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Gunmen Free Abducted Nigerian Football Coach

18Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Sports

Gunmen Free Abducted Nigerian Football Coach

Abducted head coach of the Rivers United Football Club, Stanley Eguma, has been released after he was kidnapped on Tuesday, June 15 by gunmen. Reports say Stanley was kidnapped on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on Tuesday, while returning from Gombe to Port Harcourt, where his team played a Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, game. His release was confirmed by the general manager of the club, Okey Kpalukwu on Friday, in a post on the club’s WhatsApp group, NAN reports. Read Also: AFCON: ‘Osimhen Told Me He’s Not 100% Fit To Play’ – Eguavoen He wrote, “We are grateful to God for His mercy. Our Technical Manager, Stanley Eguma, has been released by his abductors. Our God is gracious.” Details of Mr Eguma’s release from his abductors were not disclosed in the post o...

BREAKING: Bandits Abduct Female Students in Kebbi

17Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Violence

BREAKING: Bandits Abduct Female Students in Kebbi

Gunmen have abducted several female students of Federal Government Girls College Yawuri in Kebbi State. The bandits broke into the school premises on Thursday afternoon in police mufti, The Nation learnt. “They pointed a gun at the school guards and asked them for the girls’ hostels. “Before you know what was happening the bandits invaded the school and started abducting female students,” a source confided. Details shortly…

Unidentified Gunmen Kill 10 in a Drinking Joint

15Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Unidentified Gunmen Kill 10 in a Drinking Joint

A yet to be identified gunmen invade a drinking joint in Jos, Plateau State, lethally shooting about ten persons dead, the police have confirmed. The assailants arrived in a Hilux van into Kashe (Sabon Layi) community, Kuru District of Jos South Local Government, sporadically shooting at the bar, leaving many dead or injured, the police spokesperson Ubah Ogaba, said in a statement in Jos on Monday. According to Ogaba, the incident took place on Sunday night. Read Also: Three Inmates Escape From Kwara Prison He said, "We received a report that ten persons were shot dead at a drinking joint at Sabon Layi, Kuru in Jos South by yet to be identified gunmen, who drove in with a Hilux and shot sporadically. "Personnel of the command and the military have been deployed to the affect...

10 Killed as Gunmen Attack Plateau Community, Police Confirms

14Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

10 Killed as Gunmen Attack Plateau Community, Police Confirms

The Police in Plateau State has confirmed the murder of ten persons in an attack by gunmen in Kuru village, Jos South Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night. Reports say the attack took place at a drinking joint situated at Sabon Layi, Kuru. The unidentified assailants invaded the area with a Hilux and opened fire while residents scampered for safety. The development was confirmed by the state police command spokesperson, Gabriel Ogaba, saying 10 persons and not 12 as earlier reported by the media were killed. Read Also: Bandits Attack Baptist Church in Kaduna, Kill Two, Scores Abducted – CAN Ogaba said; "The Plateau State Police Command received a report that 10 persons were shot dead in a drinking joint at Sabon Layi, Kuru in Jos South LGA by yet-to-be-identifi...

Seven Soldiers Killed in Clash With Unknown Gunmen in Abia Community

14Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Seven Soldiers Killed in Clash With Unknown Gunmen in Abia Community

Soldiers of 14 Brigade, Army Headquarters, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, who invaded Ohafia in the Ohafia Local Government of Abia State in search of gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), have burnt down several houses in the area. A source who spoke with SaharaReporters on Sunday said a lot of residents and indigenes of Elu, Amangwu, Ebem and Ohafia fled their communities to neighbouring villages due to the constant invasion. Seven soldiers have now lost their lives in the attack, the source said. According to him, some unknown gunmen were passing through the Amangwu village when soldiers from the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks launched an attack. He stated that in the counter-attack, two soldiers got injured while the unknown gunmen fled. ...

June 12: Akeredolu Faults Federal Police Structure

13Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

June 12: Akeredolu Faults Federal Police Structure

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has faulted the police structure in the country, saying the only solution to surmount the country’s challenges was to adopt a true federal system of government. The governor added that the country can overcome the challenges if all hands were to be on deck to find a lasting solution to the problem. Akeredolu disclosed this at the commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12 Presidential Election won by the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola. The event was held at the International Centre for Culture and Events on Saturday. According to him, the size and diversity of the country make it inappropriate to have too much power centred at the Federal Government. He said, “It is incongruous to have just a police command in a feder...

Open Grazing Ban Has Come to Stay – Gov Ortom

13Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Agriculture, News, Nigeria, Security

Open Grazing Ban Has Come to Stay – Gov Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that the onslaught against citizens of his state by herdsmen will not compel his government to repeal the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law. He added that his administration will rather amend the law to increase the penalties against offenders rather than be cowed into suspending the law. Ortom disclosed this on Saturday while giving his mid-term scorecard as part of activities marking this year’s Democracy Day at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Makurdi. He said, “This law has come to stay and no amount of intimidation can make us repeal it. Instead, we will soon amend the law in order to increase the penalties against offenders.” Ortom lamented the humanitarian situation caused by continued attacks ...

Insecurity: We’ve Agreed to Start Taking Visible Actions – Obasanjo

12Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, News, Nigeria

Insecurity: We’ve Agreed to Start Taking Visible Actions – Obasanjo

Arising from their Abuja meeting, elder statesmen in the country under the auspices of Committee for the Goodness of Nigeria, CGN, have refused to publicize the outcome of their meeting. Commenting on the resolution, former President Olusegun Obasanjo told reporters on Abuja that the CGN had agreed to present its communique to President Muhammadu Buhari, who Obasanjo said was duly notified of the meeting and its agenda. Obasanjo said members of the CGN agreed in principle to formally present their resolutions to President Buhari before any public disclosure, Punch reports. The former president, however, gave an insight into what was discussed at their Thursday meeting, which he said bothered on issues of security, economy, welfare, well-being, unity and progress of Nigeria. He ...

June 12 Protests: US Issues Directive to Citizens

12Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, United States of America

June 12 Protests: US Issues Directive to Citizens

The United States Mission in Nigeria has asked her citizens not to get involved in the planned protests across Nigeria on June 12. This follows the planned protest announced by various groups on June 12, designated as Democracy Day. In an advisory to its citizens in Nigeria, the US embassy advised them to lay low and avoid the areas where the protests are scheduled to hold. Read Also: June 12: Akeredolu Faults Federal Police Structure It read, “Several groups have announced their intentions to protest nationwide on June 12, Democracy Day. Police presence and response can be expected nationwide, including in Abuja where government events are scheduled to celebrate the national holiday and in Lagos where simultaneous protests are planned. “The likely locations for the protests...

Nigerians Must Stand Against Insurrectionists, Killers – Tinubu

12Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security

Nigerians Must Stand Against Insurrectionists, Killers – Tinubu

As Nigeria marks Democracy Day today, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to stand against insurrectionists and killers destroying the country’s democratic institutions. Tinubu said this in a statement he signed on Friday titled, ‘June 12, 2021: Democracy Day Statement’ – amid secessionist agitations from the South-East and South-West. Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, said one of the inspiring accounts that would be written about Nigeria was how it transitioned from the darkness of authoritarian military suppression into the light of democracy and the establishment of popular government based on the sovereign will of the people. The statement read, “On this memorable day, we mark, with respect, and honour the sacrifi...