There Won’t Be Elections In 2023 If We Don’t Sort Out Security – Ex-DSS Official

A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor has warned that the 2023 general elections would not hold over the worsening security situation in the country.…

Gunmen raze Anambra police zonal headquarter

Gunmen numbering about 20 in the early hours of Monday attacked the Zonal Police Headquarters, Zone13, Ukpo, Anambra State. They razed some offices and scores of vehicles during the attack.…

23 killed as Fulani traders, vigilante group clash in Zamfara

About 20 persons have been killed in a clash between Fulani traders and a vigilante group in Dansadau, Maru LGA of Zamfara state. Witnesses said the killings were a reprisal…

Seven Killed, Many Injured As Suspected Herdsmen Attack Benue Community

Seven family members have been killed following an invasion of a Benue community by suspected herdsmen. The gunmen were said to have attacked the Mbamondu community at the outskirts of…

Northern Traders Killed In Fresh Imo Attack

Some northern traders have been killed in yet another attack in Imo State. According to Aminiya, a Hausa publication of Daily Trust, the killings were recorded last week. Four people…

65,000 Nigerians flee to Niger after Boko Haram attack

Up to 65,000 people in northeastern Nigeria have fled their homes after an assault by armed groups on a border town on Wednesday, while attacks that appear to be targeted…

INSECURITY: Will 2023 polls hold?

GOING by the calendar of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the 2023 presidential election is exactly 671 days away. On October 15, INEC National Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced…

How vigilantes storm market, execute bandits in Zamfara

THERE was bloodbath in Zamfara State on Friday as some vigilantes stormed Dansadau market in Maru Local Government Area and killed scores of suspected bandits in an execution-style manner. It…

Edo 2020: Team Nasarawa Attacked, One Feared Dead

Contingents of Team Nasarawa were ttacked by gunmen, on their way back from the recently concluded 20th National Sports Festival held in Benin City, Edo State. According to a statement…

Insecurity Remains Global, Stop Ethnicising And Politicising It – Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, (SAN), has urged Nigerians to stop ethnicising and politicising insecurity in the country, arguing that security threats remain a global…

“It is ridiculous to say we planned attacks on banks in South-East – DSS counters IPOB

Claims by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) the Department of State Services (DSS) planned to sponsor attacks on banks in the South East region under the guise of…

Abia places security agencies on alert over ‘plot to attack key locations’

The Abia government has raised the alarm over alleged plots to attack key locations in the state. In a statement on Friday, John Okiyi Kalu, the commissioner for information, said…

Ohanaeze rules out ‘no man’s land’ in South-East

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has warned non-Igbo indigenes residing in the South-East to erase ‘no man’s land’ from their minds. President General Of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof…

Matawalle Suspends District Head Who Conferred A Title On A Soldier ‘Selling Arms To Bandits’

Zamfara governor Bello Matawalle has suspended the district head of Badarawa in Shinkafi emirate, Surajo Namakkah, for conferring a title on a military officer arrested for selling ammunition to bandits.…

Again, gunmen kill six, injure three in Plateau

Six people were killed while three others were injured on Thursday night in an attack by gunmen at Wereng community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack…