The Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN), an armed offshoot of the putative Indigenous People of Biafra, attempted to attack the 34 Artillery Brigade’s Forward Operating Base at Ukwuorji, which is located along the Owerri-Onitsha motorway. The ‘irredentist fighters’ tried to attack the troops on August 20, 2023, but failed when they came under the superior firepower of the watchful troops, according to the army spokesman, Brig. General Onyema Nwachukwu. One of the fighters was neutralised by...
In the state’s Jada Local Government Area (LGA), the Adamawa Police Command has detained two alleged kidnappers. The command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, revealed this in a statement released on Tuesday in Yola. According to Nguroje, the suspects were detained on August 17 by the command in Kojoli, Jada LGA’s intelligence department. “The suspects are Kojoli residents Abdullahi Iya, 20, and Barkindo Yahaya, 19. The statement said, “They were apprehended after they called and...
In response to a military takeover on July 26, the African Union (AU) has suspended Niger Republic from all of its operations, the AU announced in a statement on Tuesday. The African Union (AU) reaffirmed its demands that the coup leaders free elected President Mohamed Bazoum and go back to their barracks. The West African bloc ECOWAS decided to activate a standby force in preparation for a potential military intervention. The AU Peace and Security...
Along Birnin Gwari Road in Niger State, terrorists kidnapped ACM Shuaibu Umar Bashir, an officer in the Nigerian Air Force. Family sources told SaharaReporters that the terrorists also sought N10 million in ransom from the officer’s relatives within three days. The terrorists reportedly abducted ACM Bashir as he was returning to his post to resume his duties. “The military and NAF officials have declined to interact with his family. He was returning to his post...
The hearing of Adegbola Abdulazeez’s bail application has been postponed in Kwara State’s Chief Magistrate Court. Talolorun, an activist and practitioner of Isese (traditional religion), filed the application. A war in the city was allegedly planned to be started by the Isese practitioner by “inviting other traditional and idol worshippers to assemble in Ilorin on the 20th of August, 2023.” The Isese practitioner was remanded in prison last week. Additionally, he was charged with insulting...
Brigadier General I. M. Ahmadu, a senior officer in the Nigerian Army, passed away while running in the second annual physical training test for 2023. Ahmadu worked for the Army Headquarters Department of Special Services and Programmes as an artillery officer. A top military source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Monday night that the general who was rushed to the hospital after collapsing while running. The source claims that the General was interred on Monday night...
Femi Falana, a human rights advocate and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has requested that the Federal Government order the release of Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), from the Department of State Services’ (DSS) custody. According to the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), a remand order has a cumulative lifespan of 56 days, according to Falana, who stated that the remand order against Bawa has already...
In order to facilitate further investigation, legal action, and restitution, Senator Adeola has requested that Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, supervise the search for his aide’s killers. The senator who had recently lost a loved one had earlier stated that the information he had on the circumstances indicated that Mr. Sanni had been asked to provide the documents for the car he was driving when “security agents” stopped him at a...
… Mobilizes CSOS for Protest In line with calls by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Nigerians to join hands with him in building a country of our dreams, Save Nigeria Movement, a front line civil society organisation dedicated to fighting corruption has keyed into the agenda and has renewed calls for the sacking of Engr. Kesiyi Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Content Monitoring Development Board (NCMDB) in line with the anti-corruption stance of...
The Supreme Court is alleged to have obstructed the legal process against the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Supreme Court was charged by IPOB with exploiting Kanu as an excuse for an adjournment. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, stated that the separatist group was unhappy and perplexed by the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke the earlier schedule for the hearing of Kanu’s appeal. Read Also: Police arrest electrician, Sunday Andrew for allegedly stealing...
