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We’re Prepared for the Threat of ISWAP, Southwest Governors Warn Terrorist Organization

South West state governors
South West state governors have stated that they are prepared to take on the northern fundamentalist organization, ISWAP, if and when necessary. Following their meeting yesterday in Lagos, they announced that they had decided to create a combined surveillance monitoring team to supervise and coordinate security activities throughout the area, as well as to designate special advisors on security in each state. In order to promote interstate cooperation and reduce food inflation, the meeting also decided to establish the Food Inflation Joint Monitoring Team. The six governors of the Southwest convened at Lagos House in Ikeja to address important zonalRead More

Cultists Kill Four Close To FCT Minister’s Residence

Recovered firearms
Suspected cultists have turned a slum in Abuja, Kuchibena, into a slaughter slab, killing four persons in a spate of eight days. Incidentally, the slum is within the purview ofRead More

Ebonyi To Sanction Council Chairmen Over Killings In Their Domains

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the local government council chairmen, Development Centre Coordinators and traditional rulers will henceforth be held accountable for any further killing within theirRead More

Kidnapped Ondo Varsity Lecturer Regains Freedom

Adekunle Ajasin University
Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University lecturer, Mr. Mayowa Adinlewa, who was kidnapped last week on the Akure-Ikere road, has been freed. Flavision had reported the kidnap of Mayowa at aRead More

Four Persons Abducted In Ekiti Midnight Raid

Bandits and kidnappers with their victims
No fewer than four persons were yesterday kidnapped by gunmen during a midnight raid at Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Eyewitnesses in the community confirmedRead More

Police Rescue 10 Kidnap Victims In Edo

Nigerian police
Police have rescued 10 kidnap victims who were intercepted by hoodlums in Edo State recently. The victims were said to have been travelling from one of the eastern states toRead More

Niger Gov: Terrorists, Bandits Have Formed Alliance

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has raised the alarm that bandits and terrorists have now formed an alliance to wreak havoc on innocent people in communities in theRead More

FG Attacking Peaceful Protesters While Bandits Are Killing Innocent Nigerians – Shiites Leader, El-Zakzaky

Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky has said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led government has no solution to the insecurity ravaging all parts of theRead More

Group: How IPOB, ESN Are Connected To Akunyili’s Murder, Unrest In South-east

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
A human rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law says some persons who defected from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are responsible for killingsRead More

Minister: Insurgency Stalling Construction Of $150m North-east AfDB Water Project

Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Hussein Adamu
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Hussein Adamu has revealed that the activities of the insurgents in the north-eastern part of the country has stalled the African Development BankRead More

UK Declares Readiness To Return Ill-gotten Wealth

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa
The United Kingdom(UK) High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, has said her country is ready to return ill-gotten wealth to Nigeria. Laing disclosed this during a visit to the Executive Chairman ofRead More