The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) jihadists blew up three power transmission towers on Thursday morning, the second explosion in a week. An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, simply identified as Nurudeen was killed in the fatal explosion. Nurudeen reportedly stepped on an explosive at the scene of the vandalised towers. The destroyed electrical transmission towers are along the Maiduguri–Damaturu road. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, confirmed...

The Presidency has condemned the recent dreadful attacks on several villages in Plateau State by herders of the Fulani tribe, promising to bring the killers to book. Armed gangs, locally called “bandits”, overran more than 15 communities across Bokkos and several other LGAs in Nigeria’s Home of Peace and Tourism, and razed down houses on Saturday and Sunday. The death toll in the attack has risen to 195 with scores still missing. President Tinubu instructed...

It was a tragic Christmas Eve in Ebonyi State after unknown gunmen stormed the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Nkweagu village in Abakaliki county during a vigil mass on Sunday night, killing three persons. The attack was confirmed by the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Reverend Peter Nworie-Chukwu during the Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, Abakaliki on Monday. According to the priest, the gunmen arrived at the church in a tricycle, commonly...

The Police have arrested Mr. Chukwuebuka Igwebuike in Enugu for possession of three hundred and sixty-two thousand Naira (N362,000.00) fake new naira notes. Confessing the crime, the fraudster revealed his modus operandi; using fake one thousand Naira notes to pay for items of smaller cost to get change with genuine smaller denominations from the unsuspecting retailer. In a police bulletin signed by the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect...

Hundreds of villagers in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State are dressed in sorrow after a bloody attack by bandits. Christian families across Nigeria were preparing to celebrate this year’s Christmas Day. So too, the agrarian communities of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi until bandits struck late Saturday, butchering villagers till midnight on Christmas Eve. No fewer than 12 villages in the towns were attacked. The armed killers burnt houses, displacing several residents; damaged...

The 66 kidnapped victims who were rescued by the army between Thursday and Saturday in Sokoto State have received donations of N16.65 million from Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State and Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. Among those rescued are nursing mothers and their babies, children, and the elderly. Recall that 52 persons were rescued on Thursday and 14 others on Saturday by the military during ongoing operations by the troops aimed at flushing out bandits...

The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu has announced the arrest of seven male suspects in the state for offenses ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, and cultism. The Commissioner in a press release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe on Thursday reveals that a 27 years old male suspect named Ndubuisi Ugochukwu Eze Oboro was arrested by police operatives serving in the Abakpa Police...

Two villagers were killed on Tuesday, 19 December, in an attack on Pemi village in Chibok LGA of Borno State by Boko Haram jihadists. The terror gang stormed the village at 7:00 p.m., firing gunshots into the air recklessly. Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of panic and fear as villagers scrambled for cover in nearby bushes while the attackers descended upon homes, looting food items and setting houses ablaze. “We are certain that two persons died from...