The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has said that he sees the war against insurgency in Nigeria ending soon. Attahiru who assumed office on January 26 said this while interacting with troops of Special Army Super Camp Ngamdu during his maiden operational tour on troops’ locations in the theatre in Borno on…
The alleged mastermind of the abduction of some students from a secondary school in Kankara, Katsina state, Auwalun Daudawa, has “repented” and surrendered his ammunition. The Cable reports that Daudawa and five of his lieutenants surrendered 20 AK 47 rifles, ammunition, and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher to the Zamfara state government on Monday, February 8….
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has said that efforts being made by a prominent northern Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to woo bandits to lay down arms and embrace peace may be an exercise in futility. The Governor said the bandits were used to getting big money and would find it difficult…
The nurses at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State on Monday staged a protest on the premises of the hospital over the alleged beating of their colleagues by some relatives of a dead patient. It was gathered that the relatives of the dead patient, who was brought to the hospital on Saturday, stormed the…
Mr. John Makama, father of Bwari Area Council Chairman, Mr. John Gabaya, and two others who were kidnapped on Tuesday, Feb. 2. have regained freedom. Recall that unknown gunmen had on Tuesday last week stormed the home of the victims, shot sporadically into the air before kidnapping them around 1 am. News of their release…
Operations Safe Haven (OPSH) has arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, Adamu Uwar, who allegedly abducted a woman in Plateau state. The Commander of the OPSH, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, who paraded the suspects alongside others on Friday, said Uwar had lured one Zuwaria Mohammed, to Guratop in Rayfield area of Jos North under the pretense…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel ended on a very controversial note after the ruling of the Presiding Judge. The four members of the panel disagreed with the ruling of Justice Okwuobi for allowing the reopening of the Lekki Toll Plaza despite Lekki Conccession Company’s lack of co-operation in the investigation. In a detailed video report…
According to Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant, the Almajiri system produced some of the affluent men in the country including Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; as well as the founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu; amongst others. Garba, who spoke on a PUNCH Live programme over the weekend, also said he was once…
The Federal Capital Territory police command acting on credible intelligence has arrested six suspected kidnappers along the Apo axis. A statement released by the spokesperson of the FCT police command, ASP Yusuf Mariam, gave the identities of the suspects as Frank Ozor 26yrs, Nweke Uche 19yrs, Chester Uzor 25yrs, Chukwu Bethrand 27 yrs, Chukwu Samuel 25yrs…
About eleven people, including three Almajiris, have been killed in an oil tanker explosion. The explosion happened in the Gawu area of Abaji Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The incident happened on Sunday when a tanker was trying to avoid colliding with a truck. After noticing that the oil was leaking,…