Boko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionWest AfricaBoko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

On September 2, Boko Haram (ISWA) militants reportedly killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state. Such bloodshed has become so commonplace that it often fails to garner much interest. International news outlets spilled little ink to report the incident. Nevertheless, the failures of the region’s militaries—as well as the Lake Chad Basin Commission’s Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF)—to combat Boko Haram merit greater attention from policymakers and the international community. The widespread and persistent human rights abuses...

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Adamawa State Coalition Against Rape Celebrates One Anniversary, Laments Over Increase of Rape Cases

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsAdamawa State Coalition Against Rape Celebrates One Anniversary, Laments Over Increase of Rape Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 18, 2020

Disturbed with the rising cases of rape across Nigeria, in 2019 over twenty pressure groups to include Media, Civil Society Organizations came together in Adamawa state and formed a coalition known as “Adamawa State Coalition Against Rape” (ACAR) with the sole aim to fight the monster rolling its ugly head in the society. In September last year, the Coalition held a protest march to draw the attention of authorities concern on the need to take...

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Katsina Sets To Rehabilitate Repentant Bandits

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsKatsina Sets To Rehabilitate Repentant Bandits

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 18, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Katsina State government has set up a committee for the rehabilitation of repentant bandits, Leadership newspaper reports. It was gathered that bandits who want to leave the forest where they have been practicing the nefarious activities would be resettled in a more convenient place being constructed by the government. The Secretary to the Government of the State, (SGS) Mustapha Mohammed Inuwa, stated this during a press briefing on security and...

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Commissioner of Police Describes Ugwuanyi As Security-Friendly Governor as Enugu Gets Additional Police Area Command in Udenu LGA

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCommissioner of Police Describes Ugwuanyi As Security-Friendly Governor as Enugu Gets Additional Police Area Command in Udenu LGA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 18, 2020

The Enugu State Governor on Thursday inaugurated a new Police Area Command Headquarters, Orba in Udenu Local Government Area. During the commissioning, Ugwuanyi expressed immense gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, for approving the permanent site of the Police Area Command Headquarters in Orba, Udenu Local Government Area to enhance the security of the area and its jurisdiction. Ugwuanyi further disclosed that bearing in mind the exigency of security,...

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Man Defiles His 15-Year-Old Daughter As Bauchi Police Parades 19 Other Suspected Rapists

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMan Defiles His 15-Year-Old Daughter As Bauchi Police Parades 19 Other Suspected Rapists

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 16, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Umar Mohammed “alias Wulas a 46-year-old father of Odoji quarters, Azare”, who was reported to have defiled his 15-year-old daughter. The police in a statement said the suspect “lured her with fifty naira (N50.00k), removed her cloth and had carnal knowledge of her in her mother’s room.” The statement said the suspect had since confessed to committing the crime as investigation was still...

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Nigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionNigeria Launches Community Policing Initiative

PilotnewsSeptember 15, 2020

In the face of apparently soaring levels of crime and violence, the Nigerian government has launched a community policing initiative. Abuja has set aside N13 billion (about $35 million) to fund the launch and is recruiting some 10,000 constables, according to Nigerian media. The Chief of Police for Ekiti state is hinting that the new constables will be deployed in the areas from which they come. Locally based, the constables would develop ties with community leaders and,...

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Gunmen Abduct 21 People In Fresh Kaduna Attack

Crime & SecurityNewsGunmen Abduct 21 People In Fresh Kaduna Attack

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent 21 people have been abducted by unknown gunmen in two separate attacks on Udawa village, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Reports say that seventeen of those abducted were said to be members of the same family. Confirming the incident, Liman Hussaini, a community leader in Udawa, said the bandits stormed the area and started shooting sporadically, leaving several persons injured. He revealed that four people were kidnapped on...

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35 Year Old Defile a Minor in Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNews35 Year Old Defile a Minor in Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 13, 2020

Gallant officers of Nigeria Police Force attached to Girei Division, Adamawa State Command has apprehended a 35-year-old Dahiru Shuaibu a resident of Sabon gari  Sangere in Gerei Local Government Area for allegedly raping of a 10-year-old girl. A statement by the DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa State Command said the command will ensure that the victim gets all medical attention and justice that is required. “Residents should report any suspicious persons...

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Nigeria Customs Handed Over Dubai-Bound Man Arrested with Over 2,886 ATMs to EFCC

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Customs Handed Over Dubai-Bound Man Arrested with Over 2,886 ATMs to EFCC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 11, 2020

A Dubai-bound passenger, Ishaq Abubakar, who was arrested with 2886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards concealed inside cartons of noodles has been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The suspect with the passport number A08333717 was arrested by the men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on his was to Dubai, the United Arab Emirate on August...

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Rapist Dies in Hospital, as Police CPL Arrested for Rape

Crime & SecurityNewsRapist Dies in Hospital, as Police CPL Arrested for Rape

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 11, 2020

A perpetrator, Abbati who has contradicted the age of 16 and 19, but raped a five (5) year old in Jimeta, Adamawa state last year has died in the Specialist Hospital Yola. The suspect who is awaiting trial at the Jimeta Remind Home for the offense was said to have fallen sick and admitted at the hospital for medication. It was learned that the deceased was admitted at the hospital on 29th August 2020 with fever...

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