According to report, the victims were attack while traveling from Bauchi passing through Jos to Ikare in Ondo State. Twenty-five persons have been confirmed killed and 14 others injured along the Rukuba Road in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday. According to report, the victims were attack while traveling from Bauchi … Read more
The two villages located along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway have been under constant attacks. Eight farmers from Buruku and Udawa villages of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been reportedly killed by bandits. Read Also: Kaduna Assembly Recalls former Deputy Speaker After One Year In Suspension 11 Abducted Children, Adults Escape From Bandits’ … Read more
It is also pertinent to recall that the Nigerian military has been recording some successes over the war against the terrorists in the recent time. Below is a list of three helicopters that could increase the fearful tempo in the heart of the terror group. For over a decade now, Nigeria has been in war … Read more
Nansel said the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adesina Soyemi, promptly mobilized comprising the personnel of the police command’s anti-cultism, anti-kidnapping and SWAT which stormed the hideout of the cultists at Transformer and D.D World Street at Imbi1, Opposite Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic and arrested the suspects. The Nasarawa State Police Command has … Read more
The family then tender apology for those who felt offended, noting that counsel to Kanu, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor and Head of the Directorate of State of IPOB, Chika Edoziem, were informed before taking the decision. The family of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that no governor … Read more
It was learnt that lifeless body of the Chief Imam was reportedly discovered by police officers attached to Obalende Divisional Police Office, Ijebu Ode. A prominent Islamic cleric and Chief Imam of the Atiba Community Central Mosque in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Sheikh Mushafau Bakare, has been found dead, hours after being declared missing. Read Also: … Read more
The widow took to her Instagram page to lampoon the army, while reacting to a statement by the Nigerian Army on Tuesday that hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists surrendered in Bama on Monday and pleaded for forgiveness from Nigerians. Oluwaseun Sakaba, the widow of Late Col. Ibrahim Sakaba, has alleged that the Nigerian Army assassinated … Read more
According to the police authority, the gunmen injured the ex-councilor with gunshot wound and he is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital. The Zamfara State Police Command has said that gunmen had kidnapped the wife and seven-month-old baby of a former councilor in the state, Babangida Ibrahim. Read Also: Unknown Gunmen Abduct Former Cross … Read more
I returned to Osun on Wednesday and I voluntarily went to the police station. When I got there, the police asked of my job and I said I am farmer. The police operatives said that my friend had told them that I am a lawyer but I told them that I am not a lawyer. … Read more
Another source privy to security information around the area disclosed that the robbers took Ada/Igbajo road and tried to connect Imesi-Ile to escape to Ekiti State when a hunter blocked them in a forest in Igbajo and forced them to abandon their vehicles. Eyewitnesses have said that robbers who attacked two commercial banks in Iree … Read more
They were said to have retreated from the area following the arrival of troops who engaged them in a gun battle No fewer than six people have been killed during separate attacks carried out by gunmen in four communities in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A report from the Headquarters of Operation Safe … Read more
The governor said the security situation in the state has been giving him sleepless nights Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has bemoaned the state of insecurity in the state, adding that he has no joy governing a state plagued by insecurity. The governor said the security situation in the state has been giving him … Read more
…insecurity and unemployment have never been “this bad” in Nigeria. A Former Vice President and PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has complained about the state of the nation under the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, insecurity and unemployment have never been “this bad” in Nigeria. He … Read more
…the victim was kidnapped on his farm located at Gitata community in Nasarawa State The Traditional Ruler of Jaba Chiefdom in the Jaba local government area of Kaduna state, Gyet Maude, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits. The Abduction was confirmed a the brother of the monarch, Anthony Maude. He said the … Read more
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken about insecurity in Nigeria. EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that bullets and other forces of arms alone cannot stop the security challenges bewildering the country. Jonathan made the comment while speaking at the 50th birthday reception of a former Corps Marshal … Read more
Southern Kaduna Youths are currently protesting over the spate of killings and kidnappings in the region. EKO HOT BLOG reports that youths from the southern part of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, protested against insecurity bewildering the region. The youths, who expressed grievance over the worsening security under the watch of the … Read more
By Femi Akintunde-Johnson Insecurity is the greatest bane of the Nigerian state as we stand today; followed closely by its twin sister, food scarcity, or what we vaguely call famine – occasioned by the fear of, and despair about the level of killings, abductions, and all sorts of violence assailing us all over the place. … Read more
“In the circumstances, we must do everything within our power, without consideration of distractions, to put an end to their activities and bring them to book.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has told members of the National Assembly that his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity … Read more
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has spoken about insecurity in Nigeria and gave a fresh warning to youths across the country. Former Head of State and Elder Statesman, General Yakubu Gowon, has warned Nigerian youths against a civil war that may bring permanent doom for the citizens of the country. Gowon gave the … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Terrorists had on Wednesday stormed Dabna, a farming community… President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reiterated his administration’s resolve in tackle the numerous security challenges in the country, noting that the Federal Government cannot afford to disappoint Nigerians. Buhari through his media aide, Garba Shehu, condemned the killing of 24 … Read more