The Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Yusuf, has briefed the House of Representatives Committee on Defence on the recent attack by bandits on the institution. On August 24, bandits invaded the school at about 2am killed two officers, abducted one and injured one. The abducted officer is yet to be…
Wike replies Odili, says he’s “a trader and a sycophant” Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Elder statesman and former Rivers state governor, Dr. Peter Odili, describing him as “a trader and a sycophant”. The minister who is the immediate past governor of state, was reacting to Odili’s…
The Kaduna state Police Commissioner, Mr. Yekini Ayoku has called on religious organizations and communities to join hands with police and other security agencies in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the state. The police commissioner made the call weekend, when a delegation of Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Kaduna Branch, paid him a courtesy visit in his office…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested 11 suspected bandits, including the abductors of a district head in the state. The district head (name withheld), was abducted on August 14, 2024, and released two days after. In a statement on Wednesday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in…
National Coordinator of Olive Tree Citizen’s Rights Initiative (OTCRI), Sunny Akanni, has accused the police of frustrating the prosecution of suspected murderers of Deborah Emmanuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was killed for alleged blasphemy by some Muslim students on May 12, 2022. Emmanuel was stoned to death and…
Twelve people have been killed while 9 others were seriously injured in an attack by bandits on Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the community said the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday. He said residents of the community were asleep when…
