Crime Archives - Page 59 of 67

Oct

07

2021

Open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari: Before your first shot on Southeast; check the cost!

Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, News, PoliticsComr Amos Kalu, Crime, Emeka Kalu, IPOB, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

HE, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (Rtd) GCFRC)The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, State House,Abuja. Your Excellency, For all the positions I have taken on political discourse as it affects Nigeria's continued existence, I have never advocated for violence as resolving solutions to any issue, not even a means for an end as the cost is always painful and costlier than the output. Therefore, I condemn any person or group of persons adopting any form of violence or civil disobedience as an option to register any grievances, 'factual or perceived, For the umpteenth time in my advocacies, I've always emphasised that…

Sep

28

2021

By OHAFIATV

DIA: Local blacksmiths now manufacture AK-47 rifle

Metro, PoliticsCrime, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Security

The Defence Intelligence Agency has said some blacksmiths in Nigeria now have the expertise to manufacture assault weapons such as AK-47. The DIA noted that while blacksmiths and the rifles they traditionally produce are an integral part of some cultures in the country, some blacksmiths now produce more sophisticated weapons — a development he said posed a security threat. Representing the DIA at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence on four security-related bills in Abuja on Monday, Air Commodore F. G. Okoyi said, “The cautionary attachment to blacksmith skills, as well as the…

Sep

20

2021

By OHAFIATV

Ikpeazu demands arrest as robbers kill Abia SSS student, injure others

Abia State, Education, Metro, PoliticsAbia State, Crime, Herdsmen, Metro, Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, Security

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed a Senior Secondary School 3 student of the Marist Comprehensive Academy, Uturu, Abia State, Donald Edeh. The hoodlums also reportedly robbed motorists and passengers who were en route to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from Enugu State. The incident, which happened at a failed spot on Ihube Road, in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, threw the community into panic. Marist, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed the killing of the student. The statement read, “Some students from Marist Comprehensive Academy, Uturu, Abia State, were attacked by bandits around Ihube Road in Okigwe LGA…

Sep

03

2021

By OHAFIATV

5,890 terrorists surrendered in past three weeks, says military

MetroAfrica, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Security

Defence Media Operations (DMO) has disclosed that in the past few weeks, a total of 5,890 terrorists, comprising foot soldiers, field commanders and their families, have surrendered to counter-insurgency troops in the North East. Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, who made the disclosure, yesterday, also said another 565 Boko Haram terrorists, comprising three Commanders, four Amirs, five Nakibs and five cattle rustling specialists (out of the surrendered terrorists and their family members), were handed over to the Borno State government in Maiduguri for further action after discreet profiling. Onyeuko, who briefed newsmen at Defence Headquarters on developments…

Aug

14

2021

By OHAFIATV

Plateau crisis: 22 killed, 14 injured, 21 others rescued – Police

MetroCrime, Metro, Nigeria, Security

The Plateau Police Command has confirmed that as a result of the skirmishes that took place on Saturday morning at Rukuba road area of Jos North LGA of the State, 22 persons lost their lives and 14 others were injured. The Command also said 21 persons were rescued from the scene of the incident. This was disclosed by the Spokesman of the Command, ASP Gabriel Ogaba, in Jos, the State Capital. Ogaba said, “On 14th August 2021 at about 09:28 hours, the Plateau State Police Command received a distress call that a group of attackers suspected to be Irigwe youths…