Seven Serving Military Officers Arrested Involved In Banditry In Zamfara

Crime & SecurityMilitaryNewsSeven Serving Military Officers Arrested Involved In Banditry In Zamfara

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 16, 2021

GUSAU (Zamfara) — The Zamfara State government has revealed that the state police command arrested seven serving military officers who were allegedly deeply involved in banditry activities. They were alleged to be supplying bandits with logistics and information. The State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara while addressing newsmen in Gusau said that the police command informed the government that the seven serving military men have been sabotaging the peace accord and reconciliation program by...

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About 10,000 Nigerians Are In Boko Haram’s Captivity- Gov Ortom

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaAbout 10,000 Nigerians Are In Boko Haram’s Captivity- Gov Ortom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 16, 2021

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said about 10,000 Nigerians, including boys and girls are still in Boko Haram’s captivity. Ortom stated this in Makurdi during a virtual presentation as guest lecturer at the 2021 Press Week/Lecture organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Correspondents’ Chapel, FCT Council. He added that over 30, 000 Nigerians have been killed and 3 million displaced by the terror group, stating that the captives are being indoctrinated with...

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Governors, Speakers Appeal to Judicial Workers to Call off Strike

LabourLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors, Speakers Appeal to Judicial Workers to Call off Strike

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 15, 2021

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, on Thursday, in Abuja, appealed to striking judicial workers to call off their ongoing strike, in the interest of the nation. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the NGF, made the appeal when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after he led officials of the Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies to the office of...

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Afe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAfe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, on Wednesday proposed 100 years as retirement age for Supreme Court Justices from 70. This is contained in a statement issued by Tunde Olofintila, the Director, Corporate Information of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. Babalola, founder of ABUAD, made the call at the virtual launch of books in honour of retired Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, CFR, of the Supreme Court to mark his...

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Nigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsNigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 13, 2021

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the need for legislation that will restrict the courts from declaring a winner in an election. The former President who spoke with journalists on Monday insisted that the situation where the judiciary is allowed to declared winners in an election as a result of electoral fraud should not be tolerated, adding that such is undemocratic. Jonathan explained that the ballot papers should be the only means of...

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CSOs Appeals To Nigerian Army To Sustain Fight Against Criminals In Benue

Crime & SecurityMilitaryCSOs Appeals To Nigerian Army To Sustain Fight Against Criminals In Benue

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 12, 2021

To ensure peace returns in Benue state, a coalition of civil society groups in Benue State has appealed to the Nigerian Army to sustain its fight against criminal elements in the state. The CSOs expressed worry over reports circulating on social media alleging that over 70 persons were killed in the Konshisha Local Government Area of the state by men of the Nigerian Army. The Benue State Civil Society for Peace and Good Governance insisted...

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South-East Governors Announces New Security Outfit, Ebube Agu

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth-East Governors Announces New Security Outfit, Ebube Agu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 12, 2021

Governors of the South-East states have announced a joint security outfit for the region, codenamed Ebube Agu (Aura of the Tiger). The governors made the resolution in a communique during the first southeast security summit held in Owerri on Sunday. The communique was presented by Chief Dave Umahi, Chairman of the South East Governors’ Conference and Ebonyi Governor, The governor’s conference said the joint security outfit would have its headquarters in Enugu to coordinate the...

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Security: South East Governors Form EbubeAgu Security Outfit To Flush Criminals In the Zone, Bans Open Grazing

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity: South East Governors Form EbubeAgu Security Outfit To Flush Criminals In the Zone, Bans Open Grazing

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 11, 2021

The incessant security challenges recorded recently in the Southeast geopolitical zone of the nation have become a huge concern to stakeholders hence a summit was organized for the 5 states in the zone; Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo. Participants at the summit held in Owerri, Imo state on Sunday discussed security challenges faced in the zone with a resolve to find lasting solutions to it. In a communiqué issued by the Governors and heads...

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FRSC Impounds 3,205 Vehicles, Apprehends 5,630 Offenders

Accidents and SafetyLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFRSC Impounds 3,205 Vehicles, Apprehends 5,630 Offenders

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 11, 2021

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded 3,205 vehicles and apprehended 5,630 offenders for committing 6,880 offenses during the Easter special patrol from March 31 to April 7. The Corps covered 1,575 routes within the period. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. He said the Corps also arraigned 87 offenders in mobile courts, convicted 79 with option...

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11 Soldiers Killed In Benue State

MilitaryNational SecurityNews11 Soldiers Killed In Benue State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 10, 2021

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of one officer and 10 soldiers who are on stabilization operation in Benue State earlier declared missing. Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations in a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, said the development led to the deployment of a joint search and rescue team who found all the missing troops dead in the Konshisha Local Government Area of the state. “The Nigerian Army under the leadership...

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