Over a hundred inmates of the Kabba Correctional Centre in Kogi State escaped in the early hours of Monday after an attack by gunmen. NewsWireNGR gathered from sources that the assailants attacked the prison centre which is on the Kabba – Lokoja highway, on Sunday night through Monday morning. The[Read More…]
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75 abducted Zamfara pupils freed after 13 days in captivity
The 75 abducted pupils of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State who were abducted on September 1, 2021, have regained their freedom. Their release was announced by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) via its verified Facebook page overnight. On September 1, the police[Read More…]
DHQ says gory images, videos of mass burials in Zamfara are fake
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed trending pictures and videos in circulation showing dumping of dead bodies into mass graves, purported to be bodies of people killed in military operations. The Director, Defence Information, Benjamin Sawyerr, dismissed the pictures and videos in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Sawyer[Read More…]
Bandits, insurgents, others will obey if Nigerians elect female president — Lawyer
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, Mr Chuks Akamadu, an Abuja-based legal practitioner has said that the country is ripe for a female president, considering women’s roles in the society. Akamadu, who said this on Sunday in Abuja, while marking the 40th birthday anniversary of his wife noted that the[Read More…]
Police dismiss trigger-happy officer who killed 18-yr-old girl in Lagos
The Lagos state police command has identified, dismissed and arrested a trigger-happy officer who fired the shot that killed an 18-year-old girl in Lagos state. Monsurat Ojuade, the victim was said to have been hit by a stray bullet fired by the erring officer during a raid to arrest a[Read More…]
Police arrest one over bandits’ threat letter to Sokoto communities
The Sokoto police command has arrested one suspect over a threat letter purportedly written by bandits and addressed to five Sokoto communities. The letter which was written in Hausa language was found under a tree in one of the communities. The bandits listed five communities, Shuni, Kwanar Kimba, Rikina, and[Read More…]
Ex-convict nabbed in Ogun for disguising as soldier
Police in Ogun State said on Sunday that they have arrested an ex-convict, Segun Ogundeji, who impersonated as a soldier at Sango-Ota Police Divisional Headquarters in Ogun. Police spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the declaration in a statement issued in Ota. Oyeyemi stated that Ogundeji was arrested when[Read More…]
Mother sleeps with two sons, gives birth to three kids for one in Kwara
It was bizarre news in Kwara as a mother was discovered to be having a sexual relationship with his two sons. She is also reported to have given birth to three kids for one of the sons. One of the sons has been arrested by the Kwara State Command of[Read More…]
Curfew: Army reacts to alleged killing of taxi driver by its personnel in Jos
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), which is maintaining peace in Plateau and its environs, has constituted a Board of Enquiry to investigate the alleged murder of one Abdullahi Karafa, a taxi driver in Jos, by its personnel. Major Ishaku Takwa, its Media Officer, disclosed this in a[Read More…]
Surrender now to be re-oriented, Army tells insurgents
The Nigerian Army has called on insurgents in the North-East to surrender so that they can undergo reorientation like others who have done the same. The call is coming as the military intensified its onslaught on the insurgents after the governments of Zamfara and Kastina disconnect access to phone networks.[Read More…]
