Akpenheen Amile, a livestock guard who is being treated for gunshots sustained in the January 2 attack on villages in Guma, Benue State, says he is yet to establish contact with his four wives and 18 children. “I am in physical pains from gunshot injuries, but such pains don’t hurt me like the inability to […]
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Men of the 93 battalion of the Nigerian army stationed in Takum, Taraba, have arrested nine alleged members of an armed militia known as civilian JTF. The alleged members of the civilian JTF were arrested at Arufu, a boundary town between Taraba and Benue. A top military source who confirmed the development to NAN said […]
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Following a spate of crime in Rivers State, the state government has released a list of the dreaded felons, cultists and criminals on the heads of whom Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has put a record bounty of N640 million, far more than the N200m he offered for the Omoku killer, Don Wani. The men […]
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NIGERIA – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, says it is unfair and unkind for anyone to say his boss is condoning the killings perpetrated by suspected herdsmen. President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of not intervening directly in the clashes between farmers and herdsmen. In a statement on Tuesday, Shehu […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, to move to Benue to restore law and order, prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis from escalating. Jimoh Moshood, polise spokesman, said the order followed the recent unfortunate killings of innocent people in Guma and Logo local government areas of the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, security agencies and states affected by violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers have agreed on strategies to check the menace. This is the outcome of a crucial security meeting convened by the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, in Abuja on Monday. The closed-door meeting, which lasted for about […]
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Six people have been killed and some others injured in the fresh attack on Maisamari in town in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba state. Suspected militia are believed to be behind the attack confirmed by the police. The police spokesman in the state, ASP David Misal, said the incident took place during a cultural […]
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According to a report by PUNCH, three reverend sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Convent kidnapped in Edo state regained freedom on Saturday. They spent a total of 53 days in custody. While one of them – Veronica Ajayi – was reportedly released on Saturday evening, the other two were said to have returned […]
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Barely 24 hours after holding a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja, the inspector-general of police, Ibrahim-Idris, has ordered the deployment of additional investigative teams to Benue and Rivers state. Idris had told state house correspondents that the president asked the police to beef up security across the country. At […]
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Kogi Government in collaboration with various security agencies had recorded tremendous success in checking criminal activities in November and December 2017. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, who stated this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday, said state’s crime statistics covering the affected months indicated that the state recorded no single case of armed […]
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