UN Condemns Bandit Attacks in Zamfara

The secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, has criticized the attacks on Zamfara residents by bandits. This was indicated in a statement issued on Monday by Stephane Dujarric, the secretary-general’s spokesman. As noted in the statement, Guterres condoled with families affected, urging the federal government to fish out those responsible. He urges the FG to spare no effort in bringing those responsible for the attack to justice. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the appalling...

Sit-At-Home: NPF Confirms Sporadic Shootings And Burnt Vehicles In Enugu

ENUGU — The 2022 New Year day being Saturday resulted in the Federal Government of Nigeria declaring the 1st Monday of the year as a day off work, hence Monday 10th of January, 2022 became the 1st working Monday of the year. During the Christmas holidays, the Monday sit-at-home order was not observed as diverse events were fixed all the days of the week. But today, being the first working Monday, residents went about their...

Three White Men Sentence to Life In Prison After Killing Black Jogger

Three white men of the United States have been convicted form murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup trucks, they were sentenced to life in prison on Friday in a case that highlighted US tensions over racial injustice. Travis McMichael, 35, and his father Gregory McMichael, 66, were sentenced to life without parole, while their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, had a less direct role in the murder and cooperated...

Nigeria Customs Service Intercepts Tramadol Capsules Worth Over One Billion Naira

The Area Controller, Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comp. Bello Jibo said the command has intercepted some items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Hussain Abdulahi, the container number is MRKU 9090415, have a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1, 447,297,050 only. Abdullahi, who quoted Comptroller Jibo, said the container was handed...

Amotekun Corps Rescue Nine Kidnap Victims in Osun State.

Operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, WNSN, popularly called Amotekun Corps, have rescued nine kidnap victims including two toddlers in Osun State. The victims were rescued by the joint team of Amotekun in Ondo and Osun states involved in the inter-border patrol in the southwest. It was learnt that the victims were kidnapped at the Ipetumodu axis of the state along the Ilesha-Akure highway while on their way from Lagos to Ado-Ekiti. The victims,...

Yuletide COVID-19 Surge: FTC Admin Bans Nightclubs, Parties, Religious Congregations

The current status of COVID-19 in the Nation’s capital Abuja has forced the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to place ban on nightclubs, parties and religious congregations with over 50 worshippers. The administration in a statement Saturday by the Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat Dr. Abubakarl Tafida noted that the failure of residents to adopt simple preventive measures was worrisome. The statement said read in part, “Any gathering in excess of 50 people must...

Police Recover 1,889 Machine Guns, 52,577 Round of Ammunitions, RPG, Others in 2021 – Report

Barely one week after the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a container loaded with firearms and ammunition at the Tin Can port in Lagos, the police have said they recovered no less than 1,889 weapons and 52,577 rounds of live ammunition between January and December, 2021. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, CP Frank Mba, told our correspondent in an interview on Thursday that the recovered weapons include General Purpose Machine Guns, Rocket-Propelled Grenade, variants...

Kidnappers Whisk Away Four Family Members Of District Head In Adamawa

Police in Adamawa are trailing gunmen that have abducted four members of the District Head of Mayo-Farang, in Mayo-Belwa local government area of the State in the wee hours of Tuesday. The gunmen invaded the family house of the district head Yolde Pate, a satellite town, in Yola South local government and whisked away four members of the family. The district head, who is also the Sarkin Noman Adamawa, Ardo Mustapha Ahmadu, was himself abducted...

Police In Adamawa Bans Use Of Knockouts, Tinted Glasses, Covered Number Plates

As the yuletide approaches, the Adamawa State Police Command has alerted the public that some unscrupulous elements commit armed robbery, kidnapping, abduction and other heinous crimes using Motor cycles, Tinted Glasses and covered number plates on vehicles. As such, the Commissioner of Police in the state Mohammed Ahmed Barde has ordered the ban on the use of Motor cycles, Tinted Glasses and covered number plates used on SUV vehicles by unauthorized individuals. DSP Suleiman Yahaya...

Thirty Eight People Killed In Kaduna Fresh Attacks

Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said the death toll in fresh bandit attacks on communities in Giwa Local Government Area of the State has risen from 20 to 38. Aruwan while giving an update on the situation in a press statement on communities that were attacked 20 people were killed, and property burnt during the attack. He said 29 of the victims have been identified while the remaining...

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