Security Operatives Apprehend IPOB/ESN Commander, Destroy Camps In Ebonyi
The Police in Ebonyi State have arrested one Nnamdi Ngwuta Obaji, a suspected commander of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network(IPOB/ESN). A statement from the spokesperson of the Command, Chris Anyanwu, said Obaji also known as State Commander No. 3 was arrested with another operative of the group, Felix Ogudu. Anyanwu said the […]
Bandits Kill Two Passengers, Abduct Three Others In Katsina
Two passengers on Saturday night lost their lives and three others were kidnapped after a team of bandits armed with sophisticated weapons attacked the Magamar Jibia border axis in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. An eyewitness (name withheld) told Channels Television on Sunday that the bandits attacked the border community yesterday at about […]
Navy Provides Relief Materials To Flood Victims In Rivers, Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy says it is providing security and ferrying stranded commutters across the flooded East-West Road linking Port Harcourt, Rivers and Yenagoa in Bayelsa. Sub-Lieutenant Tochukwu Okeke, the Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, a unit of Central Naval Command, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Widow Of Police Inspector Killed By Soldiers In Lagos Seeks Justice
Favour Orukpe, the widow of Inspector Monday Orukpe, allegedly killed by some soldiers in Lagos, says her husband has not been buried due to delay in the Nigerian Army’s investigation report. Mrs Orukpe said that the non-availability of autopsy reports carried out by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja, had also contributed to […]
3 Feared Dead In Ongoing Attack In South Somalia Hotel
At least three people have been killed in an ongoing attack in a hotel in southern Somalia on Sunday, police and a witness said. “Terrorist attackers stormed Hotel Tawakal this afternoon and there is ongoing fighting inside the building now between the security forces and the terrorists,” police officer Abdullahi Ismail told AFP. “There are […]
Buhari Condemns Benue Herders-Farmers Killings
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, condemned the recent attacks in Benue State, describing the development as unacceptable. Condemning the killings, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, President Buhari said, “no one should attack anyone because of their way of life. Neither should anyone take revenge on others […]
NDLEA Nabs Four Wanted Kingpins With Over 16 Tons Illicit Drugs In Lagos, Abuja
Operatives of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arested two women and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, October 23, said anti-narcotics officers who have been on the […]
