BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Abducts Niger State Commissioner For Information, APC Niger North Senatorial District

Crime & SecurityBREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Abducts Niger State Commissioner For Information, APC Niger North Senatorial District

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2021

MINNA — Gunmen have abducted the Niger state Commissioner for information and Strategy, Alhaji Muhammed Sanni Idris in his hometown Baban Tunga in Tafa Local Government Area of the state, in the early hours of Monday. Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, Secretary to the Government of Niger State, who confirmed the abduction, said it happened around 1.am. According to Matane, security personnel are already on the trail of his abductors, expressing hope that they would be...

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Six Female Teenagers In Hijab Arrested In Edo

Crime & SecurityNewsSix Female Teenagers In Hijab Arrested In Edo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2021

BENIN — A human trafficker, Innocent Godfrey, 20, has been arrested by the police in Edo State while attempting to ship six female Christian teenagers, who disguised with hijabs as Muslims out of the country. The victims are Success Okogbowa, 17, Gift Osabuohien, 18, Endurance  Edigho, 18, Gift Edigho, 17, Oghayero, 19, and Happiness Oliver, 16, and Godfrey were billed to travel to  Cote d’Ivoire and Libya. Edo Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, who paraded...

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U.S. Arrest Warrant Exposes Police Scandal in Nigeria

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionU.S. Arrest Warrant Exposes Police Scandal in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 6, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger The charismatic head of the Intelligence Response team of the Nigeria Police Service, Abba Kyari, has been suspended pending the investigation of allegations by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that he was in cahoots with Ramon Abbas, better known as “Hushpuppi“ a Nigerian “Yahoo boy,” a popular Nigerian term for cyber criminals, involved in money laundering and fraud. Abbas was arrested in Dubai last year, and after being expelled from the United Arab...

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Nigeria Intercepts 7.1 Tons of Export-bound Pangolin Scales

ConservationCrime & SecurityNigeria Intercepts 7.1 Tons of Export-bound Pangolin Scales

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 5, 2021

LAGOS — Three high-level wildlife traffickers have been arrested by the Nigeria Custom Office with a huge haul of pangolin scales and ivory to be shipped abroad. The traffickers were intercepted by the law enforcement agency from trafficking 7.1 tons of pangolin scales and 846 kg of ivory. This arrest is the ninth-largest seizure of pangolin scales in the last three years according to a statement issued by Isabel Leal of the Wildlife Justice Commission....

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Construction Of Bridge Destroyed By Insurgents That Links Adamawa and Borno States On Snail Speed

Crime & SecurityInfrastructureConstruction Of Bridge Destroyed By Insurgents That Links Adamawa and Borno States On Snail Speed

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 5, 2021

YOLA — Construction of Wuro Nganyadi Bridge destroyed by insurgents along Michika-Madagali road which links Adamawa and Borno states handled by the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) is going at a snail speed. As of now, commuters plying the road are in a dilemma as the temporary measures put in place for easy access of people and goods has been cut-off. As at the time of the inspection visit, motorists were seen stranded with their vehicles...

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OPINION: “Bandits” Shoot Down Alpha Jet as Nigerian Airpower Comes Under Scrutiny

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNational SecurityOpinionOPINION: “Bandits” Shoot Down Alpha Jet as Nigerian Airpower Comes Under Scrutiny

PilotnewsAugust 4, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   On July 18, “bandits” shot down a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet in northern Nigeria on the border between Zamfara and Katsina states. The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and avoided capture by the “bandits” using his “survival skills” until he reached an army installation. While NAF planes have crashed in the past—including earlier this year when a plane crash killed Chief of Army Staff General Ibrahim Attahiru—this is...

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MALLPAI Calls For A Holistic Approach To Stop Attacks On School Children

Crime & SecurityEducationMALLPAI Calls For A Holistic Approach To Stop Attacks On School Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 3, 2021

The Mass Literacy for Less Privileged and Almajiris Initiative (MALLPAI) Foundation, an NGO, has called for a holistic approach to stop attacks on school children in Nigeria. MALLPAI Foundation was established in 2009 with a core focus to revamp mass literacy and empower youths, unskilled women, and girls. The ILD is celebrated globally on September 8 annually, to explore how literacy can contribute to building a solid foundation for a human-centered recovery, with a focus...

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Abba Kyari Suspended Over FBI Indictment in Hushpuppi Fraud

Crime & SecurityPoliceAbba Kyari Suspended Over FBI Indictment in Hushpuppi Fraud

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, following his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud. His suspension came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, recommended the “immediate suspension” of the senior police officer from the Nigeria Police Force. The Police commission said...

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Seven Persons Kill, Others Injured, 275 buildings Burnt In Plateau

Crime & SecuritySeven Persons Kill, Others Injured, 275 buildings Burnt In Plateau

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 2, 2021

JOS — Seven persons were reported killed as gunmen suspected to be herders attacked hamlets in Miango, Irigwe chiefdom in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Several persons were also injured in the attack, and 275 buildings were razed down by the invaders in Zanwra, Nche-Tahu, Rikwe-Rishe A and B, Ri-Dogo, Nchu-Nzhwa all in Jebbu-Miango communities of Miango chiefdom. The residents said the incident occurred between 7 pm on Saturday and the early hours...

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Two Abducted Kebbi Students Found in Zamfara State

Crime & SecurityEducationTwo Abducted Kebbi Students Found in Zamfara State

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 1, 2021

Two students of Federal Government College, Yauri, Kebbi state abducted by bandits have been rescued by the Zamfara state police command. Mr. Hussaini Rabi’u, the state Commissioner of Police, disclosed this at a news conference in Gusau on Sunday. The students had been abducted by bandits in June alongside several other students following an attack on the school. The kidnappers had stormed the school in large numbers, armed with sophisticated weapons. The outlaw gang abducted...

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