Beyond the Headlines
Barely 72 hours after electric power was restored in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday blew up another transmission tower in the city. Sources said the insurgents planted explosives on each leg of the tower, which they detonated at about 6 a.m. On Wednesday, jubilant residents of Maiduguri were seen in a […]
Three years and five weeks since her abduction in Dapchi, Yobe State, a United States-based group, US-Nigeria Law Group, has lamented the plight of the abandoned Dapchi “heroine Christian” schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, with reports she has given birth to a second child in captivity. It would be recalled that Leah, still held in captivity, was […]
•Speak Up, Stop Negotiating With Criminals, PFN Charges Buhari •Abductors Of Birnin Gwari Teachers Demand N15m Ibe Pascal Arogorn Bandits have killed more than 20 vigilantes in an attack on Kotonkoro in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack, according to BBC Hausa, occurred on Monday after the vigilantes engaged a group of […]
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the nation’s Finance Bill (2019) into law. Dr Obadiah Mailafia says Nigeria under the current leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is more insecure than it was when General Sani Abacha was in power. The former […]
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has vowed to deal decisively with those threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria, warning that those behind such discontents must drop their plans or be ready to face the firepower of security forces in the country. Attahiru handed down the warning in Uyo, the Akwa […]
The Minister of Defence, Major General Salihi Magashi (rtd), on Monday, declared that the country was under critical security threat following resurging terrorists’ attacks, banditry and abductions across the states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Authority FCT Abuja. The minister made the declaration in Abuja while speaking at a National Defence and Security […]
….Imo CP Warns perpetrators to stop Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri The Imo state police command on Sunday said one officer died after unknown gunmen attacked police division headquarters in Isiala Mbano LGA of the state. Crimefacts.news had reported how unknown gunmen attacked Imo police division in Isiala Mbano LGA on Saturday night. According to Orlando […]
There are plans by terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda and ISIS to penetrate Southern Nigeria, the United States has warned the Nigerian government. The US says the dreaded groups are looking to make an inroad into Southern Nigeria, this is just as It confirmed that Al-Qaeda has started penetrating the north-western part of the country. In a […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Federal Government will be held responsible if Samuel Ortom, his Benue counterpart, is assassinated. The convoy of Ortom was attacked along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue on Saturday. In his reaction to the incident, Wike said if the Benue governor is killed, there […]
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has narrated how gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked his convoy on Saturday. The incident was said to have occurred at Tyo Mu along Makurdi-Gboko road while on a visit to a farm. The governor, who confirmed the incident to journalists, described the gunmen as “herders”. He said the armed […]
