Gunmen Abduct Businessman on Sickbed in Jigawa

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityGunmen Abduct Businessman on Sickbed in Jigawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 31, 2020

Amid lockdown, gun-wielding armed men on Saturday kidnapped a businessman, Yusuf Maifata, at his home in Sankara community, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Residents said the gunmen stormed the community around 1.47 am, wielding arms and shooting sporadically, scaring residents, before abducting Mr Maifata at his residence. “The victim has been battling deteriorating health conditions for long. He was discharged from hospital on Thursday and was recuperating at home when the unfortunate incident happened,”...

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Buratai Inspects Armored Vehicles for Combat Operations in North-East

MilitaryNewsNigeriaBuratai Inspects Armored Vehicles for Combat Operations in North-East

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 31, 2020

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has inspected ongoing manufacture and repairs/overhaul of combat vehicles including Armoured Personnel Carriers and mine resistant anti Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs) by Army Engineers in Maiduguri. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said this in a statement on Saturday. Musa said that the work was being carried out at the 107 Division Equipment Support in Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri. He said that Buratai has been...

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Counter-Insurgency: Top ISWAP-Boko Haram Fighter Surrenders with Family to MNJTF

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaCounter-Insurgency: Top ISWAP-Boko Haram Fighter Surrenders with Family to MNJTF

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 31, 2020

The ongoing coordinated and targeted artillery and air interdiction on ISWAP / Boko Haram enclave in the recesses of the Lake Chad Basin by the MNJTF, in conjunction with national operations in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, as well as strategic partners, have continued to yield positive outcomes in the war against terrorism in the Lake Chad area. In a statement,  Colonel Timothy Antigha Chief of Military Public Information -MNJTF N’Djamena – Chad confirmed that...

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How Drunk Policeman Allegedly Shot Dead 16-Year-Old Girl in Lagos – Witness

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaHow Drunk Policeman Allegedly Shot Dead 16-Year-Old Girl in Lagos – Witness

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 30, 2020

A 16-year-old girl, Tina Ezekwe, who was allegedly shot dead by policemen at the Iyana Oworo area of Lagos on Monday, sparked uproar on social media on Friday following a video released by Oworo TV on Twitter showing Tina’s lifeless body being carried by an angry crowd. The video prompted #JusticeforTina on the microblogging platform and celebrities, including Adesua Etomi and Beverly Naya, joined the call for justice for the girl who was planning to...

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Buratai Inspects Local Construction of Combat Vehicles in Maiduguri

MilitaryNewsNigeriaBuratai Inspects Local Construction of Combat Vehicles in Maiduguri

PilotnewsMay 30, 2020

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has inspected ongoing manufacture and repairs/overhaul of combat vehicles including Armoured Personnel Carriers and mine resistant anti Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs) by Army Engineers in Maiduguri. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said this in a statement on Saturday. Musa said that the work was being carried out at the 107 Division Equipment Support in Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri. He said that Buratai has been...

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Adamawa Violence Attacks: Fintiri Inaugurates Probe Panel To Investigate Tingno Crisis

Law & JusticeNational SecurityNigeriaAdamawa Violence Attacks: Fintiri Inaugurates Probe Panel To Investigate Tingno Crisis

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 29, 2020

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has sworn in a  Six-Man Tingno-Chobo Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent civil unrest in four communities of Tingnon Dutse, Tito, Sabon Layi and Bagasi in Lamurde Local Government Area. Those sworn as members of the Tingno-Chobo probe panel include Justice Hafsatu Abdurrahman as Chairperson, while Barrister Aji Kamale, Akanmodu Abayomi, Professor Kalip Bulus Filli, Yakubu Sambo and Aliyu Mohammed will serve as members. The governor enumerated among other...

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UN Raises Alarm Over Possible War Crimes in DRC

AfricaNational SecurityUnited NationsUN Raises Alarm Over Possible War Crimes in DRC

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

The United Nations has warned of possible war crimes in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The warning came in a report released by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) on Wednesday. It blamed militia mostly from the ethnic Lendu community in the region for barbaric acts such as “widespread and systematic killings, beheadings and rape,” among others. UNJHRO said the atrocities might constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes. According to...

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Community Policing: Southeast Governors, IG Resolve Differences, Reaffirm Support

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaCommunity Policing: Southeast Governors, IG Resolve Differences, Reaffirm Support

PilotnewsMay 27, 2020

The southeast Governors Forum on Wednesday resolved its differences with the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and reaffirmed its support for community policing in the zone. Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, the forum’s Chairman, disclosed this in Abakaliki while addressing newsmen, after its virtual meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Adamu Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governors in its meeting on Sunday in Enugu differed with the...

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Governors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media, and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th in the series of teleconference meeting held by the governors since the lockdown, occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari, on...

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NAF Renews Loyalty to President Buhari

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF Renews Loyalty to President Buhari

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq, has renewed the loyalty and support of the Nigerian Air Force to the Commander-In-Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari. Sadiq gave the assurance at the Chief of the Air Force Eid-el-Fitr Luncheon organised with troops in the North East on Monday in Yola. Represented by Air Commodore Muhammed Yusuf, Commander 153 Base Services Group, Yola, Sadiq said that the get together was a...

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