Garkida, one of the biggest towns in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa state has come under a series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents resulting in loss of lives and properties worth millions of naira. Disturbed by the trend, a group of Youths under the auspices of Project Protect Garkida (GPP) has appealed to the government to make Garkida safer by enhancing security in the area. The group made the appeal during a...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ A factional leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, has released new audio, threatening the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed-Gumi, over his plans to preach to the enclaves of criminals in the bushes. Recall that the cleric during an interview with the BBC Hausa service had declared his intention to enter into the bushes to preach to the Fulani herders. According to him, the herders are now being...

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ There was a mild drama at the Criminal Area Court II in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, when a serving Commissioner in charge of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr. Sanusi Faruk, and 2 Directors were docked for criminal conspiracy and breach of trust to the tune of N1.728million. The two directors are, Markus Yara Sawa, Ministry of Women Affairs, and Iliya Ayuba, Ministry of Youth and Sports...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has said that Fulani herdsmen were neither under attack nor being forced to leave any part of the South-East, particularly Ebonyi state. The Southeast Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, disclosed this in a statement, on Tuesday, in Enugu, describing it as fake news calculated to create disharmony in parts of the country. He said that although herdsmen in the area, just as in other...

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has reiterated his administration’s resolve to ensure that the state remains the safest and most secure in the country. Ugwuanyi said this on Monday in Enugu at the public presentation of a book entitled: “Effective Policing and Security in South-East Nigeria’’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the book, which has three major parts, was written by retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police IDIG), Dr. Celestine Okoye. The...