The former chairman of Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Isa Muhammad Wabi, was stabbed to death in his apartment around the Fadama Mada area of Bauchi metropolis. The Bauchi State police command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Friday said: “On the early morning of May 2, 2025, about 0403 hours, the police command received a distress call from a Good Samaritan concerning an incident involving an attack by...
…Lawyers Cry Foul Over Alleged Rights Violations Human rights law firm, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, has raised serious concerns over the arrest of popular social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, and his associate, Steven Avuara (a.k.a C-Pack), by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. In a statement signed by Zainab M. Otega, Esq., the firm disclosed that the duo was picked up on 2 May 2025,...
Air Craftman Benard Kalu has been sentenced to death by hanging for the killing of his colleague-girlfriend, Corporal Oladipupo S. A., after a General Court Martial of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) found him guilty. Kalu shot and killed Oladipupo at her Corporal and Below Quarters, Compound 9, Air Force Base, Makurdi, on the allegation that she was having an affair with another man. Kalu, 21, after breaking into Oladipupo’s home in the early hours...
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in a coordinated effort with other security agencies, have rescued six individuals, including a Deputy Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), from suspected kidnappers in Taraba State. The operation followed a distress report received late on Saturday, 27th April, at approximately 11:40 p.m., from a local youth leader, Abe Samuel. He had alerted security personnel that a Toyota Hilux was attacked along the Wukari–Kente Road. Responding swiftly,...
Suspected insurgents have again struck Kopre village in Hong LGA of Adamawa around 4:00 pm local time on 26th April, 2025, Saturday, killing no fewer than 10 Hunters and Civilian JTF. Since 2024, the village, which shares a border with Sambisa forest, den of Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state, has witnessed a series of attacks that claimed many lives, destroyed properties worth millions of naira, and abducted the locals. In one of the attacks,...
At least 50 communities across five local government areas (LGAs) in Benue State have been deserted following fresh waves of attacks by armed herdsmen, a new report by the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has revealed. The report, titled “Displaced Communities in Benue State Where Fulanis Have Settled with Their Cows,” shows that the violence has now touched 25 council wards, with Gwer West LGA bearing the heaviest brunt. “All 15 council wards in...
The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Major General Gold Chibuisi, has made it clear that while it is illegal for civilians to wear military uniforms, the Nigerian Army does not condone violence against those who break this law. Speaking during a media chat with defence correspondents in Abuja on Saturday night, Maj. Gen. Chibuisi said soldiers must act with professionalism when dealing with such cases. “I’m surprised that in most briefs we give in our programmes,...
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 148 suspects in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide, and rape. The Command spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, in a statement, said that among items recovered from the suspects are 11 AK-47 rifles, 20 locally fabricated assault rifles, 110 live rounds of ammunition, 2 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and 3 stolen vehicles. “In compliance with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D, NPM,...
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, says the Nigerian Armed Forces have made significant progress in the fight against terrorism in the North West, with over 1,770 terrorists neutralised and more than 3,000 arrested over the past three years. General Musa gave the update on Thursday while speaking at a military outreach programme held in Katsina State. According to him, the operations cut across five states, namely Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi,...
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...
