The Yobe government has ordered a 6-month jail term as punishment for anyone found selling empowerment tools given to them by the state. Idi Barde Gubana, Deputy Governor of the state disclosed this distribution of dry season farming inputs provided by the Northeast Development Commission, NEDC, in Damaturu. He said a 6-month jail term would be handed down to sellers of the empowerment items given to them by the government or other humanitarian organizations. “The...
Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu is deeply saddened by the spate of kidnappings in the country that she has called for the death of any apprehended bandit. A wave of kidnapping swept through Nigeria last week with the abduction of more than 270 school children by Fulani radical Islamic terrorists in Kuriga village, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State on Thursday, 7 March. The next day, Mrs Tinubu, during a meeting with the national women leaders...
An unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state have been kidnapped by bandits. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, told newsmen that the students were abducted from their school, adding that 15 students were unaccounted for so far but “we are still counting.” According to Abubakar, the bandits invaded the town around 1 am on Saturday shot one person, and abducted a woman, adding that...
Police in Anambra State have rescued four men abducted by dare devil kidnappers on Friday, 8th March, 2024. The Police, while on patrol and snap checks with the local vigilante, intercepted the kidnappers along Amagu Awgbu Road in Orumba North LGA as they were heading towards an exit route from the State. In an release signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Tochi Ikenga the gang, which opened fire sporadically on sighting the...
The recent abductions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Borno State and Students and teachers in Kaduna State have been condemned by President Bola Tinubu. Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement in Abuja on Friday, described the abductions as heinous and asked security operatives to rescue those taken away immediately. The President said after receiving reports from security chiefs on the two incidents, “I am confident that the victims will be rescued. Nothing...
The Principal Government Junior Secondary School, Kuriga Abubakar Isah in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and no fewer than 312 students were abducted in broad daylight on Thursday when bandits invaded the LEA Primary. The secondary school in Kuriga, located outside the town, was moved to the primary school building inside the town a few years ago due to security breaches. Officials of the school and community leaders told Governor Uba Sani of...
Bandits murdered a 17-year-old herder in crisis-torn Plateau State on Tuesday. Dozens of cattle and sheep were also victims of the unprovoked attack. Local media reported Thursday that the attack was in Barkin Ladi county of the Northcentral state. The bandits rode into Fanzo village on motorbikes and opened fire on a group of herdsmen grazing cattle. “They killed one of the herdsmen and injured another. The gunmen also took away more than 50 of...
A police officer and a civilian were shot dead in Anyigba, the commercial district of Dekina LGA in Kogi State, on Thursday evening during a chilling bank robbery. The heavily armed gunmen stormed Anyigba, 116 kilometres from Kogi’s capital city Lokoja at about 5:00 p.m. Channels Television reported that they made a brief stop at Anyigba town police station, and gunned down a police officer while disarming others before heading to the banks. The banks...
…Hasn’t confirmed if kingpins, Maudi Maudi, Na-Shama are among victims The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) air strikes conducted by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji on terrorists’ have resulted in the killing of scores of the criminals in Katsina and Zamfara States. However, NAF hasn’t confirmed if infamous terrorist leaders, Maudi Maudi of Tsaskiya in Safana Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State and Na-Shama of Birnin Magaji LGA of Zamfara State were among...
Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, secured the conviction and sentencing of 27 internet fraudsters before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State. The convicts are: Ajaero Chidiebube, Kosisochukwu Wisdom Ugwu, Apeh Samuel, Hyacinth Henry, Ebuka Moses Ugwu, Abugu Emmanuel Ebuka, Ogbu George, Onoja Chekwube, Onu Ogbonna Celestine, Ugwude Innocent Ekene, Solomon Emeka Okechukwu, Kosisochukwu Mamah, Idoko Fidelis Ejiofor, David Ifebuche Moses, Jude Ikechukwu,...
