A Pretoria high court on Thursday, May 27, sentenced a convicted serial rapist who raped and robbed 56 women across Pretoria suburbs for five years, to 1,088 years in prison. 33-year-old Sello Abram Mapunya was convicted on Wednesday, May 26, for 41 rapes and 40 separate housebreakings and house robberies, as well as assault with the…
The Zamfara state government has said that repentant bandits have surrendered 203 sophisticated firearms, under the state government peace accord. The state Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Garba Dauran, made this known to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday, May 27. According to Dauran, 2,566 live ammunition, 64 magazines, two handcuffs, and 887 locally fabricated Dane…
11 persons who were recently abducted along Bwari Axis and held hostage at an unknown location by gunmen have been rescued by a joint security operation led by the Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The police tactical squad, operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) raided the criminals’…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced the suspension of the license of Human Rights Radio. (Berekete Family) NBC issued a statement today, after meeting with the owner, Ahmed Isah, who host the Berekete Family Show on the station. Isah, who had been caught in a BBC documentary assaulting an interviewee, was at the meeting…
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned that current moves by some stakeholders to push for the legalisation of cannabis in Nigeria will rob the country of the gains so far made in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking in the…
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar lll has stated that Nigerians should not deceive themselves that things are alright. He made the comment during a National Security Summit in Abuja. “Let us not deceive ourselves that things are alright, things are not alright,” the revered traditional ruler said. “We know it and we see it. For…
A bandit attack at Dangeza village, Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina state has been repelled by police officers. The state police spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah also revealed that four bandits were killed while others fled into the forest with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. Isah said; ”On Wednesday, at about 16:30hrs, DPO of Batsari led…
Nigeria’s president, President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated Children’s Day with children in the State House today, May 27th. More photos below:-
President Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. He takes over from Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash last Friday, May 21. Before his appointment, Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander…
Two policemen have been killed during an attack by bandits in Magami town in Gusau local government area of Zamfara state. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, said “The attack by the criminals was successfully repelled, while an unspecified number of bandits were neutralized with many…