Obasanjo Expresses Concerns Over Buhari’s Failure on Corruption and Security

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaObasanjo Expresses Concerns Over Buhari’s Failure on Corruption and Security

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 1, 2021

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed grave concerns over the increased banditry in the north-west region of the country, where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from. Obasanjo asked Buhari to wake up and fight banditry and other growing crimes, especially in the northern part of Nigeria. The ex-President spoke on Sunday in a virtual interview with academic and historian, Toyin Falola, urging Buhari to start leaving an enduring legacy as President. The ex-President said, “I thought...

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Some Abducted Chibok Girls Escape From Sambisa Forest

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSome Abducted Chibok Girls Escape From Sambisa Forest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 1, 2021

Many of the remaining Chibok girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok local government area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria have escaped from their abductors. It could be recalled in 2014, 219 Chibok girls were abducted in Government Girls Secondary School Chibok local government. 107 have returned, 82 of them through negotiation with the terrorists, while 112 were said to have remained in captivity. It was gathered that they managed to escape following...

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Man Stabs 300 Level Student To Death Over iPhone In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMan Stabs 300 Level Student To Death Over iPhone In Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 30, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ A 27-year old civil servant in Adamawa state, Festus Stephen, has been charged to court for allegedly killing his friend, Abbas Mohammed Gudus, a 300 level student of the State University (ADSU). Stephen, a staff member of Adamawa State Ministry of Health, attached to the Health Services Management Board in Mubi, was alleged to have stabbed Gudus with a knife on his neck to death over the phone...

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Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaGunmen Kill Secretary Lau Chiefdom in Taraba

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 30, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, regional Correspondent _____ Heavily-armed gunmen late Friday reportedly sneaked into a sleeping Kunini community in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State, allegedly killing the secretary of Lau chiefdom-  Sakataren Sarki Mallam Aboki Adamu. Disturbed residents say that the assailants emerged from a nearby bush and went straight to the house of the chiefdom scribe – Sakataren Sarki and opened fire on him instantly. It was not clear what the assailants were...

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NDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2021

KANO  —  The Kano state Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 43 suspected drug traffickers in January 2020. Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, the NDLEA Commander in the state, in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Kano, said the suspects were arrested in various locations in the state following intensive operations carried out by the officers of the command. Abdul explained that during their various operations, the command intercepted 581.702...

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El-Rufai Condemns Burning of Pavilion for Church Conference in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityEl-Rufai Condemns Burning of Pavilion for Church Conference in Kaduna

PilotnewsJanuary 30, 2021

KADUNA —  The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has condemned the burning of a pavilion arranged for a church conference in Zangon Kataf local government. Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna, said in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna that the Government of Kaduna received a security report detailing the incident. He said that a pavilion erected by the leadership of the ECWA Church ahead of its...

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Imo Police Probes Alleged Murder of Nekede Lecturer

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaImo Police Probes Alleged Murder of Nekede Lecturer

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2021

OWERRI —  The Imo Police Command says it has commenced investigation into Monday’s alleged murder of two persons in Owerri, including a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede. The command’s Spokesman, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the command got the report about the incident and had initiated an investigation into it. Speaking on the incident in an interview with newsmen on Thursday, the polytechnic’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ever...

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‘You Can’t Do Better than Your Predecessors!’ Shekau Tells New Service Chiefs

Boko HaramCrime & SecurityNews‘You Can’t Do Better than Your Predecessors!’ Shekau Tells New Service Chiefs

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 29, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ The factional leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, Sheikh Abubakar Ibn Al-Shakawi popularly called Shekau, has said in a new audio message that, the new set of service chiefs will not do more than what their predecessor did in the fight against terrorism in northeast Nigeria. The Boko Haram spiritual leader, calls on the chief of defence staff, Lt General Lucky Irabor to have sympathy for himself, repent and...

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Gunmen Kidnap 27 Travelers Along Wukari –Takum Road In Taraba

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsGunmen Kidnap 27 Travelers Along Wukari –Takum Road In Taraba

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ No fewer than 27 passengers travelling along Wukari to Takum Expressway were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Taraba state. Reports say that the travelers mostly youths were returning from a wedding ceremony in Wukari local government when the bandits attacked them at Kofai Ahmadu in Takum and whisked them away to an unknown destination alongside the vehicle. ‘’ The youths who were between 18 and...

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Igboho Has No Right to Issue Quit Notice to Herders – Falana

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaIgboho Has No Right to Issue Quit Notice to Herders – Falana

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 28, 2021

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has said Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader often referred to as Sunday Igboho, does not have the right to issue an eviction notice to herders in Oyo state. Two weeks ago, Igboho had led some youths in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of the state to Salihu Abdukadir, Seriki Fulani, leader of the Fulani group, to register displeasure over the recent killings and abductions in the area. Blaming the attacks...

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