Bello Audu, a.k.a. Yellow, a notorious kidnap kingpin who has been terrorising the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressways have been arrested by the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team IRT. The 40-year-old has confessed to over 50 kidnappings and killings of many innocent Nigerians.
Continue Reading
In the wake of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, Prophet I. O. Samuel of Shiloh Word Chapel, Abuja has called for love among all Africans. The clergyman is of the opinion that Africa is blessed with so much mineral deposits, highly talented and energetic intellectuals, “but their energy has been diverted to hate and violence.” He said that Africa needs …
Continue Reading
Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says Nigeria’s borders will remain closed until the country and its neighbours agree on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement. Mr Ali stated this on Wednesday at Maigatari/Niger border, Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa while fielding questions from journalists. “But there is no specific time for opening the borders. However, if …
Continue Reading
Islamist militants, Boko Haram killed nine Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in the northeast of the country, three soldiers and an official from a security agency said on Wednesday. A decade-long insurgency in the northeast, started by Islamist group, Boko Haram in 2009, has claimed more than 30,000 lives. A breakaway faction that pledges allegiance to …
Continue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and promised to get justice at the Supreme Court. The tribunal had on Wednesday in Abuja struck out the petition of the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23 election. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, …
Continue Reading
It was another record-breaking night for Cristiano Ronaldo, despite Robbie Keane’s best efforts to steer him away. The Juventus forward netted four goals as Portugal beat Lithuania to take his overall tally to 25 in European qualifying – two more than the previous record set by former Republic of Ireland striker Keane. Before the match, Keane asked Ronaldo to “leave …
Continue Reading
Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan has received a suspended jail sentence of nearly three years for firing a gun in a hospital after a fight with a singer.
Continue Reading
Rochas Okorocha, the former governor of Imo State, has said that there is every possibility for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to die prematurely after President Muhammadu Buhari’s current tenure. The former governor of Imo gave this view at an interaction with newsmen in Abuja, after the election tribunal affirmed his electoral victory. Okorocha said Buhari’s reputation appears to be …
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has decried what he calls the “undue politicization” of the security situation in the country. Speaking Tuesday while receiving promoters of the proposed African Security Leadership Summit at State House, Abuja, the President said no matter how much the revisionists try to distort history, “the records show where we were in terms of security in 2015, where …
Continue ReadingBarely three weeks into the intensive joint border patrol by Nigeria’s security agencies, at least 100 illegal migrants have been arrested, while goods worth billions of naira were seized. The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has continued to receive reports of large numbers of seizures and arrests from the four sectors of North West, North Central, South West …
Continue Reading
