Gunmen Kills 11 Persons, Injured 8 Others In Plateau State

Police in Plateau State have confirmed an attack on Maikatako community in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, gunmen have killed 11 persons and injured 8 others. The Plateau State Police Spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo said the gunmen overwhelmed the vigilante group on patrol and also burnt down four houses during the attack. Nine of the victims were said to have been burnt beyond recognition in a compound that was razed while the others...

Adamawa State Police commences investigation after Middle Age Man Hangs Himself

Adamawa State Police Command has commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances behind the death of a muddle age man who was allegeded to have  committed suicide. SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who confirmed the report, cautioned the general public to  desist from taking laws into their own hands. It was gathered that the  middle age man Iliya Adamu, a bricklayer by profession and staff with Girei local government council...

Police in Adamawa Arrests Fraudster With Ten Expired ATM Banks

Operatives of the Adamawa state Police command have arrested a 32 years old fraudster Joseph Nwakibe, a native of Nnewi South Anambra state and resident of Makurdi, Benue state in possession of ten expired ATM banks. According to a statement by the Adamawa State command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), the suspect was arrested by a team while on surveillance patrol at First bank ATM stand along Bank road in Jimeta, Yola North local government area...

Chinese Denies Killing His Nigerian Lover

KANO — The Chinese national, Geng Quangrong has denied charges leveled against him before a Kano High Court along Miller Road of killing his Nigerian lover Ummukulsum Sani Buhari, The accused person claimed not to understand the English language and the case could not be heard due to the absence of an interpreter. However, at the resumed hearing, the state counsel led by the Kano State Attorney General, Musa Abdullahi Lawal, presented the court with...

BREAKING NEWS: Sit-At-Home Over as IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Acquitted

By Emmanuel Chisom Chigbata (Staff Rporter) The Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra, IPOB, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The Court ruled among other things that Nigeria is in breach of extradition treaty and laws and have breached Kanu’s fundamental human right, that the proceeding against him in the Federal High Court is tainted with illegality and that the Federal High Court breached...

Nigerian Army Court Marshal 68 Soldiers

Sixty-eight (68) soldiers of the 8 Division, Nigerian Army Sokoto have been arraigned before a General Court Marshal sitting at Giginya Barrack in the state for various offenses. The General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Major-General Uwem Bassey while declaring the Court Marshal open said the session was convened due to the urgent need for posting and promotion as the Court Marshal is established to administer justice, not only to the victims but also to the...

Supreme Court Affirms Adeleke as Osun PDP Governorship Candidate

ABUJA — The supreme court has confirmed that Ademola Adeleke is the duly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A governorship aspirant, Oyedotun Babayemi, had taken Adeleke before a federal high court in Osogbo, seeking to be declared as the PDP candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state. Two factions of the party had, on March 8, conducted separate governorship primaries featuring Adeleke and Babayemi. Babayemi was declared the...

NSCDC asks for more technology to tackle insecurity, oil theft

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says the federal government (FG) needs to deploy more technology to tackle insecurity and oil theft. Ahmed Audi, commandant general (CG), said this during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. According to him, the available technology was not enough to combat the menace, adding that the corps had arrested and prosecuted many of the pipeline vandals. “I had a tour last month to pipeline...

90,000 terrorists have surrendered in one year — Zulum

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has said more than 90,000 members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) have surrendered in the last year. The governor indicated this while speaking at an event organized on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York. Zulu stated that the terrorists voluntarily surrendered to the army for disarmament, de-radicalisation and reintegration. According to him, this has never happened anywhere in...

Enugu Highways under attacks, Police Rescue 12 Kidnap Victims

In South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Enugu State in times past was adjudged as the most peaceful state; cases of kidnappings, and robbery were insignificant compared to her counterparts. But the narrative is gradually changing as cases of armed robberies and kidnapping in Coal city make waves; worst is the activities of these men on the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway and Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Highway. Nowadays, commuters on both highways set off in fear and trepidation because...

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