ENUGU — An NGO, Alliance for Africa, has called on stakeholders to form strong synergy and take concerted efforts to stamp-out Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual-Based Violence (SBG) in the South-East. The Programmes Officer of the NGO, Miss Faith Kalagbor, made the call during a Strategic Meeting on the Popularisation of the “Kpoturum” Web Application Amongst Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and State Actors in Enugu and Ebonyi States, held in Enugu on Friday. It would...
KADUNA — A 48-year-old beggar, Hadiza Ibrahim has been arrested by the Task Force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Social Development Secretariat (SDS) in possession of N500,000 and 100 dollars. The Beggar, an indigene of Kaduna State was said to have been apprehended by the secretariat’s task force many times. Malam Sani Amar, Director, Social Welfare Services of the secretariat, confirmed the arrest yesterday, in Abuja, accused her of accumulating money she realized...
ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja for its permission to detain the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and four others beyond the stipulated 48 hours in its custody. The report has it that the anti-drug agency has already begun a forensic analysis of the cocaine seized by Kyari. A top source in the NDLEA who speaks on the condition of anonymity because...
ABUJA — The spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Femi Babafemi on Wednesday said the agency will expose all those behind the drug deal involving suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Kyari was an erstwhile Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), at the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) of the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement, the agency pleaded with members of the public to be patient as the agency would unravel the mystery behind...
The rising incidence of ritual killings in Nigeria reflects a weakening state control and Nigerians’ desperate attempts to achieve economic stability. By Ebenezer Obadare, Guest columnist and Blogger Last week, Nigeria’s House of Representatives urged the Nigerian federal government to declare a state of emergency on the rising incidence of ritual killings in the country. Following a motion by its Deputy Minority Leader Toby Okechukwu, the country’s lower legislative chamber also called on the inspector general of...
LAGOS — The Civil Society and Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) says over 2,334 persons lost their lives in different bandits’ attacks in 2021, and expressed concern over the rise in cases of terrorist attacks in the country. CISLAC made its position known during a Focus Group Discussion on Barriers and Bridges to Accountability in the Defence and Security Sector organised for journalists on the security beat and advocacy groups in Lagos. CISLAC Executive Director, Auwal...
ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLLEA) has indicted the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Police, DCP Abba Kyari, in a drug deal. The spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, on Monday, at a Press Briefing, narrated that Kyari belonged to a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline. Following the press briefing by the NDLEA on Monday, Kyari was arrested alongside four others by the...
MAIDUGURI — Operation Hadin Kai troops foiled attempts by Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to attack commuters. Terrorists had targeted vehicles on highways in the Bama area of Borno after mounting checkpoints at Banki junction, but troops of 151 Task Force Battalion, responded to a distress call and rushed to the scene. The insurgents on sighting the soldiers abandoned some civilians already held captive and fled into a nearby bush. The military personnel then...
YOLA — A 38-year prison warder, M.C Bello working at Yolde-Pate Nigeria Correctional Centre, Adamawa State Command has raped a 13 years old girl. The suspect was said to have on 1st February 2022 lured the girl who is mentally ill by offering her fifty naira (N50.00) to his apartment close to the Correctional Centre where he works and raped her. The suspect is currently under investigation at the Adamawa State Criminal Investigation Department CID....
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has faulted the claims by the House of Representatives that Nollywood is responsible for the rise in cases of ritual killings in the country. Following the concerns among stakeholders over increasing incidents of ritual killings among youths in the country, the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, during a plenary session blamed Nollywood for the alarming rate of ritual killings in the country and declared a state of emergency to address the...
