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Insecurity: Zone 11 Police Command AIG gives criminals red card

By Editor May 6, 2023 126 0

By Clement Adeyi The AIG of Zone 11 Police Command, Kayode Akande, has warned criminals in Oyo and Osun states to relocate from the zone. He also warned criminals who live in other states but come to Oyo and Osun states to commit crime and run back, to desist from the act. The police boss […]Continue Reading

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IGP Lauds Uzodimma, Commissions 10 APCs Donated to Police by Governor

By Editor August 17, 2022 137 0

By Daniel Adaji Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has commended Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for his efforts in ensuring that security operatives are provided with materials needed for the security of lives and property of the citizenry. He spoke on Tuesday in Owerri while commissioning 10 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and […]Continue Reading

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Benue Catholic priest, shot dead while caring for IDPs, buried amidst tears

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 21, 2021 259 0

Tears flowed freely from family, parishioners, and friends of the murdered Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ferdinand Fanen Ngugban, 38, as his remains were finally interred a few days ago, precisely on April 13, 2021. Ngugban was killed alongside six others on March 30, 2021, by loyalists of the late wanted criminal kingpin, Terwase Akwaza, popularly […]Continue Reading

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How self-help ‘ethnic armies’ fill void of inadequate security in Benue

By Theophilus Abbah April 12, 2021 187 0

The deteriorating insecurity across the country has forced Governments and citizens to constitute alternative groups in order to secure their spaces. In Benue, ‘ethnic armies’ are emerging. The inadequate manpower facing the established security operatives – military, police, civil defence among others – coupled with the overwhelming insecurity appeared in Continue Reading

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How UK group wants killings in Nigeria tackled

By Theophilus Abbah April 10, 2021 209 0

The United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has made far-reaching recommendations to the Federal Government on how to tackle the killing of Christians and destruction of properties, especially in the North-Central and North-East, by marauding Fulani herdsmen in the name of herder-farmers conflict. The Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Crucial actors left out in Nigeria’s South-West deal with herders

By Theophilus Abbah January 27, 2021 222 0

Theophilus Abbah Frayed nerves were relaxed as governors of South-West states signed a peace pact with the leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on January 25, 2021. The pact neutralized the tension generated by the ‘quit notices’ issued to Fulani by Governor Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, and activist Sunday Igboho, who operates Continue Reading

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How Nigeria police track, lure, arrest journalists – CPJ

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 17, 2020 155 0

By Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Senior Africa Researcher As reporters for Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper, Samuel Ogundipe and Azeezat Adedigba told CPJ they spoke often over the phone. They had no idea that their regular conversations about work and their personal lives were creating a record of their friendship. On August 9, 2018, Ogundipe published an article […]Continue Reading

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5 Questions for Army over killing of police operatives

By Theophilus Abbah August 9, 2019 291 0

The word ‘waste’ erupts in the mind as one imagines the unnecessary killing of three elite police officers in Taraba State this week. As an evidence of the lack of cooperation among security agencies fighting terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery and communal violence, army personnel were those involved in the senseless shooting. In the last one […]Continue Reading

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Common Sense, Truth and Public Relations

By Theophilus Abbah May 14, 2019 198 0

By AFAM BELOLISA On occasion, I have half-joked to my lawyer-friends that most legal principles and practice are simply based on common sense (even if they are sometimes expressed in Latin!) For instance, except with regard to the filing of ex parte motions, why would a defendant’s counsel be expected to appear in a matter […]Continue Reading

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Is Nigeria a failing state?

By Theophilus Abbah April 23, 2019 173 0

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, mentioned the forbidden word ‘fail’ in his statement in reaction to the killing of Faye Mooney, a Briton, and two other persons at Kajuru Castle last week. One of the two was Matthew Oguche, a 27-year-old, agriculture enthusiast. Senator Sani remarked thus, “The North has lost its peace and […]Continue Reading

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51 pastors kidnapped in 2 years

By Theophilus Abbah September 26, 2018 227 0

Kidnappers demand N1 billion ransom Edo, Delta and Kaduna top list of most dangerous states for pastors In the last two years not less than 51 pastors and priests of various denominations and churches were  kidnapped in Nigeria. Also, ransom figures put at about N1 billion was demanded from them and their loved ones. This […]Continue Reading