Plateau carnage is revenge by Fulani jihadists for the Tudun Biri bombing – Intersociety

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has accused Nigerian security agencies of working hand-in-hand with the Fulani terrorists who attacked several remote communities in North-central Plateau State between 23 and 24 December. The bandits, suspected to be nomadic Fulani herders, butchered more than a hundred villagers, plundered farmlands and set several houses ablaze, displacing thousands. In a statement made available to the press on Tuesday, the civil society organisation said...

Presidency vows to get justice for victims of Christmas Eve massacre in Plateau

The Presidency has condemned the recent dreadful attacks on several villages in Plateau State by herders of the Fulani tribe, promising to bring the killers to book. Armed gangs, locally called “bandits”, overran more than 15 communities across Bokkos and several other LGAs in Nigeria’s Home of Peace and Tourism, and razed down houses on Saturday and Sunday. The death toll in the attack has risen to 195 with scores still missing. President Tinubu instructed...

Insecurity: Zamfara State Government Closes Eleven Cattle Markets

The bandits operating since 2009 from bases in deep forests and raiding villages to loot and kidnap residents for ransom in Northwest and central Nigeria have killed thousands of people and displaced around two million others. The worrisome activities of the bandits have forced Zamfara State Government to again close eleven cattle markets in some parts of the state until further notice as part of measures to decapitate their activities in the state. The affected...

Three inmates escape from Ijebu Ode prison

Three inmates escaped from the Ijebu Ode Correctional Center in Ogun State, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the prisoners fled at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, 23 December. The inmates reportedly jumped the fence and fled unnoticed by officials on duty. A statement by the So-Safe Corps’ Ijebu Imushin Area Command identified the fleeing prisoners as Hammed Adeboyejo, convicted of armed robbery and murder; Fatai Taiwo Akande, convicted of murder; and Aliu Oguntona sentenced for...

Plateau Killing: Northern senators demand arrest, prosecution of perpetrators 

… Asks FG to draw inspiration for action from past investigations reports Senators from the 19 northern states under the aegis of Northern Senators Forum (NSF) have called on the federal government to do all within its powers to identify, apprehend and prosecute those behind the recent violence in Plateau State. The group also urged the government to draw action from reports of investigation of similar cases, and take necessary steps to prevent future occurrences....

Rivers: Nigeria air force strikes destroy illegal oil refining sites

In continuation of its efforts to rid the Niger Delta Region of activities of oil thieves and oil pipeline vandals by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, over the weekend, the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has destroyed 6 illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. According a press statement made available to journalists by Edward Gabkwet Air Commodore Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, the illegal...

Inhabitants of Kwapre Community in Hong local government area of Adamawa could not celebrate 2023 Xmas with ease, following the invasion of the community by suspected insurgents on Christmas Eve. According to residents in the area, the attackers on motorcycles invaded the community around 8: pm and shot sporadically resulting in the killing of two people and two others with one hospitalized at Federal Medical Centre Hong. The shooting which scared the inhabitants and neighbouring...

Gunmen kill 3 in Ebonyi church on Christmas Eve

It was a tragic Christmas Eve in Ebonyi State after unknown gunmen stormed the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Nkweagu village in Abakaliki county during a vigil mass on Sunday night, killing three persons. The attack was confirmed by the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Reverend Peter Nworie-Chukwu during the Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, Abakaliki on Monday. According to the priest, the gunmen arrived at the church in a tricycle, commonly...

Enugu Police Arrest Fraudster, Recover ₦362k Fake Naira Notes

The Police have arrested Mr. Chukwuebuka Igwebuike in Enugu for possession of three hundred and sixty-two thousand Naira (N362,000.00) fake new naira notes. Confessing the crime, the fraudster revealed his modus operandi; using fake one thousand Naira notes to pay for items of smaller cost to get change with genuine smaller denominations from the unsuspecting retailer. In a police bulletin signed by the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect...

Bandits attack 12 villages in Plateau hours to Christmas Day

Hundreds of villagers in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State are dressed in sorrow after a bloody attack by bandits. Christian families across Nigeria were preparing to celebrate this year’s Christmas Day. So too, the agrarian communities of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi until bandits struck late Saturday, butchering villagers till midnight on Christmas Eve. No fewer than 12 villages in the towns were attacked. The armed killers burnt houses, displacing several residents; damaged...

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