The Kaduna state police command has arrested two suspects supplying arms and ammunition to kidnappers operating in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states. In a statement on Sunday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command said, the police also arrested two suspected cattle rustlers and foiled attempted kidnapping. He added that a fabricated AK-47 rifle and five…
A military aircraft has crashed in Kaduna, killing the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, alongside six military officers and four crew members onboard. The incident occurred near the Kaduna International Airport at about 6pm on Friday. Spokesman of the Nigerian Airforce, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet confirmed the crash in a statement on…
The deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu, has been impeached by the state house of assembly. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of a seven-man investigative panel set up by the Edo state chief judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa. Shaibu was accused of “misconduct, perjury and disclosure of government secrets”. The panel headed…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Troops of the 6 Brigade and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, have dismantled terrorist hideouts in Rugga, Sarti and Yade communities in Taraba state. Army spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachuku disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the coordinated operations were part of deliberate efforts by the army…
Gombe State governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya, has said that the north is worst hit by the current economic and security challenges. Speaking while declaring opened joint meeting of the NSGF and the Northern Traditional Council on Monday at the Government House, Kaduna, Yahaya said the economic…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed security agencies to search and apprehend “envoys of death” behind the attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which left over 115 people dead. In a statement on Tuesday by Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu directed immediate mobilisation of relief materials for victims…
