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Military now defends bandits against sieged communities
As kinappers take over Enugu Port Harcourt expressway Men in military gear yesterday allegedly came in defense of armed bandits and herdsmen against host communities in Abia State, amplifying a worrying development in the worsening insecurity that that thrive in…
Bank robber, 61, earns new 20 years prison term after 38 years in jail
A notorious bank robber in United States, Todd Cannady, who started robbing banks, businesses and people of raw cash since last 40 years, has spent only two years of the period free. And just within weeks after completing a 22…
Insecurity: Nigeria in deal to buy Turkish gunships
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government is in deal to procure combat helicopter from Turkey as the European country boosts its profile as global supplier of light arms and battle equipment to poor countries. The Oracle Today reports Turkish Aerospace Industries to…
Insecurity: Gov Matawalle begins training of vigilante group
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has begun training for a newly-established security outfit, Community Protection Guard (CPG) to tackle banditry and kidnaping in parts of the state. The announcement was contained in a statement by Malam Jamilu Birnin-Magaji, Press Secretary…
Bandits abduct newly posted DPO in Kaduna
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) newly posted to Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State has been abducted, according to Emergency Digest. The DPO was abducted along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway around 9am on Monday. Sources told journalists that the DPO was on…
Gov. Matawalle signs death law for bandits in Zamfara State
Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, has signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law to take immediate effect with death penalty for those found guilty of banditry and other related offences in Zamfara State. He said the…
InterSociety details how jihadists seized Isuochi, pillage Igbos
THE Int’l Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) is strongly and unmistakably raising alarm and alerting the world, especially the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General and Presidents of the UN General Assembly and the UN Security…
Woman, 35, gets 54 months jail term for sex with boy, 15
Thirty five year old Jodi Rae Ridenour in Willow Wood area of Ohio, United States, has been sentenced to four and half years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor….
No hiding place: Israeli military develops technology to ‘see through walls’
New Israeli military technology allows users to detect objects and people behind walls by using an AI-based tracking algorithm, according to agency report. The Xaver 1000, produced by the Israeli imaging solutions company Camero-Tech, was unveiled for the first time…
Bandits: Zamfara to churn out gun licenses for citizens
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government of Zamfara State will start issuing gun licenses to residents to defend themselves and curb attacks by armed bandits that have spread across the country hunting people for commercial ransom. Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara,…
