Security Archives - Page 54 of 62

Jun

23

2022

Troops intercept explosives, ammunition in Cross River

Metro, NewsCrime, Nigeria, Security

By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of 13 Brigade operating under 82 Division Nigerian Army on Tuesday, intercepted a vehicle laden with explosives and assorted ammunition around Utanga village toward Obudu Mountains in Cross River. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, said a Toyota Camry car with registration number JAL 492 AA was used to convey the weapons. Nwachukwu said the troops deployed at Forward Operating Base Amana attempted to stop the vehicle at their checkpoint but the driver evaded the checking and zoomed off. He said the driver’s recalcitrance compelled the troops to open…

Jun

23

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Amotekun arrests suspects in connection with recent Owo massacre

NewsAmotekun, Bandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Nigeria, Religion, RIP, Security

The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, has revealed that some of the suspects involved in the June 5 terror attack at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, have been apprehended. According to Adeleye, the vehicle that the gunmen used to escape from the scene of the attack had also been retrieved as well as some of the instruments used. The Amotekun Commander disclosed this while parading 71 suspected criminals at the command’s headquarters on Thursday. Adeleye, who did not give the actual figure of the suspects arrested in connection with the attack,…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Insecurity: Abia May Become Unruly If Noting Is Done Now – OMPAN Warns, Advises Abia Govt

Abia State, PoliticsCrime, Next Level, Nigeria, OMPAN, Politics, Security

Worried by the increasing wave of kidnapping, and killings in the state, the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) Abia Chapter, has warned that insecurity in Abia may become unruly. The high wave of kidnapping within and outskirt of the state has been a concern to the Abians. It also noted that many natives of the Uturu community and students of the Abia State University,(ABSU), Uturu, have been abducted and made to pay the ransom while others lost their lives while held hostage. A press statement released by the Association on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, stressed the need for…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

IPOB attacks Buhari over pipeline vandalism comment – ‘You’re a disgrace, uninformed liar’

Economy, Metro, NewsCrime, IPOB, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Security

By Seun Opejobi The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for linking its members to pipeline vandalism., IPOB described Buhari’s remark linking IPOB to pipeline vandalism as laughable, disgraceful, and false. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, said Buhari’s comment has exposed how shallow-minded and uninformed he is about Nigeria’s affairs. A statement by Powerful said: “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great and indefatigable leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the laughable, disgraceful and fallacious statement from the supposed President of Nigeria,…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari claims IPOB blowing up oil pipelines, funded by foreign countries

Economy, Metro, News, PoliticsBiafra, Crime, Freedom, IPOB, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

President Muhammadu Buhari has linked oil theft and pipeline vandalism to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Buhari said the vandalism and oil theft carried out by IPOB is responsible for the shortfall of the daily production quota in Nigeria. He disclosed this during a question and answer session with Bloomberg, a United States, US-based publication. The president urged foreign countries to designate IPOB as a terrorist organization. He accused the international communities of funding the separatist group. Buhari claimed IPOB was being funded through international financial networks. “Criminality and terrorism in oil-producing regions hamper production, and it would help…