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Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators (CNDA) is demanding the arrest of an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State over their stance on bandits and armed herders in the country. The John Dukku-led group, comprising all major militant groups in the Niger Delta, alleged that the actions and utterances […]
The Kaduna State Government said on Sunday that bandits killed seven persons in different parts of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “on a sad note, security agencies reported that bandits attacked some people […]
Specifically, the CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who visited the Project at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, weekend, said: “We have taken the decision to sell the crude to the Refinery in Naira because we want to impact the economy. “We also hope that by the time the Refinery start to refine, and sell its petroleum […]
President Buhari has assured Nigerians that the abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, will be the last to happen. This was conveyed in a statement by the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika in Zamfara who led a high-powered federal government delegation to sympathize with the people and government […]
The abducted passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority bus, who regained freedom from bandits on Sunday, have narrated their ordeals. The travelers told journalists that the bandits’ ammunition was “out of this world”, adding that they had never seen such sophisticated weapons in their lives. They stated these in separate interviews with journalists […]
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Onyebuchi Ememanka, has berated Senator Smart Adeyemi over his comment that drunkards govern Abia. Ememanka advised the Senator to quickly “seek psychiatric help before his case becomes unmanageable.” He said this in a statement, in Umuahia, on Tuesday. “Our view is that the Senator is either […]
THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday regretted that Nigerians had shed enough blood over issues that could have been peacefully resolved. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while reacting to the violence in Gombe State arising from the Billiri […]
Suspected herdsmen have killed seven farmers in some communities in Edo State. The gruesome attack was said to have been carried out on Wednesday at Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan, and Yoruba camp situated in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The President also nominated Haliru Nababa as the new head of the Nigeria Correctional Service. The announcement was made by Mohammed Manga, a spokesperson for the interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola. The statement reads as thus: […]
A former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that Nigeria could disintegrate if the violence and other security challenges currently witnessed in many parts of the country are not curtailed. Mr Abubakar spoke to journalists on Wednesday at his home in Minna, the Niger State capital. His admonition is coming a few days […]
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