Amnesty demands justice for man who died in Imo police custody
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Imo State Government and police authorities to implement a coroner’s recommendations into the death of 32-year-old Japheth Njoku in police custody at Tiger Base, Owerri, and ensure accountability for those found responsible. The organisation made the call in a statement posted on its X platform on Sunday, following […]
I became armed robber after I dropped out in JSS 3 – 16-yr-old who rapes older women confesses
A 16-year-old boy has narrated to an Akure Chief Magistrate’s court how he robbed and raped some older women in the Okitipupa council area of Ondo State.
Troops kill scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters in Borno
By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri An unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be ISWAP group have been killed by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in an attempt to infiltrate Biu Local government area of Borno state on Saturday. Biu is south and about 180km drive along the easiest Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was […]
Update: Armed Boko Haram ISWAP wreck havoc on Kautikari village of Chibok
Armed Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be member of ISWAP group who invaded Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area in Borno state have killed four residents with abduction of unspecified number of women and children, as more are still missing, fleeing residents told Vanguard on Saturday morning
No police officer abducted by Boko Haram, says Borno CP
By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdul Umar, has said no mobile police officer was abducted by Boko Haram during an attack on Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza. The police chief, who admitted that there was an attack on the college, said the insurgents were successfully repelled by policemen. Umar, […]
Locals flee Zaria community over banditry
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Inhabitants of Tashar Mai Tashi in the Dutsen Aba ward of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State were relocating to places they considered safe due to series of bandits attacks on the area. Within the last 48 hours, locals said bandits who invaded the community kidnapped nine residents and took them […]
