The PDP Candidate for Imo East Senatorial District, Hon. Barr Uche Onyeagucha has called on the Inspector General of Police to swiftly intervene to check the escalated wave of kidnapping in Obinze Community and other parts of Owerri West. Hon. Onyeagucha made the call yesterday when he visited some suspected hotspots in Obinze Community […]

  Former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) has said the country would be reduced to nothing if bandits terrorising the country are not rooted out. He said their mission is to re-colonise the people and alluded to the warning he issued some years back which he said has vindicated him today after […]

  Gunmen on Friday attacked the convoy of the President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, along Benin–Auchi Road, Edo State, and killed three cops and four others. It was gathered that the cleric returned from a foreign trip and was heading for a destination in the state when the gunmen attacked his convoy. […]

  Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Monday night, killed Salisu Idris, village head of Nyalun community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. The suspected bandits also gunned down two other residents of the community. The Spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alabo Alfred, while confirming the incident, said three people were […]

  A Priest with Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu, has been kidnapped in Anambra State. According to Vanguard, Rev. Fr. Igweagu who is the Parish Priest in charge of St Joseph’s Parish Abata Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state was said to have been abducted on Wednesday October 12, […]

  Gunmen have attacked a Celestial Church of Church (CCC) in the Felele axis of Lokoja, Kogi state capital. The church came under attack on Sunday evening. TheCable understands that the gunmen started shooting sporadically once they invaded the church premises. Many worshippers who were present in the church scampered for safety during the incident. […]

  The Federal government, on Friday, responded to the growing clamour by state governments for the authority to procure automatic arms for the use of their various state security and vigilante outfits. Recall that the worsening insecurity in the country has made many states to either independently or through regional arrangements, formed internal security networks, […]

  Considering the insecurity challenges affecting Zamfara State, the state government has suspended all political activities until further notice. This was announced on Friday by the state’s Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara. Dosara said the government was saddened and worried about the resurgence of the activities of bandits and the recent killings of some […]

  The Zamfara State Government has reopened 45 out of the 75 schools it closed down over insecurity, the Ministry of Education declared on Wednesday in Gusau. Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made the disclosure when he received members of the state’s Technical Team on Education in Emergencies (EiE) who paid an […]

  Gunmen on Tuesday allegedly attacked a black 350 Lexus car, set it ablaze and abducted the driver of the vehicle to an unknown destination in Akokwa, Ideato North council area of Imo state. An eyewitness said the attack was carried out at about 12:54 pm, at Ohigiri junction, Akokwa in Imo. He said: “Unknown […]