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Two Men Gang-Rape Teenager in Ogun, Threaten to Post Video

21Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Youths

Two Men Gang-Rape Teenager in Ogun, Threaten to Post Video

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two men, Damilare Oyeniyi and Emmanuel Okori, for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old teenager. The two suspects who were living in the same compound with the victim in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State have confessed to the crime. The Police said the victim reported the crime to the police despite threats by the perpetrators to post the video of the act on social media if reported to the police. According to a statement released by the police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the two men – Oyeniyi, 30, and Okori, 20 have been transferred the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward investigation and prosecution. Oyeyemi, said, “The command on December 16 arrested...

Police Sack Four Senior Officers for Misconduct

20Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Justice, News, Nigeria, Security

Police Sack Four Senior Officers for Misconduct

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has sacked four senior Police Officers for discreditable misconduct and dishonesty. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos by the PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Punch reports. According to Ani, the decisions were taken at the 10th Plenary Meeting presided over by its Chairman, Mr Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police on Friday. Ani said, “A Chief Superintendent of Police was dismissed for discreditable conduct, dishonesty and acts unbecoming of a public officer. “A Superintendent of Police was also dismissed for conspiring with four others to vandalise a transformer and stealing. The Commission has also directed that the officer should be prosecuted. “The two other dismissed offi...

Please Forgive Us, APC Begs Rescued Kankara Schoolboys

19Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism

Please Forgive Us, APC Begs Rescued Kankara Schoolboys

The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has appealed to the recently kidnapped and released schoolboys of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, to forgive the party for the trauma there experienced during their time in captivity. The party promised the students that the government would intensify efforts to ensure that their learning environment is safe and secure to avert future invasion by armed men. The party disclosed this in a statement signed by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, in Abuja on Sunday. Buni in the statement titled, ‘APC Welcomes Release, Commends Security Agents and Demands For Pre-Emptive Measures against Reoccurrence,’ said the party received with “joy and a glad heart” the release and return of the stu...

Kankara Kidnap: Bring Back Our Boys Now, Okonjo-Iweala Asks FG

16Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Boko Haram, Crime, Education, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Youths

Kankara Kidnap: Bring Back Our Boys Now, Okonjo-Iweala Asks FG

Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has told the Federal Government to intensify efforts to bring back the over 300 schoolboys kidnapped from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, State. She said those using the children as pawns must be held accountable. Okonjo-Iweala, who is a top contender for the job of director-general of the World Trade Organisation, disclosed this known in a post on Twitter last night. She wrote, “The abduction of more than 300 schoolboys in Katsina is heartbreaking. What a recurring nightmare. My heart goes out to the families of the missing boys. The authorities must do all possible to #BringBackOurBoys! Those using our children as pawns must be held accountable!” Armed men invade the school on Friday night an...

BREAKING: Buhari, Governors Meet Over Security Issues

8Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

BREAKING: Buhari, Governors Meet Over Security Issues

President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors of the 36 states of the federation has just concluded a crucial security meeting at the State House in Abuja. Although State House Correspondents were not addressed after the meeting, it was gathered that the meeting was strictly on security issues. This indication was further supported by the fact that top security figures in the administration, including the Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), were part of the meeting. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, had in a communique made available to press, said they had also resolve to support the necessary reforms that will result in a pol...

We Will Not Allow Unpatriotic Elements Destroy Nigeria – DSS

5Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence, Youths

We Will Not Allow Unpatriotic Elements Destroy Nigeria – DSS

The Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Yusuf Bichi, has warned “unpatriotic elements” against actions that threatened national security adding that the service would ensure that the unity and corporate existence of the country remained inviolable. Bichi who spoke at the graduation ceremony for participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course at the National Institute for Security Studies, Abuja, on Saturday called on individuals and groups to join hands with security and other law enforcement agencies to enthrone peace and order in the country. “We must not let selfish people with greedy interest destroy our collective heritage”, the DGSS warned. He noted, “We must not allow unpatriotic elements to bring our country down. So, let us unite individu...

UN Envoy Condemns the Killing of Borno Farmers

3Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Crime, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

UN Envoy Condemns the Killing of Borno Farmers

United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Wednesday condemned Boko Haram’s murder of rice farmers in Borno State. The Envoy who visited Zabarmari on Tuesday urged stakeholders to “go beyond a security response” in finding a solution to the 119-year-old menace of terrorists in the Northeast. He said: “It is with great sadness, but also indignation, that I met the families of the victims of Saturday’s violent attack and their communities to extend my most sincere condolences, on behalf of the United Nations and humanitarian partners, and to commiserate with them on these atrocious circumstances. “Farmers and villagers I have met have retold accounts of unspeakable cruelty. Innocent civilians – men and women – were ruthlessly killed. “Details on lo...

Boko Haram Has Committed War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity with Impunity

2Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Boko Haram, Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Boko Haram Has Committed War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity with Impunity

Human rights body, Amnesty International has said that Boko Haram committed unabated crimes against humanity in Nigeria, leading to the wanton destruction of property and loss of lives. It disclosed this in a series of tweets on its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday, noting that the terrorist group has been unleashing violence on residents of the north-east region since 2009. Amnesty International was reacting to the killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State last Saturday by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. It said, “Boko Haram has been wreaking havoc and suffering on the lives of millions of people in north-east Nigeria since 2009. The armed group has killed thousands of people, abducted thousands, and forced more than a ...

Insecurity: Why Buhari Hasn’t Sacked Chiefs – Garba Shehu

1Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Boko Haram, Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Insecurity: Why Buhari Hasn’t Sacked Chiefs – Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Medi and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the agitation for change of service chiefs is ‘out of place’. He disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV on Monday. Shehu who said that the onus lies on President Buhari to appoint or sack any of the service noted that his boss retains the sole right to keep the service chief as long as he is pleased with their performance. The killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State last Saturday by suspected Boko Haram insurgents rejuvenated a public outcry for the dismissal of the country’s service chiefs. But reacting to the demands, Shehu said the call to sack or retain service chiefs is exclusively reserved for the Presiden...

Explosion Hits Wike Father’s Church, Police Nab Suspects

29Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Violence

Explosion Hits Wike Father’s Church, Police Nab Suspects

The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has nabbed three suspects for allegedly detonating explosives at a church, located at Mile 3, Diobu area of Port Harcourt. The church, Christian Universal Church International is reported to be owned by the father of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The suspects numbering about five raided the church around 8 pm on Saturday, Punch reports. Local vigilante group in the area blockaded the gunmen’s escape route after noticing abnormal movements and interfered. Collins Johnbull, Assistant Chief Security Officer of the Azikiwe Street Security, while giving an account of the incident, said that one of his men was shot in the process of chasing the susects and currently being treating in the hospital. He said, “On Saturd...