FCT Vigilante Group Not Barred from Bearing Arms, Says Commander
The Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) has said that its operatives were not barred from bearing arms by the Federal Capital Territory Security Committee (FCTSC). Reacting to a circular issued by the committee, the Commander General of the organisation, Navy Captain Umar Bakori (rtd), said it was not possible to carry out the task of providing security […]
Police Confirm 8 Death As Cultists Clash In Rivers
Police in Rivers state have said five persons were killed and others wounded on Saturday night in the escalating supremacy battle between two cults; the Icelanders and Greenlanders. However, a resident who said they witness the two-hour long gun battle, told Vanguard the bodies were eight. Superintendent Grace Iringe-Koko, Police Public Relations Officers, Rivers Command, […]
NDLEA Apprehends 2 Pakistani Businessmen, Blind Nigerien, Son For Cocaine, Skunk Trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a public address system while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahore, Pakistan via Doha. The two suspects: Asif Muhammed, 45 and Hussain Naveed, […]
Scores Kidnapped As Bandits Storm Kaduna
Residents of Akilibu village in the Chikun Local Goverment Area of Kaduna State fled as gunmen invaded the village along Kaduna-Abuja road, shooting sporadically and abducting a pregnant woman and her teenage daughter. A resident in the area, Mr. Shuaibu Didam Auta in Kaduna on Sunday said that the incident, which happened around 8.30pm Saturday, […]
Security Operatives Thwart Boko Haram/ISWAP Attack In Borno
Police personnel attached to Magumeri Division in Borno State have reportedly repelled Boko Haram/ISWAP attack in the early hours of Sunday. It was gathered that scores of armed terrorists, suspected to be members of the Islamic State of the West African Province, (ISWAP), faction stormed the Divisional command of Police in the town in a […]
Fraud Case: Hushpuppi Knows Fate On Monday, November 7
There are indications that Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, would know his fate over fraud charges on Monday in the United States. Earlier on Friday, reports flooded the media space that Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the US, but according to BBC News, the information is […]
Armed Group Reportedly Abducts Oil Workers In Bakassi
Armed group strongly suspected to be members of the separatist militants affiliated to the Biafra Nations League, BnL, allegedly abducted three oil workers early Saturday morning in Cross River. They are believed to have also seized their boat and other safety equipment belonging to an oil firm operating in the Atabong area in the Bakassi […]
