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Two Soldiers Killed As Troops Battle ESN in Enugu

14Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Two Soldiers Killed As Troops Battle ESN in Enugu

Two soldiers have been killed as troops repelled an attack by Eastern Security Network at Adani community in Uzo-Uwani Council Area of Enugu State. The troops were deployed to check the activities of gunmen in the community before gunmen attacked thier location at Iggah/Asaba checkpoint. According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, “Nigerian Army troops deployed to checkmate the activities of gunmen at Adani community of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday 13 July 2021, repelled Eastern Security Network (ESN) gun attack on troops’ location at Iggah/Asaba checkpoint. “Sadly, during the fire fight that ensued, two soldiers paid the supreme price. Troops are currently on the trail of the criminals”. “We as...

Bandits Contact Kaduna School, Confirm Abduction of 121 Students

7Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Bandits Contact Kaduna School, Confirm Abduction of 121 Students

Bandits who invaded Bethel Baptist High School Kaduna have confirmed having 121 students in captivity barely 30 hours after they struck. President Kaduna Baptist Conference and Proprietor of Bethel Baptist High school, Kaduna Rev. Yahaya Jangado disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday evening after a meeting of the management and parents of the abducted students. Rev Jangado said though the bandits called and allowed the school management to speak with few of the abductees, they were yet to demand for ransom. He said on Monday morning they received a distress call bandits invaded the school and on hearing the news they alerted security agencies to come to their rescue and they responded.

Open Grazing Ban: Sanwo-Olu Receives 16 Southern Governors in Lagos

5Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security

Open Grazing Ban: Sanwo-Olu Receives 16 Southern Governors in Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has started receiving 16 of his colleagues from Southern Nigeria. According to several media reports, the governor arrived at Alausa, Ikeja, the venue of their meeting on the state of the nation. The meeting is holding eight weeks after the governors met in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on May 11, 2021. At the meeting, the governors would further assess decisions taken in Asaba on the open grazing ban, restructuring, fiscal federalism and the call for state police. Some of the early birds at the meeting include Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and Godwin Obaseki (Edo) represented by his deputy, Philip Shaibu. Others expected at the meeting are Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia...

Bandits Kidnap Students in Kaduna, Two Soldiers Feared Dead

5Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Bandits Kidnap Students in Kaduna, Two Soldiers Feared Dead

Bandits in the early hours of Monday attacked another school in Kaduna, whisking away an unspecified number of students. They attacked Bethel Secondary School in Maramara, Chikun Local Government Area on the outskirts of the Kaduna State capital. Kaduna Police Command could not immediately confirm the number of students abducted. It however said a joint security team comprising the Police, Army and others rescued 17 of the abducted students. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Muhammed Jalige said: “Yes, I can confirm to you that there was an incident at the school but the joint security team comprising the Police, Army and others have rescued 17 students. “We cannot say this is the number of students kidnapped for now. As soon as that information is av...

How Boko Haram, ISWAP Are Using Social Media to Recruit – Monguno

1Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Boko Haram, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

How Boko Haram, ISWAP Are Using Social Media to Recruit – Monguno

The National Security Adviser, Maj Gen Babagana Monguno (retd), has raised the alarm that social media has become a harbour for terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, to recruit and inculcate their values on prone Nigerian youths. This was contained in his speech during the ongoing second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies Agencies of member-states, convened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, in New York. According to Monguno, the aim of the terrorist groups was to portray the Federal Government as incapable of protecting the population, Tribune reports. The NSA said, "The Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists are also using social media to instil fear in the target communities, ...

Gunmen Kidnap Pupils from Islamic School in Niger State

31May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Gunmen Kidnap Pupils from Islamic School in Niger State

Scores of pupils were yesterday abducted from Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, Niger State. The Niger State government and the Police Command, which confirmed the incident, did not specify the number of the pupils that were kidnapped. Residents however, put the number at over 200. The Islamic school, located near the Tegina Police Station in Rafi Local Government Area, was established by a retired immigration officer. Yesterday’s abduction came barely 24 hours after the 15 Greenfield varsity students and three members of staff were released by their abductors after collecting N180 million and eight motorcycles. The Greenfield varsity students were released after spending 40 days in the custody of bandits. The raid on the Islamic school also came some months after th...

There Is A Terror Group Now In Lagos – Nnamdi Kanu

17May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

There Is A Terror Group Now In Lagos – Nnamdi Kanu

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu says there is an organised terror group in Lagos State. The IPOB leader also said the Miyetti Allah in Ebonyi State was functioning as a terror group for years until the Eastern Security Network (ESN) single-handedly drove them out of the state. He stated that the intimidation that the ESN and IPOB are getting from the Nigerian government is because of their determination to frustrate the terrorists groups in the South-East. The leader of the pro-Biafra group also announced that his service is not restricted to the Biafra agitators but also to all brave youths in Nigeria, adding his sole purpose is to see corrupt people in the country dead or imprisoned. Kanu made this disclosure during his live broadcast on Sunday evening. ...

Gov Umahi Condemns the Madness of Herdsmen Killings in South-East

9May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Gov Umahi Condemns the Madness of Herdsmen Killings in South-East

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has condemned the increased spate of killings by herdsmen in the South-East region describing it as “madness of herdsmen killings” while stressing that it must cease immediately and herdsmen must abide by the culture of their host communities in the region. The governor who doubles as the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, added that killer herdsmen must desist from the unprovoked killing of South-Easterners. Umahi disclosed this while addressing a humongous crowd of the Christian faithful, stakeholders and political stalwarts of the state during the finale of the seven days praying and fasting convened by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ebonyi State chapter, at the ecumenical centre Abakaliki. The crusade was organised to ...

Buhari welcomes release of Afaka Students

6May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Buhari welcomes release of Afaka Students

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, welcomed the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State. He also congratulated their friends, families, the government and the people of Kaduna State on the development. Buhari’s position was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled “President Buhari welcomes release of Forestry School students.’ The President was quoted as saying that, “We are happy they have been released. “We express our deep appreciation to all the actors who contributed one way or the other to this happy outcome, in particular, the defence and security agencies, the officials of the Ministry of Environment and the government o...

Parents of abducted Kaduna Students protest at NASS

4May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Parents of abducted Kaduna Students protest at NASS

Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State were denied entry to the National Assembly complex, Abuja on Tuesday during a protest. The protesting parents were joined by members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution as well as civil society organisations. They lamented negligence of State and Federal Government in securing release of their children. They blocked the entrance to the Federal Secretariat axis of the complex as they were not allowed entry through the one kilometer drive way leading to the main gate of the National Assembly. They carried placard and chanted songs of solidarity for the immediate rescue of the students “Education is our right! Safety is our right! Freedom is our right!, Free Afa...