Stop Blame Game, Seek Help On Insecurity – Soyinka Tells FG

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has asked the Federal Government to seek help where needed to regain peace in the country and find a lasting solution without making Nigerians victims. The Nobel Laureate made the call in a statement while reacting to the killings going on across the country by bandits, terrorists, and other gunmen in the country. According to him, these gunmen have sacrificed and traumatized the youths in the country and beyond what...

Interfaith Council Sets to Find Lasting Peace in Plateau

The Plateau Inter-Religious Council (IRC) has promised to ensure the restoration of lasting peace in the state by promoting the virtue of tolerance among citizens. Rev. Pandang Yamsat, the Co-chairman of the council made the promise at its inaugural meeting on Monday in Jos. It was reported that Gov. Simon Lalong, on February 8, inaugurated the council aimed at promoting peaceful co-existence and tolerance among adherents of the various religions in the state. Yamsat, a...

Police Arrest 2 Suspected Kidnappers in Zaria

ZARIA — The Police have arrested two of the suspected kidnappers who attacked Kofar-Gayan Low-Cost Zaria on Sunday, abducted two housewives, and injured four residents. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, Kaduna State Police Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Zaria. Jalige said the police were on top of the situation, adding that investigation into the matter was ongoing. Alhaji Haruna Sani, a husband to one...

Senator Ndume Reacts To Arrest Of Some Bureau De Change Operators

ABUJA — The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume had expressed concern why the Federal Government will choose to cover the identities of the suspects, noting that he underwent the same experience in an open court for six years before his eventual vindication. The lawmaker who spoke in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday was reacting to the recent arrest of some Bureau De Change (BDC) operators,...

Bandits Kills Physician In A Church, Abducts 4 Worshippers In Kaduna

KADUNA –-Bandits on Sunday attacked Haske Baptist Church in Manini Tasha vil­lage, Kuriga Ward in Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killed one person and kidnaped several worshippers. The gunmen were said to have attacked the church at about 9:00 am and shot sporadically causing pandemonium, and in the ensuing stampede, a worshipper was gunned down whose identity was given as Dr. Zechariah Dogonyaro, a physician with Kaduna State Ministry of Health. One of...

Boko Haram Burnt Down Mainok Police Station

MAIDUGURI– The Village head of Mainok, Lawan Tuja Mainok has confirmed that suspected Boko Haram terrorists have on Sunday burnt down Mainok Police station following the insurgents’ invasion of the military base before they were repelled by troops of the Nigerian military through reinforcement. Mainok, a town along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway is about 60 kilometres to Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State and has been a subject of attacks and abduction of civilians by...

Insecurity: South-East Governors, Opinion Leaders in Closed-door Meeting in Enugu

ENUGU — Governors of the South-East and opinion leaders in the zone are currently in a closed-door security meeting at the Government House, Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that leaders of religious groups, traditional and sociocultural institutions in the area are also part of the meeting. This is the second security meeting called at the instance of the South-East Governor’s Forum in the last two weeks and might not be unconnected to...

Hoodlums Kills ASP Police Officer, Injures Three Others In Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police command has confirmed the killing of its officer by hoodlums in Lafiya. According, to Press Statement by the command’s image maker DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the hoodlums numbering about 60 armed with dangerous weapons killed Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP Ibrahim Abdullahi and injured three other Policemen while trying to effect the arrest of the wanted Criminal in Lafiya. Part of the statement read “On 24/4/2021 between the hours of...

NDLEA Seizes Drugs Concealed in Statues of Blessed Virgin Mary in Lagos

Dare-devil narcotics couriers who used the statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus, to conceal their illicit drugs have met their waterloo in Lagos. NDLEA operatives embedded in two courier companies intercepted the drugs concealed in the statue and some in auto spare parts to be dispatched to Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, stated on Saturday in Abuja that 140grammes of Methamphetamine packaged in the statue...

Gunmen Raze Uzodinma’s Country Home, Kill Two Security Operative

Gunmen have reportedly attacked the home country of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. Report reaching The West African Pilot News confirm that the gunmen invaded the Governor’s residence in Omuma in Oru East Local Government Area in the early hours of Saturday. The assailants killed two security men on duty before torching it. It was also learned that vehicles parked at the compound and part of the building were affected by the fire. The...

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