Suspected Bandits Invade Niger Community, Attack Military Camp

Suspected bandits allegedly launched an attack on a military camp in Zazzaga community, Munya LGA of Niger state early Wednesday morning. At about 4 am on Wednesday, unknown men with arms invaded Zazzaga community in groups, shooting sporadically. As reported by TheCable, differents groups attacked different areas of the community. While a group attacked the military camp located near a junior secondary school in the area, another group blocked the major road that leads to...

2023 Election: Enugu East Senatorial District Warns Other Zones To Stay Off Gubernatorial Position

Stakeholders of Enugu East Senatorial District during a meeting at the palace of HRH Igwe Julius Nnaji declared that the Governorship position of all the political parties in Enugu come 2023 be reserved for persons from their zone. The communiqué released after the meeting endorsed by seven prominent political bulwarks from the zone states, “on the premise to attain equity, sense of belongingness and social justice, we reiterate the Enugu East Senatorial zone’s commitment to...

Police Arrests Alleged Killer of 29-Year-Old Man In Ebonyi

The Ebonyi Police Command said Wednesday it had arrested the alleged killer of 29-year-old Chukwudi Chukwu at a wake in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Oda, told newsmen in Abakiliki that the suspect, who claimed to be a vigilante, was fake. According to Odah, investigations reveal that he is not a vigilante in Okposi. “He could not explain the source of a locally-made double-barrel gun,...

Christian Students Raises Concerns Over Rising Insecurity in South East

The Christian Student Movement (SCM) of Nigeria has raised concern over the rising spate of banditry and general insecurity in the South-East. The President of the SCM, Mrs. Eberechukwu Ubesie disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during her inaugural press briefing as the newly elected leader of the group. Ubesie said that the group was worried that the current state of insecurity in the region, especially, in Ebonyi, had displaced some members of certain communities...

Joshua Chigbogu Ulasi—a Pioneer in the History of Igbo Entrepreneurship

Igbo’s recognizable flair for business and free enterprise did not start overnight. This story of an industrious Igbo son of the Nnewi clan, Joshua Chigbogu Ulasi is a historical validation.  Nnewi is the second-largest commercial and industrial city after Onitsha in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. Nicknamed “The City of the Millionaire” the town is also a major trading and manufacturing center in Nigeria, enduring high commercial activities, and attracting millions of people from other...

Nigerian Army Seek Funds Increase to Tackle Growing Insecurity

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, is seeking the approval of the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons. The Chief of Army said the growing insecurity challenges should be tackled with various combat enablers to effectively curb the threat. Attahiru, said this on Wednesday while receiving the senate committee on the army in his office in Abuja. He emphasized the necessity to support the course, noting that Nigeria...

Gunmen Attack First Private University In Kaduna, Kidnap Students

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded a private university in Kaduna state and abducted some students on Tuesday night. The academic institution, Greenfield University, is located along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway in Chukun Local Government Area. The institution private university in the state and was established in three years ago. The latest attack is the major one that the bandits will launch on communities around the Kaduna-Abuja Highway since 300 female soldiers were deployed to...

Kidnappers Abduct Another 17 Male Students From Private University In Kaduna

Kidnappers on Tuesday night have attacked Greenfield University in Kaduna, killing security personnel of the institution and abducting 17 male students. It was gathered that the bandits 17 male students were taken away by the attackers while the body of the security personnel was discovered on Wednesday. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident did not mention a number of abducted students. Also, Kaduna state Police Public Relations...

Tambuwal Advocates For Creation Of Safe School Fund

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has on Tuesday advocated for the creation of a Safe School Fund (SSF) to sustain the efforts by state governments, particularly those in bandits-prone areas. He said the fund is aimed at protecting schools in their domain from the anti-education and anti-development machinations of violent non-state actors operating there. This position was also canvassed by the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who also...

Attacks On Stations Diminished Police Morale – IGP

Usman Baba, the new acting inspector-general of police (IGP), has said the frequent attacks on stations across the country have reduced the morale of the police officers. He started this on Monday, while briefing journalists following a meeting with President Mohammed Buhari. “I have promised to do my best to change the narrative. In view of the renewed attacks on police formations, the order is for me to do my best, and see how we...

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