Gunmen, on Thursday, reportedly set ablaze the home of Ford Ozumba, commissioner for labour, employment and productivity, in Imo state. The attack was said to have occurred in the commissioner’s hometown in Umuhu-Okabia community, Orsu LGA of the state. The attackers reportedly threw petrol bombs into the compound. Confirming the incident on Friday, Ford […]
There were indications, Thursday night, that bandits from Niger State bent on infiltrating Abuja to unleash havoc from the Suleija-Zuma axis may have killed six soldiers and two officers in an ambush attack. During the attack, which later snowballed into a full fledged confrontation, several of the bandits were reportedly neutralized by troops re-enforcement. […]
Some members of the House of Representatives have proposed that the National Assembly be shut down to force the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to wake up to his responsibility of ensuring protection of life and property in Nigeria. This is just as a lawmaker called for the resignation or sacking of the […]
Mohammed Bazoum, Niger Republic president, says African countries battling terrorism need to come up with new strategies for dealing with the challenges. Bazoum spoke with state house correspondents after his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja. The Niger Republic president said the West African region is battling an increased level of […]
Terrorists in large numbers have again reportedly blocked the Kaduna-Abuja road in a daring bid to abduct travellers on the now notorious expressway. This is happening four days after an Abuja-Kaduna Train was bombed and about wight passengers killed while many others were abducted by terrorists. Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani disclosed this […]
The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency has said efforts are being made to determine those missing from the recent attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line. Earlier, the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the manifest showed that 398 people bought tickets for the trip but 362 of these passengers […]
Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, says the federal government is “complacent” on the issues of insecurity in the country. Ndume spoke on Wednesday in an interview with Channels Television. Recently, the spate of violent attacks has increased in parts of the country. TheCable had reported how gunmen, on Monday night, ambushed a […]
Road travel was at full swing on Wednesday at various motor parks in Kaduna State with the passengers trooping in to board vehicles to Abuja. The followed the attack on an Abuja-Kaduna bound train and the subsequent temporary suspension of train services on that route by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). Despite stories of […]
Insecurity has been a major concern in Nigeria for over a decade now. Starting from the dreaded Boko Haram group and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) unleashing terror in the North East to banditry and kidnapping in the North West and violent attacks by Indigenous People of Biafra in the South, Nigeria has […]
Repairs on the damaged portion of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line will commence immediately as the Federal Government is considering recruiting locals for security at blackspot areas. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this in Kaduna on Wednesday during a visit to victims of the attack on a Kaduna-bound train by gunmen. Amaechi said […]
