August 2021

Unknown Gunmen Attack Imo Police Station, Behead Motorist

Unknown Gunmen Attack Imo Police Station, Behead Motorist

August 2, 2021 5:58 am

A motorist plying Owerri/Orlu road in Imo State has been beheaded by unknown gunmen with the man’s legs and hands chopped off at Okwudor junction in Njaba Local Government Area.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered from eyewitnesses in Njaba, that the incident happened on Saturday.

According to some community sources, hoodlums have been terrorising them in the area for the past week.

They said: ‘We woke up early morning of Saturday and discovered along the road at Okwudor junction in Njaba Local Government that a lifeless body and his head, hands and legs have been cut off. We …

Supreme Court Has Nullified APC Congresses Under Buni – PDP

Supreme Court Has Nullified APC Congresses Under Buni – PDP

August 2, 2021 4:47 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  have asserted that the ward congresses conducted by the ‘incapacitated’ All Progressives Congress amounts to a nullity, given the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Ondo State governorship election, which invalidates the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling party.

The PDP made this assertion in a statement titled ‘APC Ward Congress A Nullity – PDP…Blames Buni, Others Over Fracas, Death’ which was issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, on Sunday.

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I Have No Joy Governing Katsina State – Masari

I Have No Joy Governing Katsina State – Masari

August 2, 2021 4:39 am

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has claimed that he has no joy governing a state plagued by insecurity.

According to Masari, the security situation in Katsina has been giving him sleepless nights and by so doing stealing his joy.

The governor made this known during an interview with DW Hausa yesterday which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

The government’s comment is coming barely one week after scores of armed bandits on motorbikes blocked Jibiya-Batsari road in Kabobi village, Katsina, after the Juma’at prayers and made away with 11 passengers.

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FBI Indictment Police Commission Suspends Abba Kyari

FBI Indictment: Police Commission Suspends Abba Kyari

August 1, 2021 2:46 pm

The Police Service Commission has ratified the suspension of a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, from office.

According to a statement by the commission’s Head of Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani which was sighted by Africa Daily News, the decision was conveyed in a letter signed by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired justice of the Supreme Court.

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Kyari’s suspension took effect from July 31, and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect to his indictment …

Abba Kyari: The Criminally-Minded Nigerian Courier Cop 1

Abba Kyari: The Criminally-Minded Nigerian Courier Cop 2

August 1, 2021 1:04 pm

Perhaps one of the lessons Nigerians would learn from Kyari’s present predicament is that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is miles away from the Nigerian Police force, unlike the Nigerian police who would forcefully effect arrests before want of evidence becomes their headache, the FBI on the other hand would have got the nude pictures of a criminal before even going ahead to inform same criminal that his or her house address is now known to them. 

Kyari’s initial Facebook denial exposed him as an average Nigerian policeman who only latched on the mental laziness of Nigerians to manipulate himself …

Abba Kyari: The Criminally-Minded Nigerian Courier Cop 1

Abba Kyari: The Criminally-Minded Nigerian Courier Cop 1

August 1, 2021 11:42 am

Nigeria’s arm of justice is hypothetically short, this anomaly thankfully is not the standard worldwide. Again, all over the world, the symbol of justice which is often called ‘Lady Justice’ has often been depicted as a woman wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents impartiality; the idea that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or any status. Nigeria’s version of this woman possesses gleeful sights. For this reason, the big, influential, and mighty simply toss the law around without fear of any harm.

Many Nigerians were subjected to spine chilling surprise on Thursday when it became public Knowledge …

There’s An Urgent Need To Rid Nigeria Of Drug Scourge – Marwa

There’s An Urgent Need To Rid Nigeria Of Drug Scourge – Marwa

August 1, 2021 12:48 am

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) has appealed to every leader and stakeholder across the country to see the urgent need to rid Nigeria of drug scourge.

Gen. Marwa who spoke in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday as chairman at the public presentation of a book ‘Victory in defeat,’ written by Brig. Gen. Larinde Laoye (retd), said leaders at all levels ‘must attach some urgency to the need to rid our society of the drug menace. That is why we are advocating a new social order where drug …

Doctors Give Matawalle 2-Week Ultimatum To Tackle Insecurity

Doctors Give Matawalle 2-Week Ultimatum To Tackle Insecurity

August 1, 2021 12:25 am

Doctors under the Umbrella of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Zamfara State chapter has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Bello Matawalle led State government to urgently address rising insecurity in the State or face the harsh consequences.

NMA issued the warning on Saturday after its State Emergency Executive council meeting in Gusau, the state capital.

He said should the government fail to address the security challenges in the state, medical workers would shut all health facilities by 6 pm daily.

This followed the invasion of General Hospital in Dansadau Emirate, Maru Local Government Area of the state by suspected …

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