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Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:34

Terrorists impose N40.7m ‘protection levy’ on Zamfara communities

Six months after sacking a military base in the area, bandits have collected at least N40.7 million as protection levy from residents of Mutumji communities in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents said they delivered N9.7 million to the bandits on February 4 as the last instalment of the levy collected from various peasant communities in Mutumji. It would be recalled that bandits attacked the Forward Operating Base in Mutumji, killing nine Air Force, two police and one army personnel. The bandits reportedly also stole weapons and other equipment before setting the base ablaze. A traditional ruler in…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:26

Police report: Abba Kyari’s brother got N279m from Hushpuppi

Police investigations have revealed how members of a syndicate led by international scammer, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi paid N235, 120, 000 to a younger brother of a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. The probe also indicates that Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, equally funnelled N44m to his brother’s bank account in multiple transactions. However, the investigation report obtained by our correspondent on Monday, failed to disclose whether Kyari’s brother was acting as a proxy for his embattled elder brother who is currently in custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The DCP, who was…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:21

Gunmen kill three police officers in Ebonyi

Gunmen have reportedly killed three police officers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s Southeast. The officers were gunned down on Monday night in front of a police station along the Enugu-Abakaliki highway, a source said. The officers were said to be manning a roadblock in front of the station when the gunmen opened fire on them. The source said the gunmen were in a bus, and that the officers may have mistaken it for a commercial vehicle. “The remains of the three police (officers) have been deposited at a mortuary in Abakaliki after they were confirmed dead by doctors,” he said. The…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:11

Fraudsters are using bots to drain cryptocurrency accounts. This is how

Anders Apgar was out for dinner last month with his family, and his phone would not stop buzzing. It looked like a robocall, so he tried to ignore it. But the calls would not stop. Then his wife’s phone also started to ring. “When she picks it up, a banner came across, a notification that says, ‘Your account’s in jeopardy,’” he said. The warning, which he said was a text message, prompted him to pick up his phone. That was when the couple’s nightmare started. It’s the kind of nightmare many crypto account holders around the country are facing as…

Tuesday, 15 February 2022 06:14

Police arrest, handover Abba Kyari, 4 others to NDLEA

Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), has been transferred to the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA). The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had earlier announced the arrest of Kyari over alleged links with an international drug cartel. The NDLEA had on Monday declared the embattled Kyari and four other police officers wanted. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the NDLEA, had said the anti-drug agency strongly believes that “Kyari is a member of a drug cartel that operates the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria illicit drug pipeline”. Speaking after the police announced his arrest, Babafemi said Kyari and his alleged accomplices…

Monday, 14 February 2022 12:49

NDLEA declares suspended police operative Abba Kyari wanted over ‘links with international drug cartel’

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of NDLEA, announced the development, in a press briefing on Monday. Babafemi said the anti-drug agency decided to declare Kyari wanted because he did not honour the invitation sent to him. The Cable

Monday, 14 February 2022 06:14

Gunmen kill yet another 4 policemen in Enugu

Barely two days after some security officers were killed in Enugu State, another team of four policemen on stop-and-search duty at the outskirts of Enugu metropolis have been shot dead by armed hoodlums. The latest incident happened at about 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 12, at Obeagu community along Amaechi-Ekeotu-Agbani Town Road; leaving the road deserted till 7 p.m. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the attack but did not give the number of casualties. Ndukwe said: “Police operatives have been duly deployed and are on the trail of the unknown armed assailants. “You will be updated…

Monday, 14 February 2022 06:13

Niger villages deserted as terrorists kill 20, abduct scores in fresh attacks

Terrorists have invaded some communities in the Magama Local Government Area of Niger State and allegedly killed some residents, abducted others, mostly women and children, as well as rustled cattle. Chairman, Magama Local Government Council, Safiyanu Ibeto, who confirmed the incident, revealed that the terrorists invaded Mabirni, Zoma, Bado,Yangalu, Buga and Zabbi communities on Saturday. “The incident happened on Saturday and the bandits came in large numbers through the Mabirni community,” Ibeto said. He stated that the affected communities had been deserted, while some women and children were hiding in the bushes and others taking refuge in Kontagora, and appealed…

Sunday, 13 February 2022 06:27

Railway track vandalism forces train on trip from Ibadan to Lagos to a stop

Hoodlums activities on the railway track forced train movement on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway section to temporarily stop on Saturday. Passengers aboard the train which departed the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station in Ibadan at 8:30 am on Saturday, were said to have been forced to stop somewhere before Funmilayo Ransom Kuti, at the Papalanto area, due to the alleged removal of some components on the railway track by some vandals. A passenger, who is a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Feyi Leo, told our correspondent that fear gripped her and other passengers, when the train was forced to stop. Leo…

Friday, 11 February 2022 06:24

In daredevil operation, gunmen attack bulletproof bullion van, kill two police escorts, one civilian, cart away cash in Oyo

Two policemen and a civilian have been confirmed dead after armed robbers attacked a bullion van conveying money from a bank on Iwo Road to the Idi Ape area of Ibadan, Oyo State. It was gathered that one of the hoodlums was also killed during a shootout with the police. The incident happened around 1.35pm on Thursday in the Idi Ape area, where the robbers reportedly waylaid the bullion van. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the bullion van was heading towards the Gate area of Ibadan when the armed hoodlums, who were in a Toyota Sienna, overtook the van and…

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Friday, 11 February 2022 06:23

Gunmen attack police checkpoint, kill 3 officers in Enugu

There was pandemonium in the Enugu State capital on Thursday as gunmen attacked a police checkpoint and killed three policemen. The hoodlums were also said to have shot a point-of-sale operator in the leg. While making away with the operator’s money, they reportedly abducted a woman around the area. The incident, which happened around 1.20pm at a police checkpoint near Ulumalinda Estate, Maryland, in the Enugu South Local Government Area of the state, paralyzed economic activities in the state capital. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that the hoodlums operated for close to 30 minutes…

Thursday, 10 February 2022 06:22

Fierce gun battle brings down two soldiers, four separatists in Anambra

Four gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network, the paramilitary arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra, have been killed by troops of the Nigerian Army in Ihiala town, Anambra State. The troops were said to have engaged the ESN fighters in a gun duel after the latter allegedly invaded the community to enforce the sit-at-home order. An officer and a soldier were also killed in the encounter, while two soldiers were reportedly injured. A military source told one of our correspondents that one combat vehicle conveying the troops was involved in an accident during the operation.…

Thursday, 10 February 2022 06:20

Terrorists invade Southern Kaduna communities, kill seven, cut off bridge

No fewer than seven people were killed on Tuesday when terrorists attacked three communities in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Southern Kaduna Peoples Union Public Relations Officer, Luka Binniya, confirmed the incident to on Wednesday. According to him, the terrorists, in a well-coordinated attack, set ablaze many houses and lynched one person in Zaman Dabo, while six people were killed in Chibob and Sabon Kaura communities. Binniya explained that the terrorists invaded the villages in large numbers and opened fire on residents, destroying property worth millions of naira. “The terrorists also took advantage of the absence of…

Wednesday, 09 February 2022 06:27

Clampdown on illegal oil refineries in Rivers continues as pollution worsens

Civil servant and mother of four Grace Ekang has been having chest pains lately, and when she sneezes, black stains appear on her handkerchief. Inside her house in the Rivers state capital, Port Harcourt, Ekang has noticed that the black soot gathering on her floor is getting heavier. She and other residents blame this on illegal, makeshift oil refineries scattered across the Niger Delta. Local authorities have started a crackdown to try put a stop to illegal refining of stolen crude, a process known locally as "Kpo Fire", which officials say is worsening air pollution in the Delta and causing…

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