Gunmen who abducted two female students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, have reduced the ransom from N20million to N4million. The Informant247 had reported that two females, University don were kidnapped along the popular Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. It was gathered that the kidnappers, who had killed a policeman, told the parents…
The Police in Zamfara has said that the ongoing commitment of the police and other security agencies to fight insecurity to a standstill in the state was yielding positive results as four kidnapped victims including a year-old-child were rescued from Zamfara forest. In a statement signed by the state police spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, it…
The Nigeria Police on Saturday debunked reports that the Federal Capital Territory was being saturated with bombs, urging residents and Nigerians at large to disregard the fake news purportedly sponsored to create fear. The police described as fake news reports in the news and on social media that bombs were being planted in FCT in…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the worst is over as far as insecurity is concerned. Mohammed made this known at a Ministerial Session at the ongoing UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week, stating that the military and other security agencies were up to the task of protecting Nigerians and non-citizens….
Benue State Police Command officers have rescued four kidnap victims. The victims were reportedly abducted on September 23, 2022, along Ijegwu-Opirikwu road, Odiapa council ward of Obi Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Catherine Anene, in a statement on Tuesday said a team of police officers in collaboration with other security agents…
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped three policemen in southwest state of Ogun, locals said, but a police official claimed only one cop was abducted. The officers – led by Inspector Oladipo Olayemi – who had visited Ogun state from neigbouring Lagos state for an investigation were abducted by gunmen who waylaid…
KADUNA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The Nigerian military has advised civilians in forested areas in three northwestern states to relocate ahead of a bombardment campaign against bandits and terrorists in the areas. Witnesses had in the past accused the country’s military of killing dozens of innocent civilians in several airstrikes in the northern region, where…
ABUJA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The high level of corruption perpetuated by security chiefs among others in Nigeria is fueling insecurity in the country, officials said on Thursday. “Bad governance, corruption plus collapse of the rule of law fuels insecurity. High military officers diverting money meant for security into their private pockets fuels insecurity,” Chairman…
ABUJA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The Nigerian Air Force fired upon and killed dozens of terrorists in the northeast in the last two weeks, the country’s defence headquarters said on Thursday, as the country wages a 12-year war against insurgencies. Two top commanders of Boko Haram and Islamic States in West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists,…
MARKURDI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Armed bandits, suspected to be herders, killed 14 people and injured another 20 in an attack on a community in Nigeria’s Benue state, locals said. The suspected herdsmen heavily armed stormed Mchia – a settlement in Logo local government area – in the late hours of Wednesday. “They surrounded houses…
MARKURDI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – At least 5,000 people have been killed after 200 attacks in Nigeria’s Benue state following the armed invasion of rural areas within the past 11 years, local authorities said on Wednesday. “The road to this historic occasion has been paved by existential challenges. As you are sadly aware, over 5,000…
MAKURDI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – An armed gang killed at least 3 people in an attack on a village in central Nigerian state of Benue, locals and police said on Tuesday. Locals told newsmen that the incident, which occurred on Sunday night at Tse Ngban village Guma local government area, caused the villagers to desert…
LAFIA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Schools will reopen in Nigeria’s northern Nasarawa state on September 18 as cases of insecurity decline, state officials said on Wednesday. Local authorities had in July ordered the immediate closure of both public and private schools across the 13 local government areas of the state, as a proactive step to…
OWERRI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari expressed concern on Tuesday over the spate of insurgency in the country, saying it was affecting the country’s oil revenue. He said the activities of the Boko Haram in the northeast and insurgency in the southeast were preventing the country from realising its full potential as…
KADUNA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The Nigerian military rescued 6 people who had been abducted by armed gangs in the northwestern state of Kaduna, state government said, after security operatives launched a clearance operation against the kidnappers. Kaduna had been at the centre of often violent kidnappings by heavily armed bandits who have targeted schools…
AKWA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Scores, mostly security operatives, were on Sunday killed when gunmen attacked the convoy of a Nigerian lawmaker, Ifeanyi Ubah, in the country’s southeastern Anambra state, locals and police said on Monday. Locals said the gunmen ambushed and opened fire on the convoy of the politician representing Anambra South District at…
OWERRI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of two hundred million naira to release a traditional ruler kidnapped in southern Nigeria last week, according to a source close to the abducted monarch. The abduction of the monarch, Eze Joel Ndenkwo, in front of his office at Imo state on Friday was one…
