headquarters in Sokoto

NewsNigeriaFire guts NTA headquarters in Sokoto

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 4, 2023

A fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Sokoto State Sunday evening destroyed a part of the building. WATCH🎥 pic.twitter.com/0XqExwJS9k — NTA News (@NTANewsNow) December 3, 2023 The inferno, sparked by a high electricity voltage, raged for over three hours but did not do much damage. The studio of the national television station and other sensitive operational areas were spared. “The OB van, equipment and office furniture have also been...

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