Suspected militants have kidnapped four British nationals in Delta state, southern Nigeria, police and community leaders said on Wednesday. The four had been providing “free medical care and religious activities” in the Burutu area of Delta state, said Chief Theo Fakama, from the local Enukorowa community. Fakama said locals were “saddened” by the kidnapping as […]
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The Lagos State police command has disclosed that 6,000 spy police will be incorporated into traffic management in the state. The Lagos State commissioner of police, Edgal Imohimi, said this while addressing the spy police at the Police Training School, Ikeja, on Saturday where he also said that he wanted a state where members of […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kainji, Niger state, has convicted and sentenced 45 Boko Haram members to jail, following the conclusion of the first phase of the trial of 575 suspects. The convicts were sentenced between three and 31 years in jail In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with service chiefs, Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting, presided by President Buhari, was still ongoing as at the time of filing the report. It is also being attended by the […]
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The abductors of Sam Unwuchola, a Magistrate with Kogi judiciary, have demanded for N100 million ransom. He was kidnapped at Jimgbe, near Salem University, on the Ajaokuta-Lokoja road around 7pm on Thursday. According to a source in the state judiciary, the gunmen shot and wounded the magistrate’s friend whose name was yet to be known, […]
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The Nigerian Army has said it would begin ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’ in the Niger Delta on Saturday, October 7, 2017. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director, Public Relations, said this in Port Harcourt on Monday. He said the operation would be carried out by troops of the 6 Division and will cover mainly Akwa Ibom, […]
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The Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has vowed to rescue the assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Emmanuel Adeniyi, who was kidnapped in the state on Wednesday. Adeniyi was kidnapped with his driver on Funtua-Birnin Gwari road. Muktar Aliyu, the command spokesman said, “our men are on ground day and night to make sure […]
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The Nigerian Army on Friday said two Boko Haram food and logistics suppliers were ambushed and killed at Malamti village in Guzamala Local Government Council of Borno. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Col. Timothy Antigha, Deputy Director, Army Publication Relations, 8 Division, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen in […]
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Emmanuel Adeniyi, assistant commissioner of police in Zamfara state, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. According to New Telegraph, Adeniyi was kidnapped on Thursday while driving along Dandume/Birnin Gwari road (Katsina/Kaduna) road on his way back to Gusau, the state capital. The newspaper said an unnamed police officer confirmed the incident but said […]
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Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has strongly warned the military not to deploy soldiers in the south-west because of the menace of the Badoo gang in Ogun and Lagos States. Sani Usman, army spokesman, had said the soldiers would tackle the menace of the gang. But speaking at the end of a meeting in Ondo, Yinka Odumakin, […]
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