At least 25 people were said to have been killed separate attacks by terrorists on communities in Guma, Logo and Tarka Local Government Areas of Benue state. The attacks were said to have occurred between 8pm on Monday and early the early hours of Tuesday. Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on security, Lt Col….
No fewer than 80 people have been reportedly killed following terrorists invasion of communities in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau state. About 70 others were also reportedly abducted by the terrorists during the attacks which occurred on Sunday. According to sources, eleven villages were raided and many houses were burnt. The villages according to…
The Kaduna state police commissioner Mr. Yekini Ayoku, has said that the viral video purported to be terrorists arrested in Kakuka community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Sunday were not terrorists. The clarification was made on Monday in Kaduna during a peace meeting between the leadership of Gbagyi and ethnic nationality and…
By Patience Dombin, Jos Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of North Central APC Forum, have endorsed the Presidential ambition of transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi declared his interest to contest for Presidency on Saturday at a special rally organised in his honour by the APC at the Adokiye Amiesimaka…
Hussain Makanjuola, an Imam with the Kaduna branch of the Ansar-ud-Deen Society, says the security challenges in the country has persisted because of the seeming reluctance by the federal government to “wield the big stick against terrorists.” Speaking while delivering the 1443 edition of the Annual Ramadan lecture of the society on Monday in Kaduna, the…
The Plateau Elders Forum (PEF) have expressed concern over the persistent killings in communities Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state and increasing cases of kidnappings in the state. In a statement in Jos, the forum asked the government, the Nigerian army and other security agencies to take drastic steps to deal with the criminals….
