ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMAND DIARY: *NNEWI TOWN HONOURS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR SELFLESS SERVICE* As part of its efforts to show appreciation and boost the morale of the law enforcement officials in the State, the Nnewi Communities have today 15th August 2020 honoured law enforcement officials who exhibited selfless service in promoting safety and security in Nnewi town at the palace of HRH Igwe K.O.N Orizu III. The occasion which was sponsored by one of...
The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested a human trafficking kingpin, Abubakar Habibu, in Daura Local Government Area of the state. This command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, said in a statement in Kastina on Saturday that the suspect was arrested at a police checkpoint along Kongolom-Daura Road, Daura, on Aug. 11. According to him, the suspect has been on the wanted list of the command in connection with a case of human trafficking under...
Adamawa State police command has frowned at the illegal use of its uniforms threatened to arrest some civil groups, vigilantes, and other quasi security outfits. In a statement on Saturday, police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje said to guard against illegal use of police uniform, the command has set up a task force team to checkmate, apprehend and prosecute offenders. The police noted with concern that these groups impersonate its personnel through the usage of illegal...
A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, is dead. The West African Pilot News learned that Baraza was shot dead by gunmen on Thursday night at his residence in the Dass Local Government Area. Baraza represented Dass Constituency in the House of Assembly before his death. The incident has been confirmed by the Bauchi State Police Command on Friday morning. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed that...
Nigerian Major General Ibrahim Manu Yusuf, commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) fighting the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin, announced August 7 that 109 Boko Haram fighters and their prisoners had defected on the Nigerian-Cameroonian border. Yusuf said the defection was encouraged by a campaign through which Boko Haram fighters who defect would be pardoned. This specific group of defectors have been taken to the Cameroonian Center for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration....
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 election, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, was invited by the Department of State Service over his comment that repentant terrorists said one of the northern governors is a Boko Haram commander in Nigeria. Malafia has granted an interview to a radio station in which he accused a northern governor of being the commander of...
A Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted three of the nine accused persons who on March 21 hijacked an Equatorial Guinea flagged vessel, MV ELOBEY VI, off Equatorial Guinea coast. Suleman Dahun, the Navy Director of Information disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Noting that the Justice Ishaq Sani gave the judgment on Monday, he stated that the judge summarily convicted Binaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmar and Ghane Gordon...
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the election, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has said repentant terrorists revealed that a serving northern governor is a Boko Haram leader. The former ADC Presidential candidate in the last election said this on ‘Morning Crossfire’ programme on Nigeria Info 95.1FM Abuja on Monday. The former deputy governor of the CBN said he had a chat...
Mr. Danlami Shamaki, a proprietor of Winners Comprehensive High School Jalingo, Taraba State was reportedly killed by unknown gunmen. Mr. Shamaki was killed at Dan-Anacha axis, a town between Wukari -Jalingo areas of the state while returning back from a trip on Sunday evening. Mrs. Juliana Shamaki, wife of the deceased, confirmed the incident in tears “They have killed my husband”. An eye witness said late Shamaki has seated in front of the vehicle when...
As residents sleep with two eyes opened, gunmen were reported to have on Sunday night, kidnapped three girls during an attack on the Saulawa community of Kurfi Local government area of Katsina state. Reports say that the terror groups mounted various checking points at the heart of the local government began shooting sporadically and forced themselves into some households and shops. Local and security sources confirmed that the groups kidnapped the girls and later left...
