By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) Aguata Local Government Area headquarters, in Anambra State, has been attacked by “unknown gunmen. The newly sworn-in Governor of the State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, hails from Aguata. The attack began Thursday afternoon and the council headquarters was set on fire by the attackers. When contacted, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said that “following the report of the fire incident at the local government headquarters, the command has deployed men to the area...
By Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporter The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has appointed a 15- member Truth, Justice and Peace Commission to stop the activities of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB). The committee is headed by a Human Rights Activist, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu while Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu is the Secretary. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, named other members of the committee as Mr. Charles...
KADUNA — The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said that Nigeria is bleeding as a result of the high rate of killings across the country. The former Governor of Lagos State then urged Nigerians to join hands in the fight against banditry in the country. This is as Governor Nasir el-Rufai said that Nigeria is at a crossroads and needed to make a difficult decision to pick a leader,...
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale has declared that about 1.2 million people are at risk of explosive mines action in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe. He made the declaration on Monday in Abuja at the 2022 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Schmale of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Schmale noted that explosive ordnance in their different forms continued to represent immediate, grave...
KADUNA — The security situation continues to deteriorate in Kaduna state as reports say terrorists have killed at least 15 soldiers after they attacked a military base in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that many soldiers were wounded in the attack. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to Birnin Gwari General Hospital and 271 Nigerian Airforce Medical Center while those who paid the supreme price were evacuated to the 44...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commented on the state of insecurity in the country, saying that the challenges have overwhelmed the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said this while reacting to the recent attacks on the Kaduna-Abuja train with no fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead and 21 passengers missing. Obasanjo said the development has shown that Nigerians are not safe anywhere – in vehicles, on the train, or on aircraft. He said...
ABUJA — One hundred and forty-six of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday. He, however, said the number of safe passengers had risen to 186. Okhiria said 51 phone numbers on the manifest are either switched off or unreachable since Tuesday morning and...
By Mbabie Anastasia and Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporters AWKA —Unidentified gunmen have attacked a patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps and killing two operatives and injuring the unit commander in Anambra State. According to the report, the team was conducting a routine patrol operation along Igbo-Ukwu- Uga route at about 2:45 pm on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 when the gunmen opened fire on the driver and two other officials while the fourth official...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to bring in foreign mercenaries to fight terrorists following the Monday night attack on a Kaduna-bound train, if the military fails to tackle the terrorism head-on. El-Rufai, who spoke with journalists shortly after briefing the president on the recent killings in Kaduna State including Monday’s bomb explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line which claimed nine lives with a yet-to-be known number of people abducted, said...
A drunkard, Iliya Musa who hailed from Maduguva community in the Mubi North LGA of the Adamawa State has confessed to have raped the old woman. The suspect who is now in Police custody claimed that he committed the heinous act under the influence of alcohol. “I was returning from a wedding ceremony that night when I heard my grandmother sobbing. I went in and in the twinkling of an eye I found myself on...
