The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it has arrested and detained the policeman responsible for the gunshot that killed one Solomon Eze, 52, in Karimo area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the command, Mr Bala Ciroma, had ordered investigation into the incident. Manzah said...
Troops of Operations Thunder Strike and Whirl Punch in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki have killed 17 bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed on Monday in Abuja by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche. Enenche also disclosed that several other bandits escape with gunshots wounds in the joint operation that was conducted on May 7 at the hideout of suspected bandits around Mashigi...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Agency Law (amendment) 2019 bill. The bill which made provision for the creation of am Amotekun corps into Law was amended on Monday. However, Section 20 (1) of the bill which subjects the appointment of the Lagos Amotekun Corps Commander to the confirmation of the House was retained. This is in accordance with the practice and procedures of the House that...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered a one-month working suspension of the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Samuel Okoronkwo, over alleged boundary security compromise and negligence. Umahi who gave the order on Sunday in a statement he personally posted on social media and confirmed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Uchenna Orji. He said the suspension meant forfeiture of one month’s salary. The governor also ordered a one-month working suspension...
As economic bites, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the notorious hoodlums ‘’Shila- Boys’’ known for stealing, snatching valuables, and committing other anti-social acts in Adamawa have again gone on a rampage, which resulted in the killing of three in Jimeta by the mob. Adamawa state Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, had on assumption into office vowed to tackle the Shila-boys menace and other social vices plaguing the state as the state government purchased over 60 Hilux...
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno is to establish an outreach office in Auno village of Konduga Local Government, to encourage villagers fleeing from insurgency to return. Zulum, who stated this on Saturday during a visit to the village, said he would be using the office from time to time to boost the peoples’ confidence to return to the village. He described the move as strategic because of Auno’s closeness to the state capital and the...
Suspected hoodlums on Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi Division in Edo and killed an officer enforcing the Coronavirus curfew imposed by the Federal Government. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Edo, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Saturday. Nwabuzor said that serious manhunt was presently ongoing to arrest the hoodlums. According to him, ”on Friday night at Auchi, the officer, one Insp. Felix Egbon and...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says that a lady Miss Bianca Chidi whose where about is not known is not a corps member contrary to reports in some quarters. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, said this in a statement issued in Abuja, on Friday. Adeyemi was reacting to a publication by a newspaper with the caption “NYSC Where is Miss Bianca Ada Chidi”. “The management wishes to state that as...
Two men suspected of ambushing a black jogger and shooting him to death during an altercation were arrested on Thursday, authorities in the U.S. state of Georgia said. Father and son Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, who said they suspected Ahmaud Arbery was a burglar, were charged with murder and aggravated assault, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. “The McMichaels were taken into custody and will be booked into the Glynn County...
Reports indicate that an attack on the Bakta community in Shelleng Local Government Area of Adamawa state by yet to be identified gunmen has left one person dead, several others wounded. Bakta a farming community is on the borders between Shelleng, Song, and Gombi Local Government Areas. Though it was not reported in the media local sources say that the attack occurred on Sunday 3rd May 2020 at about 1 am. ‘’The attack appeared like...
