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...
Six persons have been confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed at number 60, Odo street in Obalende, Lagos state today October 11.
According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, the building collapsed at about 5.55pm. Six fatalities including five men and one woman were recorded in...
Hawks have rescued 10 women from an alleged human trafficking ring and arrested five people in early morning raids in Rustenburg and Kuruman.
Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, who confirmed the development on Sunday, September 27, said the women are from Limpopo, Lesotho and Namibia and were trafficked to work...
No fewer than 30 persons were injured in the gas explosion that occurred at Iju Ishaga, Lagos State on Thursday, September 24.
According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, 15 vehicles and 23 buildings were destroyed in the explosion. Among the buildings affected are X and Y Event Center,...
At least eleven persons travelling for a funeral ceremony have died in a ghastly motor accident in Cross River State, while two people are said to be critically injured
The accident, which involved a white-coloured Hiace bus number plates EDA28XA, occurred around 10 a.m on Thurday, September 24, along the...
At least 25 persons were burnt to death after a petroleum tanker exploded in the Felele area in Kogi state this morning September 23.
Those said to have perished in the unfortunate incident include Kogi State Polytechnic students and some Primary School pupils who were on their way to school.
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A woman suspected to have sent an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to the White House, has been arrested.
Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, September 20, that she was arrested at the New York-Canada border.
The letter had been intercepted last week before it...
A three-story building belonging to a private school in the Ejigbo area in Lagos state collapsed on Saturday, September 19.
The affected school, Excel College, which is located at 15, Ansarudeen Street, Ile-Epo Bus-Stop, collapsed at about 8.15 am. So far, there are no reports of casualties recorded.
According to eyewitnesses, the...
The first picture of a murder victim whose body was found on fire on a south London street has been released by police.
Officers were called to Commonside East in Mitcham at 6.12am on Thursday, September 17, to reports of a "man on fire", the Metropolitan Police said. When police...
Georgian police have arrested the vice-president of the country’s rugby union, Merab Beselia, over the shooting of player Ramaz Kharazishvili.
Kharazishvili, 32, the former captain of the Georgian national Sevens team, was shot in the leg at the offices of the sport's governing body in the capital Tbilisi on Wednesday,...
Authorities in Uganda have launched a manhunt to recapture more than 200 prisoners who escaped from jail after stealing weapons and fled to the north-eastern part of the country.
The jailbreak occurred on Wednesday afternoon, September 16, near the army barracks in the district of Moroto in northeast Uganda.
The country's...
A video shared online has shown moment a businessman was kidnapped by some gunmen in Fordsburg, Johannesburg.
In the video shared by South African journalist Yusuf Abramjee, a man wearing a dark jacket was seen being taken out his vehicle by two assailants clad in white. They moved him towards another vehicle and...
The Lagos state police command is currently on the trail of a yet-to-be-identified man who allegedly shot one Kayode Oloruntoba in the stomach over Shawarma in the Alagbado area of Lagos State on Friday, September 11.
Punch reports that the unfortunate incident occurred after late Oloruntoba's friend, Kazeem Okikilola, went to Avid Bar...
A trailer fell on a car at Cele bus stop on Friday, September 11. Fortunately, no life was lost, according to an eye witness.
Photos from the scene show that the trailer crushed the car but the front of the car was spared, making it possible for the driver to...
At least 2 people have died after a plane crashed in Los Angeles on Friday, September 11.
The single-engine airplane crashed into a parking lot between two buildings at 7011 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Van Nuys, California.
The impact of the collision started a fire in the parking lot.
Emergency Medical Services, EMS, arrived at the scene...
A soldier in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly infecting his partner with HIV intentionally.
The 44-year-old staff sergeant stationed at the SANDF’s Special Forces Unit based in Phalaborwa, Limpopo was arraigned in court on Friday September 4.
News24 reported that the soldier who cannot be named to...
The U.S. Marshals Service found 39 missing children in Georgia following a two-week rescue mission known as "Operation Not Forgotten."
The agency announced in a press release on Thursday, August 27, that the operation led to the rescue of 26 children and the safe location of 13 others. Nine suspects...
Prosecutors are planning to seek a harsher sentence for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is one of four charged for the murder of George Floyd.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison informed Peter Cahill, the judge in Floyd murder case he will be seeking a harsher...
A nature lover who reared two rare white lions from when they were cubs was mauled to death by them in a horror attack.
Conservationist West Mathewson, 68, was playfully wrestling his beloved lionesses Demi and Tanner on Wednesday, August 26, when one of them turned on him.
His wife Gill, 65, attempted...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 607 cartons containing 11,785,800 tramadol tablets in Lagos.
NDLEA's spokesperson, Mr Jonah Achema confirmed this on Wednesday August 26, and also disclosed that the Chairman of the agency, Muhammad Abdallah said the interception and investigation were with the assistance and cooperation of the Customs Area...
A boat driver identified as Happiness Elebiju has been arraigned in court by the Lagos state government over the death of 12 persons onboard his boat in Ilashe waterfront community in July.
The driver who was arraigned on a 10 count charge bordering on involuntary manslaughter on Monday August 24, was...
A clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and operatives of the Department of State Security DSS has left at least three persons dead and several others injured at Emene, Enugu state today August 24.
According to reports, trouble started at about 7:00am when some policemen invaded Community Secondary School in Emene where...
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have attacked Kukawa, a town in Borno State, and reportedly abducted over 100 persons.
According to sources in the Civilian Joint Task Force, the insurgents drove into the town with over 20 trucks and announced their entry with sporadic gunshots, engaging the Nigerian troops stationed in the town...
A 40-ft container loaded with Tramadol and other banned medicines has been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Brawal Terminal in Lagos.
NDLEA Chairman, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (Retd) confirmed the interception and further revealed that the drug which is one of the banned medicines in the country was...
The federal government has approved N13.3 billion for the take-off of community policing nationwide.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who presided over the meeting in which the approval was made, said the decision was taken after a report by the adhoc committee on security and policing headed by Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, was submitted...
The trial of the owner and driver of the truck carrying an unlatched container that fell and crushed two workers of the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria FAAN, Chidinma Ajoku, and her colleague, Chima Nnaekpe, and one other person, commenced at the Lagos State High Court on Thursday, August 20.
Chidinma and Chima boarded a...
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the death of three soldiers in a clash with insurgents in Kukawa town of Borno State.
Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations (DDMO), Major General John Enenche disclosed that 8 terrorists were killed in the clash which also left two other soldiers injured.
Eneche maintained that the attack...
The Nigerian embassy in Canada has been shut down following an attack launched against its staff.
The comission in a statement shared on its official website, said it had devised a system in which citizens with emergency cases were attended to strictly by appointment that allowed a limited number of people...
Suspected Boko Haram members have attacked Magumeri community in Borno State, destroying the only functional telecommunications mast, a hospital recently equipped by the Borno State Government and other facilities.
According to reports, the insurgents invaded the community at about 4pm on Monday, August 17, shooting sporadically. The military airstrike engaged the...
Minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello has disclosed that the Chinese mining company operating in the nation’s capital has no lease to mine gold.
In a meeting with the minister of water resources Suleiman Adamu on Tuesday August 18, Bello who confirmed that Hongao Mining Company Limited acted against...
Some Ghanaian policemen have been spotted in a viral video harassing and forcefully shutting a shop belonging to a Nigerian businessman in Accra, capital of the West African country.
The Nigerian businessman who challenged the officials clearly stated that he has paid both his company tax and all other necessary fees even before...
King of Bahrain arrived Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, with his eight-foot Robot Bodyguard known as Titan.
Robot Titan, it was gathered, can speak 6 languages. It can also sing and dance and entertain its audience.
It can rescue the king literally carry him from mobs and can also physically fight, chase,...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has inaugurated indigenous security network code-named “Operation Amotekun”.
Akeredolu headed the inauguration ceremony of the “Ondo State Security Network Agency” which took placed Yesterday, August 11, 2020.
This is coming several months after the bill setting up the security outlet was passed into law by the...
Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria Houssam Diab on Friday August 14, stated that most Nigerian girls in Lebanon were not trafficked but entered the country legally.
Diab who said this during a visit to the Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja, further stated that the Nigerian ladies who recently cried out for help from...
President Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to exercise more patience in his administration's fight against insecurity.
In a statement released on Monday August 10, Buhari disclosed that they are investing heavily in acquiring modern equipment. He added that when the equipment arrive, security operatives will undergo training ahead of deployment to...
A popular Kano singer known as Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Sharia court in Kano for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.
According to the reports, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22 was convicted by an upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state...
UN, Commonwealth, ICC, EU, US, UK, Canada, Vatican, Australia, Brazil, Israel & others written & asked to intervene
1, 421 Christians Hacked To Death By Nigeria’s Jihadists In Seven Months Of 2020 (1st Jan-31st July)
Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law is continuously alarmed over ceaseless and untamed...
The United States government says members of the deadly Al-Qaeda insurgent group have started penetrating the North-Western part of Nigeria.
The Cable reports that Dagvin Anderson, commander of the US special operations command, Africa, made this known during a press briefing. According to the report, Anderson said
“We have engaged with Nigeria...
A 35-year-old man, Ajibola Olaoye, has been confirmed dead in a gas explosion that took place at Alafia bus stop beside Atlas, in Orile Iganmu, Lagos state on Monday, August 3.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said four other persons sustained various degrees...
Some 109 trafficked Nigerian girls have been evacuated back to the country through Mali, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has disclosed.
IOM disclosed this in a statement published on its website on Wednesday titled “Homecoming: 109 Stranded Nigerians Return from Mali Via Humanitarian Corridor“.
According to the humanitarian organisation, on 28...
The second victim who died when a 20-feet container fell on a bus has been identified as Chima Nnaekpe, 29.
On Sunday, July 27, two people were killed and three others were injured after a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway in Lagos...
Two commuters died on Sunday, July 26, when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus in Ojota, Lagos, crushing them (read here).
One of the victims has been identified as Chidinma Ajoku, aka Deedee, a staff of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN.
Chidinma was on her way home from...
President Buhari says Nigerians know that his administration has done its best in fighting insecurity.
A statement from the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President said this when he spoke to state house correspondents after observing the Eid El-Kabir prayers with his family members and...
Senator Ali Ndume, the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Army, has kicked against the reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters into the society.
The Nigerian Military last week, released 601 repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the community after they completed the Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration program organized by the...
