What started as a mere fight between two hoodlums in Mushin area of Lagos, has degenerated and resulted in violence which has left three people dead with others in critical conditions while about 120 vehicles were destroyed and 50 shops were vandalised on Monday. The fight which reportedly started on Sunday night, during a social […]
The Kaduna State Government says troops on internal security operations have rescued nine persons kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said that the government received operational feedback that the victims were rescued […]
There is perplex tension in Kano state following the purported killing of two youths by policemen from anti-daba unit of the state police command. While there has not been any official confirmation in respect to the incident, it was gathered that the victims were shot at Sharada quarters when the anti-daba unit visited. Unconfirmed report […]
Two children and a staff of the Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, have been abducted. An official of the school identified as Sunusi Hassan, who escaped being abducted, was shot on the hand and is now receiving treatment at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, Zaria. TheCable gathered that gunmen invaded the […]
Troops conducting Operation Sahel Sanity have rescued two kidnapped girls, killed an armed bandit and recovered a rifle in Dajin Wuta forest, the acting director of defence media operations, Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko disclosed, Daily Trust reports. General Onyeuko said that while on a routine patrol along the fringes of the forest, troops came in contact […]
Two members of a sea pirate syndicate, Kelvin Dikuro, aka General Small Voice and Erememi Captain, alias Nwalanta, have recounted their criminal escapades within the Niger Delta region, including Bayelsa and Rivers states. They revealed how the gang kidnapped 14 foreign sailors, collected ransoms running into N15m and killed military men frustrating their operations. The […]
Gunmen, on Wednesday night, killed Kingsley Obasi, Legislative Aide to Deputy Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Obasi Odefa. Obasi was killed in Abakaliki while on his way to his house, around the Mile 50 area of the state capital. His friend and colleague, Thomas Eluu, who is the Legislative Aide to the Deputy […]
ZAMFARA State has maintained its position that no ransom was paid for the release of the 26 girls kidnapped from Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Governor Bello Matawalle’s media aide, Zailani Bappa, at a news conference yesterday, said: “The girls’ release was made possible through the government’s peace initiative. Right from the negotiation […]
Troops of Operation Safe Heaven have arrested three persons for attempting to use fake news to incite violence in Takau community of Jemaa Local Government Area located in the Southern part of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, told reporters on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested […]
Lawal Dogara, village head of Dan-Aji community in Faskari local government area of Katsina state, says N6.6 million was paid to secure the release of the 26 girls that were abducted from the village on October 13. Dogara was reacting to the claim made by the Zamfara state government that it secured the release of […]
