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The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor has said that security operatives have arrested the suspected killers of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. Speaking at a meeting with editors and media executives in Abuja on Tuesday, Irabor said the suspects would be paraded after the conclusion of investigation. According to him, the military has …

Sidi Aminu Sharif, one of the train passengers who regained freedom after more than four months in captivity, has spoken about his ordeal. The victim, who was among the five passengers freed on Tuesday, was shot in captivity, raising concerns about his health condition. Sidi Aminu Sharif Speaking at the Kaduna office of Tukur Mamu, Kaduna-based publisher who facilitated the …

A Boko Haram leader who poised as a security man has been apprehended in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The suspect was arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS). According to a report by Daily Trust, the suspected Boko Haram leader was arrested in the Ijaye area of Abeokuta. The suspect initially resisted before bowing to the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has returned a sum of N3.7million recovered from fraudsters to the victim, 72-year-old Ms Judith Edewor who is based in the United Kingdom.  Making the presentation on Thursday July 28, 2022, in Benin, Edo State, the Zonal Commander, Usman Muktar, said, “The Commission will continue to discharge its duties professionally, ensure that fraudsters …

Austin, immediate younger brother to Ebonyi Governor Dave Umahi, has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment as the Secretary of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission(RMAFC). In a statement in Abakaliki, Austin Umahi said that the appointment was good for job seekers or retired civil servants and not for someone of his social status. He announced that anyone who is interested …

Some soldiers were reportedly killed when Boko Haram terrorists raided a military checkpoint around Zuma rock in Niger State, on Thursday night. The area close to Madalla town is few meters away from Zuba along the Abuja-Kaduna highway According to a Daily Trust source, the attackers arrived at the spot some minutes after 7 pm and opened fire immediately. “They …

A Kano State High Court sitting at Audu Bako presided over by Justice Usman Na’abba has sentenced a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death by hanging for the kidnap and killing of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Isyaku Hashim, his conspirator, was also sentenced to death by hanging for the concealment and kidnapping of the five-year-old. The third defendant, Fatima Jibril, was …

A former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has said that with the lingering insecurity in the country, it won’t be a surprise if the number one citizen is kidnapped. Galadima was reacting to the insecurity bedeviling the country in an interview with BBC Hausa service. He said, “These bandits are disdainful to the Buhari administration. At the beginning …

The identities of some of the officers who lost their lives in an ambush by terrorists in Abuja have been unveiled. The deceased officers, who were attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade, were reportedly ambushed after they visited the Nigeria Law School in Bwari following a distressed call from the authorities of the school. Lieutenant Ibrahim Suleiman The school management …

On Monday, troops of Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army repelled a terrorist Ambush in Abuja while on patrol around the Bwari -Kubwa road. Spokesperson of the Guards, Captain Godfrey Anebi Abakpa who confirmed the attack, noted that the ambush happened within the general area of Bwari which shows that the terrorists were actually within the location and possibly preparing to carry …