Demolish and Evacuate New Artisan Market, ENHA Urges Enugu State Government

BusinessCrime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDemolish and Evacuate New Artisan Market, ENHA Urges Enugu State Government

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday moved a motion of urgent public importance urging the Enugu State Government to demolish and evacuate the New Artisan Market situated along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. In his words, the sponsor of the motion, Chinedu Okwu, member representing Aninri constituency described the horrendous activities going on at the New Artisan market as worse than that committed in Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible. “The New Artisan Market has...

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No Fewer than 11 Trucks Carrying Almajiri Have Been Sent Back in May – Cross River Government

Crime & SecurityLifestyleNewsNigeriaNo Fewer than 11 Trucks Carrying Almajiri Have Been Sent Back in May – Cross River Government

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The Cross River Government said no fewer than 11 trucks carrying Almajiri have been intercepted and sent back at the Gakem-Benue boundary of the state. The activities were carried out by the state task force in collaboration with Peace Corps Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday by the state’s head of the taskforce team at the border, Mr. Omang-Idiege. According to him, the trucks were intercepted and returned to their point of origin. Idiege who...

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Minister Directs NIPOST to Produce Report on fire Incident

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMinister Directs NIPOST to Produce Report on fire Incident

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has directed management of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to produce a report on the fire incident that occurred at its corporate headquarters on Wednesday. Pantami gave the directive when he paid a visit to the NIPOST headquarters to assess the extent of damage at the office. He directed that a comprehensive report about the fire incident be put together and forwarded to his office...

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Makinde Appoints AK Togun Chairman Oyo ‘Amotekun’

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMakinde Appoints AK Togun Chairman Oyo ‘Amotekun’

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed retired Gen. Ajibola Kunle Togun as the Chairman of the Oyo State Security Network, code-named Amotekun. A statement signed by Moses Alao, Special Assistant to Makinde on Print Media, also indicated that Col. Olayanju Bisiriyu Olayinka (Rtd) was appointed as the Commandant of the security outfit. According to the statement, the two retired military officers will oversee the state security network which was put in place to...

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NSCDC Turns Back 15 Enugu-Bound Vehicles at Boundary

CoronavirusCrime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNSCDC Turns Back 15 Enugu-Bound Vehicles at Boundary

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

Mr Everestus Obiyo, Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, has turned back 15 Enugu-bound vehicles, mostly commercial buses, at the Enugu-Abia boundary. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Denny Iwuchukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that the vehicles and their occupants were turned back on Tuesday. Iwuchukwu said the commandant took the action while conducting an on-the-spot check on boundaries between Enugu and neighbouring states. He said...

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NDLEA Arrest 166 Suspects, Seize 619kg of Illicit Drugs in Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNDLEA Arrest 166 Suspects, Seize 619kg of Illicit Drugs in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Adamawa state command says it has arrested 166 suspects and seized 619.081kg of illicit drugs worth millions of naira in different parts of the state from January to May. The state commandant of the agency Idris Mohammed Bello made this known Monday while parading some suspects and seized drugs to newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Yola, Adamawa state. Bello said the command has adopted a systematic approach...

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Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Terrorists in Borno

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Troops Kill 20 Terrorists in Borno

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Nigerian Army troops on Sunday killed 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) terrorists at the northwest of Baga town in Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of 130 Battalion with the support of the Army Super Camp, Baga, recorded the success in a decisive intercept offensive operation. He disclosed that the...

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Adamawa Government Imposes Curfew on Lamurde

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAdamawa Government Imposes Curfew on Lamurde

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

The Adamawa State Government has on Sunday evening imposed a 24-hour curfew on communities affected by the recent crisis in Lamurde Local Government Area of the state. This followed the violence that erupted in Tingno, Dutse, and Tito on Thursday and the attendant tension in the aftermath. Reports say that even on Sunday some ethnic militias killed two women that were traveling to Lafiya Lamurde from Tigno. “The militias laid ambushed and opened fire instantly...

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Police Confirm Killing of Unijos Lecturer, Arrest One Suspect

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Confirm Killing of Unijos Lecturer, Arrest One Suspect

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the killing of Dr. Nandi Drenkat, a lecturer with the University of Jos, by gunmen. Mr Edward Egbuka, the Commissioner in-charge of the command confirmed the incident at a news briefing on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen stormed the residence of the deceased in the early hours of Saturday, shot him, and kidnapped his six-year-old daughter. According to Egbuka, the police...

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Adamawa Violence: 34 killed, 48 Sustained Gun Shots In Tigno Crisis- Muslim Council

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaAdamawa Violence: 34 killed, 48 Sustained Gun Shots In Tigno Crisis- Muslim Council

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 17, 2020

YOLA –– The Adamawa Chapter of Muslim Council has confirmed that at least 34 persons were killed during a  two days ethnic violence erupted in Tigno village of Lamurde local government area, as 48 sustained gunshots, calling on the government to probe the mayhem. Police said they have so far recovered six bodies. The police had earlier said there were no deaths in the fighting. The council also noted with dismay the continuous ethnic clashes...

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