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Insecurity: Sokoto Govt Seeks Shut Down of Telco Services

21Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Insecurity: Sokoto Govt Seeks Shut Down of Telco Services

The government of Sokoto State has the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to direct all telecommunications companies to shut down their services in 14 LGAs in the state. This is coming less than a week after the house of representatives asked the NCC to shut down telecommunication services in three LGAs of Sokoto. In a circular seen by TheCable, the state government had asked Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, to issue a temporary shutdown of telecommunication networks in some LGAs as a measure to bring an end to banditry and other criminal activities in the state. On Monday, Muhammad Bello, spokesperson to Aminu Tambuwal, the governor, said the disruption in the telecommunication network will enable security agencies to deal with the increasing rate...

Police Stray Bullet Kills Ebonyi Pastor During Morning Devotion

20Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Police Stray Bullet Kills Ebonyi Pastor During Morning Devotion

A pastor of a church, the Glorious Gospel Fire Assembly in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, identified as John Onu, has been killed by a police stray bullet at his house while observing his morning devotion. According to Tribune, the stray bullet from the officer hit the pastor in the heart on Monday and went out through his back. The incident reportedly happened at Nkaliki in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state when officers protecting a hotel belonging to one Chukwudi Onyibe, the Special Assistant to the chairman of the local government on Internally Generated Revenue, started to shoot sporadically at rioting youths of the area. It was gathered that youths of the local government had gone on a rampage, burning houses in the area after a man in the Ebyia Upnuhu community was...

Mob Burns 13 Suspected Bandits To Ashes In Sokoto Divisional Police Headquarters

20Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Mob Burns 13 Suspected Bandits To Ashes In Sokoto Divisional Police Headquarters

An angry mob on Saturday attacked the divisional police headquarters in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killed and later burnt 13 bandits to ashes. It was gathered that the bandits had invaded the town around 8 pm on Friday where they killed two people including a shopowner. However, on Saturday morning, angry youths joined police officers from the area to go after the bandits and as a result 13 of the suspected bandits were apprehended in Tangaza forest and were brought to the divisional police headquarters. A villager who pleaded for anonymity disclosed that when the bandits were brought into the town, residents followed the team to the divisional police station and demanded that the bandits must be killed in their presence. See Also: House Of Zamfara Speaker...

10 Bethel Baptist Students Freed, 21 Still In Bandits’ Captive

19Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Security

10 Bethel Baptist Students Freed, 21 Still In Bandits’ Captive

Bandits released ten students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna on Saturday with 21 others still being held captive. The Vice President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (19 Northern States and Abuja) and chairman of CAN in Kaduna State, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, confirmed this to Punch on Saturday evening. He said, “10 students were released this (Saturday) evening and have reunited with their parents. We are now hoping that the remaining 21 who are still with the bandits will be released.” Source: SaharaReporters

Scores of Bandits Killed as Abducted Major Finally Regains Freedom

18Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Scores of Bandits Killed as Abducted Major Finally Regains Freedom

Major CL Datong, who was kidnapped during an attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State by bandits last month has finally regained his freedom. DAILY POST recalls that some gunmen suspected to be bandits broke into the Nigerian foremost military school on August 24, killed officers and abducted Major CL Datong. The abducted Major has been in the kidnapper’s den till he was rescued on Friday. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Ezindu Idimah who confirmed the development, said Datong was rescued by troops. According to him, the operations leading to his rescue led to the destruction of several identified bandits’ camps in Afaka- Birnin Gwari areas of the state, revealing that scores of bandits were killed during the ope...

17Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

DSS Reacts To Igboho’s N20B Claim

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it has not been informed about the court judgment ordering it to pay N20B in damages to Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Peter Afunanya, spokesperson of the DSS who spoke on Friday said the court has not informed the DSS of the judgment. He said this when he was asked for the reaction of the DSS on the judgment. “The court possibly has not informed us. So, my official response is that I don’t have any comments, Afunanya said.” Earlier on Friday, Oyo State High court ruled in favour of Sunday Igboho against the DSS. See Also: BREAKING: Court Restrains AGF, DSS From Arresting Igboho, Blocking Accounts The ruling by Justice Ladiran Akintola came in a suit filed by Chief Yomi Alliyu, the lawye...

House Of Zamfara Speaker, Others Set Ablaze By Bandits

14Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

House Of Zamfara Speaker, Others Set Ablaze By Bandits

Bandits have set the home of the Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, and other residents ablaze in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Chairman of the Committee on Security and Prosecution of Bandits in Zamfara State, Abdullahi Shinkafi, confirmed the incident on Monday. He said the bandits invaded the community and set ablaze some houses including that of the speaker. According to him, this was coming as a result of the ongoing onslaught by the military in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the committee, who visited the affected community to assess the security situation, said the government also wanted to provide support for victims and deploy more security operatives to protect the people. See Also: Army Dismis...

Gunmen Free About 70 Abducted Zamfara School Pupils After 12 Days In Captivity

13Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen Free About 70 Abducted Zamfara School Pupils After 12 Days In Captivity

Pupils of Government Secondary School, Kaya, in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State numbering about 70 have been freed from captivity. Their abduction of 73 students of the school by suspected bandits was confirmed by the the state police command on September 1. The pupils were abducted on September 1 following which the state governor, Bello Matawalle, ordered the closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state. The governor also imposed a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00a.m. curfew in 14 local government areas of the state. The Nigerian Television Authority reported the news on its Facebook page overnight. Read also: Insecurity: GSM Operators Comply With FG’s Order, Shut Over 240 Zamfara Base Stations The report of the abduction was contained in a statement is...

Army Dismisses Pictures, Videos Of Mass Burials In Zamfara

13Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security

Army Dismisses Pictures, Videos Of Mass Burials In Zamfara

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed viral images and videos that show the dumping of dead bodies into mass graves, ostensibly from military operations. Maj-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, Director of Defence Information, issued a statement on Sunday in Abuja dismissing the images and videos. According to Sawyer, a picture with the message "Alhamdulillah, Zamfara Must Secure" and other viral horrific pictures and videos allegedly came from current military operations in the country's north-west and north-central regions. According to him, it is important to state that the allegation is false and malicious and has no link whatsoever with the operations being conducted by troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). “However, it is true that the AFN are presently conducting successful...

Jigawa Recruits 270 Herders, Establishes 200 Nomadic Schools

12Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Jigawa Recruits 270 Herders, Establishes 200 Nomadic Schools

Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar approved the recruitment of 270 herdsmen as additional teachers in the nomadic schools in the state. This was contained in a press statement signed, and made available to Tribune Online in Dutse by the special adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Habibiu Nuhu Kila, who said: “the governor approved the establishment of 200 additional nomadic schools across the state”. Alhaji Habibu Nuhu Kila explained that the governor gave the approval in a meeting with Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore’ a socio-cultural Fulani organization at government house Dutse, adding that “the governor reaffirmed his commitment of improving and expanding qualitative nomadic education to the herders in all parts of the state. According to the ...