Nigeria Politics

Insecurity: Ekweremadu seeks creation of another kind of Police

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2018 0

The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has called for the establishment of a new police to help check insecurity in Nigeria. Ekweremadu who presided over plenary on Thursday, said that with the high rate of insecurity and kidnapping, especially of students, security apparatus

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Nigerian Army launches Operation `Karamin Goro’ in fight against kidnapping

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2018 0

The 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna has launched a special operation in parts of Kaduna and Niger States to tackle rising cases of kidnapping, armed robbery and cattle rustling. The operation, code named `Karamin Goro’, will cover Minna-Birnin Gwari-Pandogari and Minna-Sarkin Pawa general area, a statement by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Muhammad […]

Opinion

Proliferation of arms in Nigeria: Role of ICRC

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

The uncontrolled proliferation of tens of thousands of arms into the country is the major catalyst for youth restiveness and violent agitations in some parts of the country. More often than not it leads to all manners of social vices, death, kidnapping, armed robbery, conflicts and outright disrespect to the constituted authority. From January to […]

Opinion

State’s monopoly of violence as antidote to terror

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

The use of maximum force to quell Terrorism, Extremism and Separatism (TES) the world over has been largely successful, though its deployment has not sometimes failed to attract condemnation. Research has shown that some of the reasons military operations could be adjudged as unfair and unnecessary are when there is an excessive use of force […]

News In Brief

#DTNalert: Police bust kidnapping gangs in Oniru

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2017 0

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three armed gangs suspected of running kidnapping operations in Oniru Estate, Lekki. More to follow.

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Imo Police parade 49 suspects for kidnapping, robbery, child theft

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

Val Okara, Owerri. Imo state Police Monday paraded 49 suspects ranging from kidnapping, robbery and child theft .Among the suspects paraded included five suspects for allegedly stealing and selling of two children who are male and female for N1 Million, belonging to one Abigail Ukah who the suspects had allegedly waylaid and attacked with matchets […]

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Adequate funding key to containing insurgency, kidnapping, others – Buratai

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

The need for the adequate funding of the Nigerian Army was once again emphasised by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai during the Nigerian Army Finance Corps (NAFC) 11th Biennial Training Conference which held at AHQ Command Officers’ Mess II Apapa, Lagos. The Chief of Army Staff who was the Special Guest at […]

News In Brief

#DTNalert: Evans gets Friday court date

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

The Lagos High Court Sitting in the Igbosere area of Lagos Island has fixed Friday for the arraignment of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, better known as Evans. Evans and three others would be arraigned on fresh charges of conspiracy and attempted kidnap by the Lagos State government. The court adjourned after Evans’ lawyer, Olukoya […]

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British nationals kidnapped in Delta

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Suspected militants have kidnapped four British nationals in Delta state according to police and community leaders. The four had been providing “free medical care and religious activities” in Burutu local government when they were abducted on 13 October, said Chief Theo Fakama of the Enukorowa community. Fakama said locals were “saddened” by the kidnapping as […]

Business

Nigerian tourism under threat as Ogba Zoo director remains in kidnappers’ den

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2017 0

The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has suggested that the prolonged captivity of the Managing Director of Ogba Zoological Garden and Nature Park in Benin City, Andy Ehanire, is not good for tourism business in the country, as it sends the wrong signal that the country’s tourist sites are not safe. Ehanire was […]

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Operation Python Dance II has halted growing crime in the South-East – Report

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2017 0

The recently launched military drill by the Nigerian Army tagged “Operation Python Dance 11 “has thwarted the growing spate of crimes like kidnapping, assassination, ritual Killings, armed robbery and other life threatening evil across the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. This was disclosed at the public presentation of midterm report by the Independent

News In Brief

Gunmen attack Plateau village

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2017 0

Unknown gunmen, in the early morning hours, attacked Gyangyang village in Jhar Chiefdom of Kanam Local Government area of Plateau state, killing the acting village head. More to follow

Law Opinion

When Pleading Guilty to a Charge Means Not Guilty: The Curious Case of Evans

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2017 0

On 10 June 2017, Nigerians woke to the news that the Police had apprehended an alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, better known as Evans. Evans, 36, and a native of Umudim Village, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, had been the top name on the watch list of the Nigerian Police for a […]

Headlines News In Brief

BREAKING: Evans pleads guilty to kidnap

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2017 0

Suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, more popularly known as Evans, has a few minutes ago, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and kidnapping before a Judge at the High Court in Ikeja, Lagos. Evans and his five of his accomplices were arraigned before the High Court on two counts bordering on kidnap and conspiracy. Yesterday, a Lagos Division […]

Abuja Times

NATIONAL SECURITY SUMMIT: FCT, OTHERS TO KNOW PEACE

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2017 0

  Owing to the recently organized National security summit in Abuja, the residents of the Federal Capital Territory may begin to experience peace as discussion has addressed the menace of cattle herdsmen ravaging all nook and crannies of the capital city. Participants in this year’s summit agreed that security was a necessary condition for growth, […]

News

Abducted Students Will Regain Freedom Soon – Police

Ihesiulo Grace 16 June 2017 0

The police say the six students kidnapped from the Government Model College, Igbonla in the Epe area of Lagos will soon regain their freedom. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said this in a recent interview in Lagos. He, however, declined to provide details about the rescue efforts, saying that the police will bring […]

Education Headlines News Tertiary

Kidnapping: ASUU Threatens Strike as Members Protest in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

Following the abduction of another member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ekiti State University chapter, at the weekend, the body, on Monday, staged a protest, in Ado-Ekiti, against incessant kidnapping of its members, and gave the State Government till Friday, May 22, to rescue the victims, failing which they would go on […]

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BCI Educates Working Mothers on Security

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

As the spate of child kidnapping reaches alarming rate in Lagos, a firm, Background Check International, (BCI), will today May 1 2015 flag off a national awareness and sensitisation event among working mothers in Nigeria. The company said the event with the theme: “Averting the Rising Spate of Child Kidnapping in Nigeria”, also forms part […]