The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that detained Abuja-Kaduna Train Kidnapped Victim negotiator, Tukur Mamu, was part of an international terrorist network who used the cover of journalism to perpetrate crime. According to THISDAY, the allegation by the DSS forms part of an affidavit presented before a…
Ten kidnap victims have been rescued while several bandits were neutralised in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Tuesday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, the bandits were dislodged from their camps by troops of “Operation Forest Sanity”, during clearance operations conducted across some hard-to-reach locations, spanning…
An unspecified number of police officers have been reportedly killed at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State by gunmen who opened fire on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. The attack was said to have taken place on Sunday night. Sources said about six of the police operatives in the convoy…
The Department of State Services (DSS) says the outcome of its investigation on Tukur Mamu, the hostage negotiator is mind-boggling. It also warned members of the public to desist from making unguarded utterances on the Mamu issue and await court for proceedings. Mamu who is the publisher of a Kaduna based newspaper, Desert Herald, was…
Residents of Jos, the Plateau state capital, have lamented the deplorable state of roads in parts of the metropolis, describing them as death traps. The residents, in a report, published in the latest edition of the state owned newspaper, Sunday Standard, said car crashes occur almost on a daily basis within the metropolis as a result…
Senate President Ahmad Lawal, at the weekend, visited two former military heads of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), at their residences in Minna, Niger state. Above, Lawan (right) with Gen. Babangida during the visit. Lawan (right), exchanging pleasantries with Abubakar at his residence. Photo: Sylvanus Tyoakaa
