Following the recent attacked on the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje where over 800 inmates, including 64 Boko Haram suspects, escaped, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has charged security agencies manning the custodial centers across the country to remain vigilant so as to defeat criminal elements terrorizing the country. In a statement by his media aide Sola Fasure, the Minister gave the charge in Lagos when he made a surprise visit to Kirikiri...

ABUJA — The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed dismay that security operatives abandoned their position to allow the criminals to have a free day when they stormed the medium-security custodial facility, Kuje in Abuja on Tuesday night and released 879 inmates with 64 of them being suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorist group. The Minister who spoke to journalists after inspecting the level of damages at the custodial centre on Friday evening...

ABUJA — One of the escapees following the recent attack on Kuje Maximum Custodial Centre in Abuja has been recaptured by the Police in Nasarawa. The State Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel in a statement says the recaptured escapee, Hassan Hassan whose name and picture is among the inmates in Boko Haram and Terrorism case was apprehended in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. The statement read in part:...

KADUNA — A community leader of Kufana, Daniel Garba says bandits have attacked Iburu village under Kufana district of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducted 15 people, and killed four other villagers. “The bandits stormed the community at night and killed three people while the fourth person was killed on his way to offer assistance. So far, they (bandits) kidnapped 15 of our people,” he said. He said the bandits were yet to...