Suspected gunmen who killed a pregnant woman in Kwara state have demanded N30 million ransom for her abducted husband. The source said: “They have asked the family to pay N30 million ransom before we could secure his release. But we Read more…
Category: Security
Sunday’s emergence of “highly-classified” documents linked to a British warship’s incursion into Russian waters near Crimea, days after it occurred, amounts to a “bunch of lies” to cover it up, Russia’s foreign ministry has said. According to British state broadcaster Read more…
• Pledge allegiance to AlKhuraishi The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram are back together almost two months after their differences boiled over, resulting in the death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Commanders of the Read more…
■ Police in P’Harcourt nab prime suspect, 3 accomplices at large Just as the blood of the biblical Abel cried unto God after Cain murdered him out of jealousy, nemesis has caught up with 27-year-old Prince Reuben, a land dealer in Port Read more…
Through his eccentric interventions and conversations, is ex-soldier and respected Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, seemingly supporting the evolution of a rogue Nigerian state? Louis Achi asks Today, many Nigerians are uncertain about their values, their leadership and their safety. Read more…
Unknown gunmen have killed a pregnant woman in Offa local government area of Kwara State and kidnapped her husband. The deceased simply identified as Hauwa was said to be the wife of Lukman Ibrahim, a phone and accessories dealer in Read more…
Mrs. Olayemi Odetomi, who was the wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters during the late governor Abiola Ajimobi’s tenure, Mr. Peter Odetomi, has been murdered by gunmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Mrs. Odetomi Read more…
By Victor C. Ariole If God made the cheetah, he evidently put a lot of effort into designing a superb killer: fast, fierce, keen-eyed… with a brain dedicated to ruthlessly killing gazelles… He made both fast, so each could thwart the Read more…
Shekh Ahmad Gumi, the Kaduna based Islamic scholar, has denied either being quizzed or invited for questioning by the Department of State Security (DSS). The Sheikh was reported to have been with the DSS for questioning over remarks he allegedly Read more…
Miscommunication is poison in international affairs. A state can send a signal to another, but it’s not the one intended. Given human nature, this is inevitable. But when military power is involved, the consequences can be dire. This was the Read more…
US authorities have apparently seized the web domains of Iran’s international media outlets Press TV and Al-Alam, along with the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah, run by the Houthi faction, and an Iraqi Shia satellite channel. Visitors to the three Read more…
Distraught wife of Titus Badejo, the radio presenter who was shot dead in Ibadan on Saturday, Adebisi, has urged Oyo State governor, Mr Seyi Makinde and the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko to ensure killers of Read more…