By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo An assistant inspector of police (ASP), Tapu Godfrey, has been killed in an ambush by the local vigilante group in Sandirde community, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba state. The police officer was said to be leading a routine patrol team in the area when they were attacked. The Taraba…
The Kaduna state government has dismissed a newspaper report, stating that a private bandits negotiator has been hired to facilitate the release of the 287 school children abducted by bandits on Thursday. The newspaper report had claimed that the state government had reached out to the bandits through a private negotiator for the release of…
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Audu Ogbe is dead. Ogbe who also served as minister of agriculture from 2015 to 2019, is died on Saturday at the age of 78. His death was announced in a statement by the family. “He departed peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of integrity, service…
President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration is winning the war on terror and banditry. In a nationwide broadcast marking Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary on October 1, Tinubu said his 16 months administration came at a critical time when the country was facing serious economic and security challenges. “My administration took over the leadership…
The police in Kaduna state have arrested a suspected gunrunner supplying arms to a notorious bandits’ leader in Zamfara forest. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Mansir Hassan disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. Hassan said the suspect, identified as Musa Yusuf, was intercepted while travelling on a motorbike to Zamfara state…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended Channels Television for violating the broadcast code. The station was also fined N5 million for the offence. The NBC, in a letter signed by its Acting Director-General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba and addressed to the Managing Director of Channels Television, said on April 25, 2021 at…
