The Kano State Government has reiterated its vow to enhance security, protect lives and property in the state, following the Dec. 23 attack in Minjibir town. Alhaji Usman-Alhaji, the Secretary to the state government, made this pledge in a statement issued on Friday. Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday attacked Minjibir, headquarters of Minjibir LGA, abducted one person, and vandalised a security patrol vehicle. Reacting to the incident, Usman-Alhaji stated that the government has adopted proactive strategies...

A multi-lingual video of the Bukura, a faction of Boko Haram, a Jihadist group in Northern Nigeria surfaced online showing members practicing combat drills and holding different variants of the Kalashnikov assault rifle with under folding, side-folding, and fixed wooden stocks. The faction, operates in the northern part of Lake Chad, thus granting the terror group’s leader Abubakar Shekau an influence in an area dominated by the breakaway Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Boko...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has condemned the Boko Haram attack on Garkida town in Gombi local area of Adamawa state. Boko Haram fighters attacked Garkida town on the eve of Christmas killing two civilians including a 5-year-old. The attackers also vandalized and looted properties including that of the hospital. A statement by Governor Fintiri’s spokesperson, Humwashi Wonosikou said the Governor sympathized with residents of Garkida over the unfortunate Christmas Eve attack, calling...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has redeployed five newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police to oversee Departments of the Force, whose former heads retired recently after the completion of their service years. In a statement released recently, the IGP congratulated the officers and urged them to bring their vast experience and professionalism to bear in their leadership of the departments to enhance the ongoing reforms and repositioning of the Force. The officers, who...

A cybercrime suspect, who allegedly specialises in issuing fake tinted glass permit to vehicle owners in Adamawa state has been arrested. The command’s spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the arrest to the Newsmen on Thursday in Yola. He said that the suspect was arrested by operatives from the command’s intelligence bureau while forging and issuing fake vehicle tinted glass permits, with the police logo, to vehicle owners. “The suspect, operating a business venture at...

Mrs Jumoke Babalola-Oludele, sister to Oyo State House of Assembly Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Sunkanmi Babalola, has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen who are demanding N20 million ransom for her release. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Babalola-Oludele was kidnapped on Monday night around Oniguguri junction, beside Lion of Judah, Iyana Church, Monatan area, Ibadan. Babalola who, represents Egbeda State Constituency in the state Assembly, said the family had informed the security...