Author: David Great

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected killer of a couple in Kwi Community, Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State. Lt.-Col. Ishaku Takwa, the acting deputy director of army public relations of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, disclosed this at a news conference on Saturday in Jos. On August 14, suspected gunmen killed a newly married couple, one Rwang Danladi, 37 and his wife, Sandra, 28. The couple, both teachers of BECO Comprehensive Secondary School, Kwi, were killed when gunmen stormed the school on that fateful…

The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has eliminated a key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on Mandara Mountains in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the air strikes which were conducted on Friday, was one of the most successful strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai in recent times. He said the NAF discovered a massing of Boko Haram terrorists in an isolated location…

Hamas fighters are set to release a new wave of hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, officials said, offering hope to anguished families after seven weeks of war that have killed thousands of people. Key mediator Qatar was expected to announce the numbers of prisoners and hostages to be freed later Saturday, the second swap since a four-day ceasefire came into effect on Friday and largely silenced the guns on both sides. Israeli authorities said they had received a list of the hostages to be freed but did not provide numbers or the precise timing. On Friday, the first…

Gunmen believed to be bandits attacked and killed 20 people on Friday evening in the Yangtu Development Area and Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State. A youth leader and public affairs analyst, Mr. Ure Caleb, informed Chronicle NG that more than 20 people were killed in separate attacks on communities in Ussa local government and Yangtu Special Development Area. Chairman of Ussa Local Government Council, Mr.  Peter Shamwun, told journalists that the gunmen attacked and killed nine people in Rubur Ribasi, Nyicwu, and Ruwah Communities of Yangtu Special Development Area around 6pm on Friday. Shamwun said the bandits laid…

Indian rescuers brought in a new digging machine Saturday to open a vertical shaft to free 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for two weeks after efforts through another route hit snags just metres from reaching the men. In the latest setback in frantic attempts to rescue the increasingly desperate workers, engineers driving a metal pipe through 57 metres (187 feet) of rock and concrete ran into metal rods and construction vehicles buried in the earth. Just nine metres (30 feet) from breaking through, drilling with a giant earth-boring machine has stalled while using gas-cutting tools to remove…

Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, US media reports say. A source told AP the 47-year-old was seriously injured by another inmate. The New York Times, citing two people with knowledge of the situation, also reported that he was attacked. Chauvin is serving multiple sentences for George Floyd’s death, which triggered widespread protests against police brutality and racism. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed in a statement that an inmate at a federal prison in the city of Tucson was stabbed at 12.30 local time (19:30 GMT) on…

The troops of Sector 3, Multi-Naltional Joint Task Force(MNJTF), said it had neutralised four Boko Haram terrorists in Malam Fatori in the northern part of Borno State. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, chief military public information officer of MNJTF, who disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Friday, said the terrorists were neutralised in Walo (Gashigar) and Kudagurgu villages. Mr Abdullahi said that during the troops’ advance to Gashigar to clear remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, two terrorists were encountered and neutralised at Walo Walada. He explained that the operation resulted in the recovery of two AK-47 rifles, three…

A joint security team involving operatives of the Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Osun State has arrested a farmer, Paul Amaechi, over the alleged killing of a herder, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, for grazing cattle on his farm at Telemu village in the state. Spokesperson of the Osun State Command of the Civil Defence Corps, Kehinde Adeleke, while speaking to journalists said the remains of the deceased had been evacuated from the scene of the crime. The mutilated body of the herder was said to have been found on Amaechi’s farm on…

Kano State government has revealed how the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje recruited Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) Students, into the civil service. Briefing journalists on Friday, Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), said a committee uncovered how Ganduje’s administration undertook mass employment without following guidelines and service regulations. Bichi added that the committee set up to oversee the recruitments made by the previous administration recommended the sack of over 3,000 workers. Ganduje, who is the national chairman of the ruling APC is yet to respond to the allegations. Addressing the matter, Bichi said “The Kano Government…

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has claimed that he worked for Rotimi Amaechi to emerge governor of Rivers State in 2007. Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party member, claimed on Friday when he took questions from select journalists at his office in Abuja. Asked about his faceoff with Governor Sim Fubara, Wike was asked if the fallout with his successor (Fubara) was a result of his fallout with his predecessor (Amaechi). Quizzing Wike, one of the journalists said, “Some people will say what goes around, comes around, this is exactly what you did to Rotimi Amaechi” but Wike…