Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says indigenes of his state were fighting against terrorists, killer herdsmen as well as criminality and not against any Fulani as some Nigerians believe.
Ortom made the clarification on Monday in Makurdi, while briefing journalists on the state of insecurity in Benue.
‘We are not against any tribe, especially the Fulani people, but rather against terrorists, killer herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers and all types of criminals within the state.’
‘We are actively supporting our security agencies to ensure that all remaining pockets of banditry, kidnappings among others, are mitigated,’ he added.
Federal prosecutors in the US have explained how Nigerian Instagram star conspired with North Korean hackers to siphon more than $1.3 billion from companies and banks in the U.S. as well as other countries.
Instagram sensation Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, 37, popularly known as ‘Ray Hushpuppi,’ is being fingered in a scheme that helped three North Korean computer hackers steal an undisclosed amount of funds from companies and banks, including one in Malta, in February 2019, according to the Justice Department.
‘North Korea’s operatives, using keyboards rather than guns, stealing digital wallets of cryptocurrency instead of sacks of cash, are the …
According to various media reports, Osimhen lost consciousness briefly towards the end of the game.
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The Nigeria international was quickly evacuated on a stretcher in the 90th minute after his head hit the ground following a duel with Cristian Romero.
The 22-year-old however regained consciousness during the trip to the hospital.
Osimhen returned to the pitch at the end of January
The 27 Students abducted by bandits from Governments Science College, Kagara, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, on Sunday regained their freedom after five days in captivity.
Reports also say that three staff of the School and their 12 family members were also released.
The victims were said to be in good condition and were on their way back to Minna, the state capital.
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The release of the children was not unconnected with the intervention of Kaduna-based Islamic Cleric, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, who on Thursday last week, …
Armed bandits on Sunday reportedly razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church, and two homes, in Kikwari village, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state in what seemed to very coordinated attacks.
The Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attacks revealed that locals fled the area on receiving information that some bandits were sighted outside the village and the bandits simply had a free day.
‘On getting to the location, the armed bandits set ablaze the place of worship and the two houses,‘ he said.
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The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the crash of a military plane and the number of fatalities. This confirmation came from Air Vice Marshall Ibikunle Daramola, in a tweet on Sunday afternoon.
The force spokesman also confirmed that the plane crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure en route Minna, the capital of Niger State.
He added that first responders are at the scene on the incident while the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Amao has ordered an immediate investigation into the incident.
He tweeted, …
The Nigeria Air Force has confirmed that seven personnel died on board a military aircraft which crashed at Abuja Airport on Sunday.
The military aircraft, King Air 350 crashed on Sunday morning on the runway of Abuja airport.
Confirming the incident, Air Force Director of public relations and information, Air Vice Marshall Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed that an investigation has been ordered to determine cause of plane crash.
He urged public to remain calm as he commiserated with families of deceased.
…On his official Twitter page, he wrote: ‘This is to
Researchers have been left bewildered as the first case of a bird flu strain called H5N8 has been reported in Russia, meaning it could now be passed from poultry to humans.
Officials in Russia have revealed that seven workers at a poultry plant in the south of the country had been infected following an outbreak there in December.
‘All seven people… are now feeling well,’ said the head of Russia’s consumer health watchdog, Anna Popova.
She said that adequate measures had been quickly taken to stop the spread of infection.
However reports say there is no sign of transmission between
The former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Archbishop John Onaiyekan has asked the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari to vacate power if it has run out of ideas on how to protect lives and property.
The celebrated Archbishop stated this while speaking with journalists in Minna, Niger State capital, after the ordination of the Auxiliary Bishop of Minna Diocese, the Cleric lamented the high rate of crime in the country.
Onaiyekan, who rejected the idea of negotiating with bandits, asked those in government to ‘stop pretending‘ that they are in charge, saying non-state actors are making …
The former governor of Lagos State and APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to Nigerians not to turn the security challenges in the country into ethnic, tribal, or religious crises warning that any war in Nigeria would completely submerge west Africa.
Tinubu, who spoke on Friday during the eighth-day Fidau prayer for late Lateef Jakande, first civilian governor of Lagos state, said that if there is war in Nigeria, the whole region would be completely destabilized.
He said; ‘Nigeria is currently facing crises, the crisis of insurgency, of banditry and all aspects of insecurity. But God …
Days after the abduction of school children in Kagara Town, armed bandits on Saturday evening launched another attack on Gurmana Ward in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
African Daily News can confirm that over 15 people are suspected to have drowned in River Kaduna as they tried to escape from the bandit’s attack, the exact number of Saturday’s victims is yet to be ascertained.
Sources said that the bandits were armed with sophisticated weapons and were shooting sporadically when they entered the community.
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Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has fired a warning to his Bauchi State counterpart asking him ‘not to set Nigeria on fire with his statements’.
The Ondo State Governor was reacting to the statement credited to the Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed, that Nigerians don’t need his permission to live in forests reserve describing the statement as ‘provoking and insensitive’ to say the least.
Akeredolu had earlier directed herdsmen in the state government forest reserve in Ondo state to vacate or register with the state following the spate of kidnappings, killings, rape, and other criminal activities.
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