Three members of the Lakurawa terrorist group operating in the Kebbi state axis have been arrested while attempting to offer an N1.6m bribe to the Police lead investigator. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Kebbi State Police command’s spokesman, SP Nafiu Abubakar. The statement said: “The three suspected members of the group Umaru Garba, Alhaji Abubakar Mamman, and Usman Muhammadu had conspired to offer detectives the sum of N1.6m to compromise...

Five Katsina Internal Revenue Officials officials have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Kano State Command for their alleged involvement in N1.3 billion fraud. Rabiu Abdullahi, Sanusi Mohammed Yaro, Ibrahim M. Kofar Soro, Ibrahim Aliyu, and Nura Lawal Kofar Sauri were among those arrested. Dele Oyewale, spokesman of the anti-graft agency who confirmed their arrest in Abuja on Monday, gave the amount of money allegedly diverted by...

At least 40 farmers were brutally murdered by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in an attack on Sunday afternoon in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack, which unfolded around 4:30 p.m. in Kayakura village, Doron Baga ward, also left scores of farmers unaccounted for, according to local sources. This incident comes on the heels of a similar attack in Chibok community on Saturday, where two people were killed and a church was set...

Borno State government has confirmed the killing of 40 farmers by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Kukawa Local Government Area which occurred on Sunday and also left many people missing. The state Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Prof Usman Tar, described the attack as an act of terrorism, said the state governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, has condemned the attack and called on the Armed Forces to track and neutralize the criminals. He said:...

Four Chinese and 105 Nigerians have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, over alleged internet fraud. According to EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale, in a statement said those arrested comprised 67 male (including four Chinese) and 38 female. The statement explained that the arrest was made on Thursday, January 9, as a results...

…IGP Orders Clampdown on Attackers Two officers of the Borno State Police Command were killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Nganzai Police Division in the early hours of Wednesday. The attack, which happened at about 12:10 a.m., was confirmed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, in a statement released on Thursday. “At about 12:10 a.m., unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists attempted to invade Nganzai...