Boko Haram Insurgents Displaced 5,000 Persons In Single Attack In Adamawa

No fewer than 5,000 persons are displaced after some groups suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked the Kwapre community in the Garaha ward of the Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa on Friday. Kwapre village is few meters to Sambisa forest in Borno state, den of Boko Haram who unleashed terror in the Northeast for more than eleven years. The Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) Dr. Mohammed Sulaiman who made this...

Security: South East Governors Form EbubeAgu Security Outfit To Flush Criminals In the Zone, Bans Open Grazing

The incessant security challenges recorded recently in the Southeast geopolitical zone of the nation have become a huge concern to stakeholders hence a summit was organized for the 5 states in the zone; Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo. Participants at the summit held in Owerri, Imo state on Sunday discussed security challenges faced in the zone with a resolve to find lasting solutions to it. In a communiqué issued by the Governors and heads...

Katsina State Police Command recovers Several Lethal Weapons Of Mass Destructions

The Katsina State Police Command has recovered several lethal weapons of mass destruction from notorious bandits who surrendered themselves willingly to the state Police Command. The notorious bandits who had unleashed countless mayhem across the state were reported to have willingly surrendered themselves and their weapons. “Two General Purpose Machine Guns, One AK 49 Assault Rifle, Twenty-three AK- 47 Assault Rifles, One hundred and nine (109) GPMG ammunition, Ninety-four 7.62mm live ammunition of AK 47...

Stakeholders Urges Governor Matawalle To Stop Romancing With Bandits

Stakeholders in the Northwest have cautioned Zamfara State Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle to stop romancing with bandits in the name of dialogue and amnesty, the bandits who kill and maim innocent citizens. They said the Governor should stop treating bandits with kid gloves, noted that the bandits terrorizing Northwest states have found a safe haven in Zamfara from where they launch attacks on other states. The stakeholders, who demanded justice for the victims, condemned the...

Religious Leaders And Politicians Were Sponsors Of Insecurity- Sheikh Khalid

A renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muhammad Nuru Khalid, on Thursday, alleged that some influential people, including religious leaders and politicians, were the real sponsors of insecurity in some parts of the country. Khalid stated this in Abuja during the public presentation of a book titled, “The Infinite Light, The Pride of Humanity” authored by Sheikh Fathullah Gulen a spiritual leader of Hizmet. Khalid claimed that the bandits who were predominantly youths of northern extraction had...

EFCC Apprehends Information Technology Expert, Six Others For Internet Fraud

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended an Information Technology (IT) expert and six others for alleged internet fraud. A statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan said the suspects were arrested at Main Stay Hotel, Akala Express Area in Ibadan. Items recovered from the suspects included a car, cell phones, laptops, and several incriminating documents. “The...

Police In Adamawa Discovers Huge Cash Stashed In A Criminal Hideout

Adamawa State Police Command says it has discovered a huge amount of cash stashed away in a criminal hideout in Gombi local government area of the state. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Suleiman Nguroje said the command’s operatives attached to Gombi LGA discovered the money tucked in a bag during their routine operations at Tashar Marghi, a renowned black spot and urged owner(s) to come forward and claim the money. “The...

Insecurity: 80,000 People Killed, 3 Million Displaced, Six Million Illegal Arms In Circulation

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has disclosed that the social insecurity bedeviling the country has left 80,000 people dead and 3 million others displaced while an estimated six million illegal arms are currently in circulation. Abubakar, who is also the Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), raised the alarm on Wednesday at a dialogue session with key stakeholders in Abuja. The meeting was attended by traditional rulers including the Sultan...

Minister Inaugurate Committee to Handle Complaints Against Police Officials

The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, has established the Police Public Complaints Committee (PPCC) to deal with complaints against police personnel in the country. Inaugurating the committee on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr. Dingyadi said the committee was a specialised institution created to deal strictly with complaints against police personnel. According to him, the focus was to put in place a permanent structure that would help to effectively check civil unrest. “If the PPC has...

After Killing 25 People Nine Days Ago, Herdsmen Shot In The Air In Ebonyi Community, Residents In Fear

The residents of Ameta-Ozizza in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been thrown into apprehension after a suspected plan to attack the residents of the community by herders. The fear has been building up hours after some herdsmen killed 25 people in Egedegede and two other communities in the Ishielu Council area nine days ago. A prominent source disclosed that the Ameta-Ozizza youths on Tuesday, beat gongs to put other villagers on...

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