Crime

Alleged killing of Army couple in Imo State: Probing questions for the military

Alleged killing of Army couple in Imo State: Probing questions for the military

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, NNEWI THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday dismissed the alleged killing of an Army couple allegedly attending their wedding in Imo State, describing not clear, questionable and a smokescreen by the military to invade Imo State in order to kill innocent people. The pro-Biafra group said that it has conducted an investigation and has come to the conclusion that no Igbo family has lost any soldiers in recent time in any part of South East, wondering how the Army came about the alleged killing of the soldier couple. IPOB described the reported killing of the soldier…
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Abba Kyari: Drug baron with 103 bank accounts nabbed at Lagos airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, who it described as the billionaire drug baron behind the N3bn tramadol deal involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former leader of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. A statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said he was arrested “after months of surveillance and evading arrest.” According to Babafemi, Ukatu, who is the chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies, was nabbed onboard a flight to Abuja at the MM2 terminal of the Lagos airport, Ikeja, on Wednesday, April 13. He said, “Investigations…
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Embark on road tour to prove Nigeria safer under Buhari – APC stalwart to Lai Mohammed

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Jonathan Vatsa, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to tour the country by road to prove that Nigeria is safer under President Muhammad Buhari as he claimed. Vatsa, a former Commissioner for Information and Culture in Niger State, told newsmen in Minna that the security situation facing the nation has continued to deteriorate on a daily basis with no end in sight. Asking Lai Mohammed to withdraw the statement credited to him, he said, “when you sit down in Abuja and be issuing statements just to protect…
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Resign now, you’ve destroyed, divided Nigerians,  Bishop Kukah blasts President

Resign now, you’ve destroyed, divided Nigerians,  Bishop Kukah blasts President

…Insecurity, poverty,  others driving Nigerians into despair, Bishops Obinna, Onuoha …It’s sad that Nigerians now pay taxes, levies to terrorists, bandits —LAGOS CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP, ADEWALE MARTINS By Chidi Nkwopara, Gabriel Olawale & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo, ABUJA Catholic and Anglican Archbishops from across the country yesterday in their Easter messages decried the high level of insecurity in the country, with some calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, having failed to protect lives and property, which they felt was the fundamental reason for the existence of government. They include the Bishop, Diocese of Kaduna, Anglican Communion, Timothy Yahaya, the Bishop of Kaduna…
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Sheikh Gumi reveals why bandits started killing victims

Sheikh Gumi reveals why bandits started killing victims

Popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has disclosed that something made bandits start killing their victims. Gumi said bandits were out to avenge the killing of their family members by the military through airstrikes. Speaking at a retreat on inclusive security organized by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja, the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar said that the bandits were victims seeking justice. He noted that it was important for the federal government to meet with bandits urgently before they become uncontrollable. Gumi said: “We all know that bandits initially don’t kill people. They only kidnap people to get…
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