Three days after the gruesome murder of an entrepreneur, CEO AutoEase Services Limited in the presence of his 7 years son, the Director of Science and Equipment Development Institute, SEDI, was today assassinated alongside his police orderly. Prof. Samuel Ndubuisi, Director SEDI, and former Dean, Faculty of Engineering ESUT were assassinated on Wednesday by gunmen on the Port- Harcourt Express Road Enugu around 4 pm on his way home. His driver who sustained injuries was...

No fewer than 21 persons, including children and women, were killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits on motorcycles who launched a fresh onslaught on Tsauwa village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Many other residents sustained gunshot wounds in the incident that lasted for an hour, while many survivors have fled the area, according to reports. Some houses, food items and shops as well as motorcycles were also burnt during the invasion....

KADUNA — Out of 180 pupils of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi in Kaduna kidnaped on Monday morning, 28 of the abductees have returned after escaping from their abductors However, about 152 were still missing. Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state condemned the abduction of the pupils. The governor, in a statement by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, described the development as “unfortunate and an untold evil to...

LAGOS — A Brazil-based Nigerian was arrested with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The suspect, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, a mother of three, was arrested on Friday night on arrival in Abuja via Qatar Air from Sao Paulo, Brazil through Doha. Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said this in a statement made available...

KADUNA — The Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan has confirmed that armed bandits have abducted babies, nurses, and security guards from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre (NTLC) in Zaria, Kaduna State. He said Nigerian troops have intensified efforts to rescue the victims. Kidnapping for ransom is becoming a norm in Kaduna and many other states in Nigeria despite the efforts of security agencies. The area...