The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said the Federal Government’s determination to crush banditry remains unwavering now that the Court has granted an application filed by his Office declaring bandits groups as terrorist organisations. Malami disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by his…
A 30-year-old woman has been arrested for supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara. Parading the woman in Gusau on Friday, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba N. Elkana said the woman, Fatima Lawali was arrested on Thursday, October 25 at about 9.30 pm. The suspect, who hails from the Kaura-Namoda Local…
GIOTV reports that abductors of the principal, vice principal, and three N-Power teachers of Auga Community Grammar School in Akoko Area of Ondo State have demanded ₦35 million ransom to release them. The wife of the principal, Hellen Adeyemi, who confirmed this in a telephone call, said they had no capacity to raise the ₦35m….
GIOTV reports that the Federal Government has lifted the ban imposed on Emir. Minister of Aviation, Senator. Hadi Sirika, said the ban was lifted after “painstaking negotiations” with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Emirate’s home country.Nigeria had barred Emirates flights on Emirates.The Minister assured that the relationship between Nigeria and UAE remains strong. “Today, we…
Suspected kidnapper, Ayo Samuel, has narrated how a church member of a Deeper Life Pastor, one Dayo, organised the abduction of his pastor, Otamayomi Ogedengbe in Akure, the Ondo State capital. GIOTV recalls that Pastor Ogedengbe was kidnapped in his church at Irese in Ifedore council area of the state in May this year. The…
Police in Niger State said they have rescued eight persons kidnapped at Sarkin Pawa Forest of Munya Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement issued in Minna on Thursday that the rescued victims were kidnapped on Sunday in the local government area on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Abiodun said…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have attacked Te’egbe village in Miango District, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed several people including children. It was gathered that several houses were set ablaze while many people sustained injuries during the attack which occurred in the early hours of Friday, November 26, A spokesman…
A former President of Nigeria has revealed where Boko Haram is going to recruit its next fighters. According to Olusegun Obasanjo, Boko Haram will soon target out-of-school children and recruit them as fighters. Obasanjo said this while addressing participants at the presidential youth mentorship retreat held at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library,…
Femi Emmanuel, the Presiding Pastor of the Living Spring International Chapel, has advised Nigerian youths to shun street protests. He said they should rather participate in grassroots politics to save the country from political gladiators. He further stated that political debates and analyses on the television, radio and newspapers cannot solve Nigeria’s problems until patriotic,…
After spending more than 150 days in captivity, bandits have freed one of the remaining four Bethel Baptist High school students in Kaduna. According to the President, Baptist Conference, who is also the proprietor of the school, Rev. Ishaya Jangado, the students numbering 121 were kidnapped by bandits in the early hours of July 5,…