A renowned professor at Usmanu Dan Fodyo University, Sokoto, Malam Tukur Mamu has clarified that the need for dialogue, especially with the armed group that attacked the Abuja -Kaduna train, is the only guarantee of total safety of passengers on the rail lines, else the government will continue to lose […]
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Malam Tukur Mamu Says Dialogue Is The Only Tool To Be Deployed As Government Opens Channel Of Communication With Abuja/Kaduna Train Abductors.
Following the release of 11 hostages, some of whom were held captive after the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Malam Tukur Mamu, an associate of Sheik Ahmad Gumi, and also a lead negotiator between the federal government and the terrorist, who spearheaded the dialogue that led to the release, has said that […]
Governor Akeredolu Of Ondo State Says Government Blaming ISWAP for St Francis Attack Is Hasty As ISWAP HAs Not Taken Responsibility For The Attack
There was no Democracy Day celebration in Ondo state as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state cancelled the celebration following the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo last Sunday. In a statement released by Richard Olatunde, Chief Press Secretary on Saturday, June 11 2022, the governor said the […]
Benue Police Arrest Cultists Following Report On Missing Singer Who Was Found Dead
Benue Police Arrest Cultists Following Report On Missing Singer Who Was Found Dead, The remains of a popular singer in Benue State, Terungwa, have been discovered several weeks after he was declared missing within the North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, the state capital. Reports have it that the singer, […]
Many Feared Dead as Gunmen Attack Catholic Church in Ondo
No fewer than 50 persons died on Sunday following an attack by gunmen at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa area of Owo in Ondo state. It was said the gunmen entered the church while service was ongoing, shot the worshippers and also used dynamites to blow the altar of church, […]
Unknown gunmen attack vigilante office in Enugu, kill two, burn patrol vehicles
Uknown gunmen on Thursday, allegedly killed two police personnel guarding Royal Mass Transit Workshop at Mkpamte, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.According to reports the gunmen dispossessed the deceased policemen of their guns before leaving the scene.A resident who pleaded for anonymity said the incident has thrown the […]
EFCC Arrests 39 Suspected Cyber-Fraudsters In Ibadan
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, arrested thirty-nine (39) suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Ibadan, Oyo State.The suspects who claimed to be undergraduates of different tertiary institutions in Ibadan were arrested at the Apete area of the […]
EFCC Releases Suspended Accountant-General On Bail.
The suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been released on bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the development to Newsmen. The EFCC had arrested Idris on May 16 over an N80 billion fraud. He was arrested after failing to honour […]
Police Sergeant In Court For killing Inspector
Police Sergeant In Court For killing Inspector A police sergeant, Ukeme Asuquo, has appeared before Justice O.H. Oshodi of the Ikeja High Court over alleged murder of a police inspector, Francis Adekunle. Report has it that the Sergeant was arrested by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, […]
Lagos State Recorded 2,334 Cases of Domestic Violence In Four Months – Govt.
Lagos State Recorded 2,334 Cases of Domestic Violence In Four Months – Govt. Not less than 2,334 cases of domestic violence and four deaths were recorded in Lagos State in the last six months. Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, at the […]