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Crime & Security News PoliticsSouthwest Governors Bump Heads with the Presidency Over Who Should Control Amotekun

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

Governors in the Southwest are involved in verbal clash with the presidency over who should control the structure and operations of the Southwest Security Network also called ‘Amotekun’. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily that the operations of security organisations set up by various states in the country would be guided by the Inspector General of Police under the community policing...

Crime & Security National Security NewsBoko Haram Slaughtered 75 Borno Elders in One Night – Senator Ndume

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has revealed how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 members of his community in Gwoza local government in one night. Mr Ndume dropped the hint during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by Senate Committee on Special Duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri. The former Senate leader, who is also a member of the committee, informed the gathering that the challenges faced...

Crime & Security Local Government NewsGovernor Fintiri Raises Concern Over Continue Conflict in the Country

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 27, 2020

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has expressed dismay over continued conflicts in some parts of the country despite an effort by the government to contain it. The Governor was speaking while inaugurating members of the reconstituted Special Administrative Panel to investigating the conflict between Lunguda and Waja Communities in Dumna District of Guyuk Local Government area. “Cycle of conflicts that Nigeria is facing today have deepened the frustration that despite several attempts at...

Crime & Security NewsHerbalist Ordered Me to Escape from Prison and Kill – Suspected Ibadan Serial Killer

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 27, 2020

Sunday Shodipe, a 19-year-old suspected serial killer who escaped from police custody in Ibadan but was later arrested, has said that after escaping, he hacked a woman to death. The suspect claimed that Yinusa Adedokun, a traditionalist whom he was initially arrested with, instructed him to escape from the police and kill. In July, when they were paraded by the police, Sunday had said that Adedokun would give him N500 and a plate of food...

Crime & Security News NigeriaI killed Another Woman After My Escape ‐ Murder Suspect

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 27, 2020

Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, has confessed to the murder of another person after escaping police custody. The 19-year-old disclosed this on Wednesday when he was paraded by Nwachukwu Enwonwu, the state commissioner of police. Shodipe, was arrested due to his connection with a series of killings and rape in Akinyele local government area of the state. The West African Pilot News reported Shodipe’s escape and rearrest from Mokola...

Crime & Security News NigeriaSouth-West Rejects Presidency’s Position That IG Should Determined the Structure of Amotekun

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 26, 2020

The South-West states, through its mouthpiece, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, have rejected the Presidency’s position that the Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, will be run in compliance with the structure defined by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. Last Tuesday, the Senior Special Assistance to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, that the structure of the security network would be...

Crime & Security National Security NewsBoko Haram: Gov Zulum Urges Communities to Support Security Agencies to End Insurgency

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 26, 2020

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has again urged communities to provide timely information to the military and other security agencies to enable them track down Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum made the call when he visited Magumeri Local Government Area to commiserate with the people over the Aug. 19 attack by Boko Haram insurgents.“ It is very important for the citizens to support the Nigerian Military with intelligence reports to enable them to track down the insurgents...

Crime & Security NewsPolice in Adamawa Arrest Imposter of Sen Binani Agent, Recovers Fake Appointment Forms

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 25, 2020

Police in Adamawa state have arrested one Mohammed Bello for defrauding innocent people of Adamawa Central Senatorial Zone using fake empowerment scheme form purported from Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, Senator representing Adamawa Central at the National Assembly. The culprit printed forms with the name Binani Forum Special Assistant Form and demanded processing fees of Two thousand naira (N2000) from unsuspecting victims. The fraudster was said to have defrauded residents of Garin Alhaji near Chikito...

Crime & Security NewsAdamawa State House of Assembly, International Republican Institute Sets to End Violence Against Persons

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 25, 2020

In response to growing spates of violence against innocent citizens, a public hearing to ascertain public inputs towards legislating on the Prohibition of Violence Against Persons Act has commenced in Yola, the Adamawa state capital. The Adamawa State House of Standing Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development in collaboration with the International Republican Institute on Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, VAPP organized the event held at the American University Hotel Yola. During the event,...

Crime & Security NewsSAD NEWS: Students Preparing for Exams Kidnapped Inside School

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 25, 2020

Reports say that some yet to be identified gunmen stormed Prince Academy in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted a number of Secondary School students preparing for their examinations Monday morning. The gunmen were said to have first raided houses in Damba-Kasaya community in Chikun LGA before heading to the school. A local resident who simply identified himself as Wakili Bawa said the gunmen came “in a large number like they always...

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