Insecurity

Some of the victims of the recent herdsmen attacks in communities in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, have been buried in a mass grave.  It will be recalled that no fewer than 19 persons were killed when suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday, attacked Tse Amgbem, Udam near Aondoana,...

The United States has warned that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria. The US also said Al-Qaeda has started penetrating the north-western part of Nigeria. In a media briefing seen by TheCable, Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US special operations command, Africa, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to...

The Guardian gathered that the security operatives invaded the community, yesterday, in search of a notorious leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Thaddeus Ekechukwu, popularly known as ‘Moputu’. It was also gathered that the target, husband to a police officer and father of five grown-up children, who is in...

Unknown gunmen have unleashed a fresh attack in Akwa Ibom State killing about 12 cows and setting an INEC office on fire. According to the report, the assailants also launched another vicious attack on herdsmen killing at least 12 cows that were said to be grazing near a creek. The Independent...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked four villages in Gwer-West local government area of Benue State and killed five persons. It was gathered that three others including a pregnant woman were reportedly injured in the attack that happened in the early hours of Friday, April 30. The armed herdsmen were said to have escaped...

“He was targeted and killed after some of the Igbo he was fighting for gave out his details to the security forces,” a source explained. The Nigerian Army ‘s operation against the Eastern Security Network and Indigenous People of Biafra in Awomama Village, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo...

“The Presidency said recently that Nigerians would be shocked if it revealed the identities of those who are sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgents. Can you imagine that 400 Bureau De Change operators are the people funding the Boko Haram?” “The presidency is already saying their case is confidential. What...

Five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) have been arrested during an initiation ceremony held in a bush behind the school campus. The state police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu said the Police Rapid Response Team acted on a tip-off and burst into the initiation venue to stall...

A security team made up of officials of the Nigerian Army, the police and the State Security Service (SSS) has raided the headquarters of the Eastern security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the outlawed pro-Biafra group, IPOB. At least 11 people were killed in the ensuing battle including four...

Governor Hope Uzodinma has announced that 50 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent attacks in Imo state. Addressing newsmen after meeting President Buhari on Friday April 23, Uzodinma alleged that those funding this banditry are politicians. He also asked security agencies to make their names available to the press...

Boko Haram terrorists launched an attack in Geidam local government area of Yobe State on Friday evening, April 23. The insurgents shot sporadically, causing some residents to flee into the bush while others hid in their houses. Geidam is the hometown of the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba. According...

Boko Haram terrorists have released a new video showing children undergoing religious and combat training in a camp. HumAngle reports that the images show relatively young children dressed in combat-style clothing and balaclava participating in martial arts training, weapon handling training, and religious education class. At least two instructors and...

The 27 schoolboys and their teachers who were abducted from the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger state have been released. The students, three of their teachers, and 12 of their family members were abducted on Wednesday, February 17. A government official said they are on their way to Minna, the...

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawallen on Thursday, received three more repented bandits who surrendered their arms at the Government House, Gusau. Among the repented bandits was one Muhammadu Sani Zakwi, the son of late Buharin Daji, Muhammad Sani Zakwi, a one time notorious bandit leader.   Zakwi inherited the leadership of...

President Buhari has vowed that his administration will continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals who constitute a threat to innocent citizens across the country. The President said this when he spoke at the joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers on Thursday...

Abductors of the 27 students and three staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have threatened to starve them to death if the ransom they are demanding is not paid on time. Recall that on February 17, armed bandits dressed in military uniforms, stormed the school, shot a student...

A missing girl has been found in a hotel room with a 22-year-old man who lured her after meeting her on Snapchat. Tyler Thompson, 22, was arrested by police in Volusia County, Florida, on February 18 after being caught on camera in a dark room, shirtless, with an underage girl. The...

A father-to-be was killed after a device he was building for his baby's gender reveal party accidentally exploded. 28-year-old Christopher Pekny died in the blast on Sunday, February 21, which occurred in the town of Liberty, around 100 miles northwest of New York City. His brother, Michael Pekny, 27, was also...

Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed during an attempted kidnap on a United Nations convoy in the restive east of the vast central African country. A spokesperson for Virunga national park said the convoy from the World Food Programme was attacked at about 10.15am local time (0815 GMT) during...

Three people were reportedly shot in Atlanta during the filming of a music video for the rappers Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg on Sunday, February 21st.  Police responded to a shooting on Wells Street in southwest Atlanta at about 4 p.m. When they got there, they found a man, Peter...

Armed bandits have razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church and two homes in Kikwari village, Kajuru Local Government Area.  The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday February 21, said locals fled the area on receiving information...

A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Denver International Airport to make an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon, Febuary 20th, after the engine caught fire shortly after takeoff, sending aircraft debris on people's houses in Colorado.  The Boeing 777 which had 241 people on board returned to the...

A military aircraft has crashed in Abuja. The photos of the pilot and co-pilot can be found below: The aircraft, King Air 350 en-route to Minna crashed at Bassa Airport Village on Sunday morning, February 21, after reporting engine failure Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika confirmed the crash in a tweet and said it...

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, says the abducted staff and students of Government Science College Kagara in Niger state may regain their freedom today, February 21. Recall that on Wednesday, February 17, armed bandits dressed in military camouflage, stormed the school and abducted 27 students and shot one of the...

A 21-year-old psychiatric patient has been accused of killing two fellow patients and attacking two female nurses and a police officer at a German hospital.   The man who admitted himself to the psychiatric clinic in the northern town of Lüneburg, near Hamburg, on Thursday, February 18, allegedly attacked two older...

The Italian mafia has reportedly ordered ambulance drivers in Naples to stop using their sirens and flashing lights to disturb drug-dealers who mistake them for police. Over the weekend, two gang members stopped an ambulance and threatened to kill the driver for putting the siren on while travelling to an...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has once again raised alarm over plans by some elements to incite ethnic and religious violence across the country. The Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement released today February 3, said the latest developments indicates desperate efforts by these...

Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, has met with some notorious bandits in Zamfara State and has appealed to them to repent and stop their nefarious activities. Zamfara state has recorded several attacks from bandits. Recall that after the Kankara school boys were abducted, they were moved to Zamfara...

127 soldiers have reportedly resigned from the Nigerian army amid the worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in some parts of the country. In a memo obtained by Premium Times, it was gathered that the soldiers who are drawn from various formations of the army across the country are all of the...

At least six people have been killed and over 20 others injured in a suicide bombing at a crowded commercial area in Iraq's capital, Baghdad on Thursday, January 21, Iraq officials say. According to Iraqi media, the attacker detonated an explosive belt at a clothing market in Tayaran Square. Minutes later, there...

Ogun state governor, Dr Dapo Abiodun has banned tankers from using overhead bridges in the state. This comes after a tanker fell and exploded Tuesday, Jan 19, along Kuto – Okemosan road in Ogun state. The state governor visited the scene of the accident. He also visited victims of the fire...

Ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, the North American country's Department of Homeland Security has hired a private security for $1.6m for the event.  Documents obtained by TMZ revealed that the Department of Homeland Security awarded a private security company called Hana Industries Inc. a...

Experts are warning that far-right extremists are calling for more violence ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. This warning comes in the aftermath of the riot on the US Capitol after Trump supporters broke in and unleashed chaos. The attack on the Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan 6, led to the deaths of...

Gunmen suspected to be militants on Sunday, invaded Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and set ablaze about 20 houses. It was gathered that the armed men stormed Peremabiri in 50 speedboats in a bid to take control of the community from an ex-militant leader, Paul Eris,...

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of over 300 students from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, last Friday December 11. HumAngle reports that in a 4 minutes 28 seconds audio released on Monday night December 14, the leader of the deadly terror group, Abubakar...

First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has reportedly relocated to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. According to Sahara Reporters, Mrs Buhari reportedly hinged her decision to relocation on the insecurity in Aso Rock. Read the report by Sahara Reporters below.. First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since September...

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has launched a security outfit known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN), which it said will protect the south-east and south-south from criminal activities.  Spokesperson of the proscribed group, Emma Powerful who made the announcement on Sunday December 13, said the outfit is a replica of Amotekun...

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, has accused some herdsmen in the state of attacking its officials and destroying a farmland in Osi Community in Akure North Local Government Area of the state. Disclosing this to newsmen, the state Commander of Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, said the officials had received a distress...

A woman has been electrocuted in Russia after suffering a massive electric shock when her charging phone fell in her bath. Olesya Semenova, 24, was found by her flatmate at their home in Russian city Arkhangelsk. 'I screamed, shook her, but she was pale, did not breathe and showed no signs of...

According to the Nation reports, the bullion vans were impounded by the police in Lagos for moving cash without security escorts. The bullion vans, intercepted by operatives attached to the Area J command, Ajah, were said to be loaded with money belonging to commercial banks. Lagos Commissioner of Police (CP) Hakeem...

President Muhammadu Buhari has again reacted to the killing of 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari community of Borno state.  The Nigerian President in a statement released on Monday November 30, said the Armed Forces have been given the marching order to take the fight to the insurgents,...

More than 43 farmers from Zabarmari, a farming community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State were slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists. The incident happened on Saturday, November 28, at Koshebe village, in Mafa Local Government Area while the victims were working in a rice field. One Mohammed Chiroma from Borno State, shared...

Residents of Zabarmari in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State have claimed that the killing of rice farmers in the community would have been avoided if the Nigerian military had taken action after being informed of the impending attack. According to Daily Trust, one of the surviving villagers, who gave his...

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum has reacted to the killing of rice farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents.  NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi who described the killing as “obnoxious, wicked, unwarranted and morally reprehensible”, added that it raises serious questions on the general security situation in the...

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Sunday morning, November 29, led kinsmen and other shocked residents of Zabarmari community for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by suspected members of Boko Haram.  Though the victims lived in Zabarmari, a farming community in Jere Local Government Area of the state famous for rice...

A new report released by the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) has ranked Nigeria, for the sixth consecutive year, as the third most terrorized country in the world. The report which was released on Wednesday, November 25, ranked Afghanistan as the number one most terrorized country in the world, followed by Iraq. Syria,...

Al-Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of orchestrating the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed by Israeli agents in Iran in August, The New York Times reported. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, aka Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle on the streets of...

ISIS-linked militants have beheaded more than 50 people and chopped up the bodies of the victims in a brutal attack in northern Mozambique, according to reports. The militants carried out the mass executions in a football field. They decapitated and chopped up the bodies of villagers in the Cabo Delgado...

A Nigerian woman has made a passionate appeal to the Nigerian government to come to her rescue in Oman where she is being presently held in captivity. Najeeb Rukoyat Kemi, 28, from Ikire town in Osun State left for Oman in November 2016, to search for greener pasture after being talked into...

A young girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the Turkish city of Izmir, four days after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Greece, killing more than 100 people.  “We have witnessed a miracle in the 91st hour,” Izmir mayor Tunc Soyer tweeted. “Rescue...

Photos of the Tunisian terrorist who killed three people in a church in Nice have been released, as well as photos of his victims. Killer Brahim Aoussaoui is pictured smiling as he entered mainland Europe just weeks before killing three people at a Catholic church in Nice. The picture was taken...

US forces on Saturday October 31, rescued an American citizen taken hostage by armed men earlier this week in Niger and held in the northern part of the country.  The mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to free the U.S. citizen, Philip Walton, 27, before his abductors...

A woman miraculously survived despite having a bullet in her head for 5 days. The skincare therapist named Favour Grey suffered a gunshot wound to the head, her sister Valentina Grey revealed. Sharing photos of Favour after she was shot, X-ray of the bullet in her head, and the bullet after it...

A policeman and six members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have reportedly been killed in a gunfight in Yobe state. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Dungus Abdulkarim told Channels Television that they are still gathering more information to give a definite number of casualties. It was however gathered that the gunfight ensued...

South African Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has launched investigation into the death of Nigerian man, Chukwualuka Innocent Okenna, after he was allegedly assalted in the cell by police officers in Witbank. IPID is the state agency responsible for delivering justice to families who have lost loved ones to police...

Nigerians have reacted to creation of a new unit named Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, as replacement for the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). According to a statement from the Force Public Relations Officer DCP Frank Mba, it is expected that the unit will fill the gaps arising from the dissolution of the...