ENUGU — The Enugu State Police Command has arrested six suspects for infringing on the human rights of a woman who was stripped naked for picking snails at a shrine in Agunese, Afam-Mmaku in Awgu Local Government Area, Enugu state. The victim’s husband and brother who came to rescue and stop the men from perpetuating their barbaric act were beaten up while the men had their way; stripped naked of the woman. Ordering a full-scale...

KADUNA — The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Homes Affairs, Samuel Aruwan said 161 bandits were killed in various encounters with security agencies in six months and 1,789 citizens were kidnapped by bandits within the same period. Aruwan, disclosed this while presenting the second and third security situation reports for 2022 to the state government on Friday, added that 285 were killed due to banditry, communal clashes, and reprisals in this quarter. The...

DAURA — Bandits have abducted over forty people including 39 children working on a farm from different parts of Faskari and Funtua Local Government Areas of Katsina State. Faskari Local Government Area which shares borders with Zamfara State has been at the receiving end of armed banditry and kidnapping in the last six years, with over fifty villages now deserted by residents fleeing the incessant attacks by bandit gangs in the Rugu Forest. Salisu Shehu,...

On Saturday, the controversial Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi, said the decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign the naira to curtail ransom payment will fail, as kidnappers will resort to dollars and other hard currencies. Gumi who posted this on his verified Facebook page, while reacting to CBN‘s redesigning of the naira, warned that the redesigning of the naira will further put more pressure on the economy making the...

The Governors of South East geo-political zone in Nigeria on Sunday raised alarm over the rising insecurity in the region. Briefing journalists after a closed-door meeting in Government House Enugu, Engr. Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi state/ Chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum disclosed, “The South East Governors decry the state of insecurity in the region; economic activities in the zone have come to a halt while kidnapping and wanton killing have become the order...

ABUJA — Jabi Lake Mall, one of the popular shopping outlets in Abuja, was on Thursday shut down indefinitely over security concerns. The management said the “decision has been taken in the overall interest of the safety of all staff and customers of the mall.” It said though it wasn’t its intention to disrupt activities in the mall, the “safety of our staff and shoppers remains our highest priority.” The management apologised for the inconvenience...