The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has appointed DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) He replaces DCP Abba Kyari who was suspended following his alleged links with suspected fraudster, Ramon ”Hushpuppi” Abbas. Hushpuppi had alleged that he bribed Kyari to …
Read More »Hushpuppi: IGP Baba Usman Suspends Abba Kyari
The Nigerian police boss has recommended that Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police indicted by American authorities for allegedly being in bed with a notorious fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, should be suspended.Inspector-general of Usman Alkali Baba made the recommendation to the Police Service Commission in …
Read More »How I Survived Military Jet Shot Down By Bandits – NAF Pilot
Flight Lieutenant A. Dairo who survived bandits onslaught in the air, has given a detailed account of how he survived, stressing that God made it possible. Dairo luckily escaped the Alpha Jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force which crashed during an anti-banditry operation in Zamfara State. The jet crashed …
Read More »Nigeria’s Senate Approves Buhari’s $8.3bn, €490m Loans Request
The Nigerian Senate has approved the loan requests of $8.3 billion (N8,325,536,537) and €490 million tendered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The total amount is part of the 2018 – 2020 external borrowing (rolling) plan of the Federal Government. Recall that President Buhari had in May, asked the National Assembly to …
Read More »Alleged Mastermind Of Haiti President Murder Arrested
According to reports, the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been apprehended by Haiti’s national police. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The suspected killers called him after the attack and …
Read More »Horror! Two Women Sustain Gunshot Wounds As Troops Repel Boko Haram Attack In Yobe Community
A middle-aged woman and her sister have sustained gunshot wounds following an attack on Katarko village by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, Daily Post reports. The gunmen who invaded the village in the early hours of Thursday, but were reportedly repelled by the troops of Sector 2 Operation Hadin Kai mobilized …
Read More »I withdrew my son from a public school because bandits were targeting him- Gov El-Rufai
Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that he withdrew his son, Abubakar, from a public school in the state because bandits were targeting him for abduction. The governor had in September 2019 enrolled Abubakar into the Kaduna Capital School which is a public school in the state. He had …
Read More »Nigeria, Pakistan to sustain defence cooperation, says Irabor
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has pledged to sustain interaction with the Pakistani armed forces towards supporting the defence capability of Nigerian armed forces. Irabor stated this at the Gala Night organised by the Defence Headquarters in honour of the Chairman, Pakistani Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, …
Read More »We’re Working To Ensure Nigerians Can Sleep With Two Eyes Closed – IGP
The Inspector-general of Police, Usman Baba, says the force is working on efforts to provide better security in the country so Nigerians can sleep with their eyes closed. Baba stated this when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on police affairs on Wednesday, June 30. In his words …
Read More »Boko Haram, ISWAP Reunite, Pledge Allegiance To Ibrahim AlKhuraishi
Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, ISWAP have mended fences and jointly picked a new leader, called Aba Ibrahim Al-Hashimiyil AlKhuraishi. In a 13-minutes long video obtained by PRNigeria, an army of terrorists belonging to the rival extremist groups reunited themselves, after they individually placed their hands atop one another, …
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