COAS Orders Troops to Flush Out Bandits from Kwara, Niger in A Month

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCOAS Orders Troops to Flush Out Bandits from Kwara, Niger in A Month

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 24, 2025

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to flush out bandits operating in Baruten and Kaiama Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kwara State within a month. General Oluyede gave the order on Wednesday during an operational visit to the 22 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army at Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Army Chief also extended the directive to cover Borgu area...

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CBEX: EFCC Gets Court Approval to Arrest 6 Promoters

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCBEX: EFCC Gets Court Approval to Arrest 6 Promoters

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 24, 2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and detain six individuals behind Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over an alleged investment fraud estimated at more than $1 billion. Justice Emeka Nwite made the ruling on Thursday after the EFCC’s counsel, Fadila Yusuf, presented an ex-parte motion, asking for permission to arrest and hold the suspects while investigations continue. “I have listened to the submission of the...

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“Enough is Enough,” Tinubu Orders Swift Action in Troubled States

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolitics“Enough is Enough,” Tinubu Orders Swift Action in Troubled States

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 24, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has told security chiefs in no unambiguous terms that he wants an end to the bloodshed in parts of the country—and fast. During a lengthy meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu made it clear that the killings in Plateau, Benue, Borno, and Kwara states have gone on for too long. “Enough is enough,” he said, his voice stern as he addressed the disturbing spate of attacks in communities across these...

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Suspected Armed Herders Abduct 19 Passengers In Benue 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSuspected Armed Herders Abduct 19 Passengers In Benue 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 24, 2025

…As Hoodlums Kill A Youth Mobiliser Nineteen persons have been abducted along the Makurdi – Naka Road, less than three kilometers to Naka, the headquarters of Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The incident which took place between 10am and 11am in the morning of Thursday, involving two vehicles has left residents of Naka town stunned. The 19 persons were abducted while they were traveling in two separate commercial vehicles, each heading in...

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FG Announces Schedule Of Activities For Youth Empowerment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFG Announces Schedule Of Activities For Youth Empowerment

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 24, 2025

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD) has announced the schedule of activities for Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP). A press release by the ministry indicated that the programme is aimed at supporting youth farmers, food, and agro-allied entrepreneurs in Nigeria. According to the ministry, the application period for the programme will end on May 31, 2025. It noted that following the application deadline, the ministry will undertake the...

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Niger Delta Youths Laud Kyari’s Leadership, Condemn Calls For His Probe  

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNiger Delta Youths Laud Kyari’s Leadership, Condemn Calls For His Probe  

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 24, 2025

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has lauded the exceptional leadership of the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari and condemned calls for his probe. In a press statement on Thursday by the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan,  NDYC stated that the call for his probe is ill-advised and an orchestrated campaign of calumny aimed at discrediting Kyari’s legacy of reforms in the oil...

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PDP Laments Over Oborevwori’s Defection To APC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Laments Over Oborevwori’s Defection To APC

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 24, 2025

… Promises To Take Over Delta Structure Immediately The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented over the defection of the Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as very sad and unfortunate. Reacting on the defection while presenting a certificate of return to Chief Jude Ezenwafor, the PDP candidate for Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 8, the Acting National Chairman of PDP, Amb. Umar Damagum, explained why...

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Lawmakers Frustrated, As Rivers Sole Administrator Shuns House Invitation 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLawmakers Frustrated, As Rivers Sole Administrator Shuns House Invitation 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 24, 2025

House of Representatives members expressed frustration over the failure of the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas to honour another scheduled meeting. Recall that the House Committee on Rivers State Oversight had invited Ibas to discuss important matters regarding the state’s governance, but once again, he failed to attend. It was reported that Ibas had originally been scheduled to meet with the committee on April 17, 2025. However, he sent a request...

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Government Pitches State Police as Solution As Terrorist Attacks Surge

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGovernment Pitches State Police as Solution As Terrorist Attacks Surge

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 24, 2025

Nigeria is considering a major change in its police system, as President Bola Tinubu pushes to introduce state-controlled police forces to tackle the country’s worsening security crisis. Rising Insecurity Sparks Reform Across Nigeria, violent attacks, kidnappings, and insurgency have become disturbingly common. In the North, Islamist terrorists and bandits continue to raid villages, impose fines, abduct residents, and demand ransoms. In the Southeast, separatist groups are blamed for killing civilians and security personnel, and enforcing...

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IGP Orders Withdrawal Of Mobile Police Officers From VIPS

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIGP Orders Withdrawal Of Mobile Police Officers From VIPS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2025

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of mobile police officers from VIPs. In a statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi, said the move is part of the reorganization of the Police Mobile Force (PMF). The statement read in part: “He expressed concern over the diversion of PMF personnel to non-core roles, including escort and guard duties for private individuals and VIPs, a trend which...

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