Bandits shoot Zamfara lawmaker dead

A member of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, has been shot dead by bandits along Sheme- Funtua Road in Katsina State. Announcing his death, the Clerk of the…

Terrorism: Threat To One Country Is Threat To Global Peace – Monguno

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), has stated that in order to deal decisively with the complex nature of terrorism and other transnational organized crimes, the…

Okorocha, Ihedioha, Ararume shun Imo peace summit

Former Governors Rochas Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha were conspicuously absent at the summit organised by Special Bishops Committee on Peace in Imo State. Two-term Senator for Imo North, Ifeanyi Araraume,…

Missing Ondo woman found dead in cocoa plantation

A woman, Joke Olaniji, has been found dead on a cocoa farm in the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, two weeks after she was declared missing. The…

Herdsmen abduct two women in Delta

Some men in the company of some women cook, early Sunday morning, reportedly fled when suspected herdsmen swooped on them and abducted two of the women in Sapele, Delta State.…

AK-47 bearing-herdsmen occupying our farmlands, Ogoni elders cry out

The Gbo Kabari Ogoni, an elite organization of Ogoni elders in Rivers State, have cried over the occupation of their farmlands by AK47-bearing herdsmen The Ogoni Elders Forum in a…

This is unnecessary’ — Buhari reacts to threats by Niger Delta Avengers

President Muhammadu Buhari has described threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations in the south-south region as “unnecessary”. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, in a statement on Sunday,…

Suspected hoodlums assassinate father of four in Delta

Suspected hoodlums have assassinated a middle-aged man in Iwhrekpokpor community, Ughelli, Ughelli North local hovernment area of Delta state. The deceased, Mr. Belief Gaman, was shot repeatedly by the hoodlums.…

Banditry: It Is ‘Ridiculous’ People Are Not Defending Themselves – Masari

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has said it is ridiculous that citizens are not defending themselves against bandit attacks. He made the comment on Friday while speaking at the Katsina…

PHOTOS: Police kill suspected IPOB/ESN members, overrun three camps in Imo

Many suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia wing of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) group, were on Friday killed during raids on their camps in…

Gunmen murder former Commissioner’s wife in Ibadan

Mrs. Olayemi Odetomi, who was the wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters during the late governor Abiola Ajimobi’s tenure, Mr. Peter Odetomi, has been murdered…

DSS Invites Sheik Gumi

The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Sheik Ahmad Gumi. The respected Islamic scholar was invited days after he said security operatives were conniving with bandits. When he featured…

Insecurity will soon be a thing of the past, says Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the security challenges affecting the country will soon be over. President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Tuesday, asked the national assembly to approve a supplementary budget of…

IPOB, ESN after terrorists, not northerners, Emma Powerful tells Gumi

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have maintained that they are after terrorists and not northerners as earlier alleged by an Islamic cleric, Sheikh…

Bandits kidnap 33, kill one in Kaduna

At least one person has been killed and 33 others abducted following an attack by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident…