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Thursday, 19 May 2022 06:31

Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application

A Federal High court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday denied a bail request for separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial on terrorism charges and for broadcasting falsehoods, one of his defence lawyers said. The trial, Binta Nyako, said Kanu has to account for his whereabout following previous bail and refusal to attend court hearing, the lawyer told Reuters. Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), disappeared from Nigeria after skipping bail in 2017. He was arrested after years on the run. IPOB, which Kanu founded in 2014, is pressing for the secession…

Thursday, 19 May 2022 06:30

Rioters set fire to Abuja market; shops, vehicles destroyed

There was chaos at Dei-Dei, a suburb of Abuja, following an accident in the area which resulted in a riot. While there are varying versions of what led to the riot, some residents said there was an accident involving a motorcycle around the market in the area. The accident was said to have resulted in the chaos that followed. During the riot, several persons were seen with what appeared to be machetes, while shops were razed and vehicles as well as motorcycles destroyed. Several traders were seen trying to salvage some of their goods, while some youths were also seen…

Wednesday, 18 May 2022 06:26

Bandits return to Abuja-Kaduna highway, abduct scores of passengers

Bandits on Tuesday evening returned to the Abuja-Kaduna highway and abducted scores of passengers in an operation that lasted almost an hour. It was gathered that the bandits blocked the highway between Kurnmin Kare and Katari in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted passengers from commercial and private vehicles. The incident occurred just days after a youth corps member traveling on the highway was killed in a cross fire between bandits and security agents. Sources from Katari said the incident occurred around 4pm, adding that the bandits had in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Katari town…

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 06:36

EFCC arrests Accountant General of the Federation over allegations of N80bn fraud

Nigeria's economic crimes agency said on Monday night it had arrested the country's accountant general over charges of diverting public funds and money laundering to the tune of N80 billion. Africa's biggest economy and energy producer, Nigeria has struggled for decades with endemic corruption among senior public servants and the political elite, who many Nigerians blame for widespread poverty in the country. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement it had invited Ahmed Idris, the administrative head of the national treasury, on several occasions to answer questions on the charges but he had failed to present himself.…

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 06:32

Sokoto blasphemy murder: 34 lawyers appear in court to defend Deborah’s killers

A magistrate’s court sitting in Sokoto has remanded two suspects — Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci — arrested in connection with the murder of Deborah Emmanuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education. BACKGROUND On May 12, Deborah was attacked by a mob and set ablaze over comments purportedly considered to be an insult to Prophet Mohammed. A video of the student being stoned and beaten with sticks was shared on social media. The incident sparked outrage and condemnation across the country and the police command in Sokoto, subsequently, arrested two suspects in connection with the killing. On…

Monday, 16 May 2022 06:04

Hackers in Nigeria have developed tech tools to steal your car with ease. These are preventive measures to take

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the public of an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start engines wirelessly and make away with cars. In a statement on Saturday, Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s director of public affairs, said the notice was in accordance with the latest advisory released by the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) of the commission, the cybersecurity centre for the telecom sector. NCC said the vulnerability is a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack or, more specifically, a replay attack in which an attacker intercepts the RF signals normally sent from a remote key fob to…

Saturday, 14 May 2022 06:10

Gunmen kill four in attacks on Bauchi communities

Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the killing of the three persons in Tafawa Balewa LGA on Monday May 9, 2022 at about 8:30pm but had yet to confirm the incident in the Ningi LGA, which happened at around 11:30pm on Wednesday, as of the time of filing this report. Gunmen, in the early hours of Wednesday, attacked Yadagungume and Limi villages in Ningi local government area of Bauchi State and killed three persons, while one other person was injured. The Zaar Youth Development Association, which disclosed the incident in the Tafawa Balewa LGA, in a statement made available to journalists…

Friday, 13 May 2022 06:39

Sultan condemns killing of Sokoto college student over alleged blasphemy

The police command in Sokoto says two suspects have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the killing of a female student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education. The student, identified as Deborah Samuel, was said to have been attacked by a mob over remarks considered to be an insult to Prophet Mohammed. Videos of the student being stoned and beaten with sticks were shared on social media, and the incident was reported to have occurred in the early hours of Thursday. In a statement on the incident, Sanusi Abubakar, spokesman of the Sokoto police command, said operatives have…

Friday, 13 May 2022 06:31

Scores kidnapped as gunmen waylay vehicles on Rivers highway

Scores of travellers have been kidnapped as gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha road regained their freedom. In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen diverted the passengers to a nearby forest in the area at about 8 pm on Wednesday, following an ambush in Evekwu -Rumuodogo communities in Emuoha. A member of local vigilante group in the area who confirmed the incident said the vehicles which were travelling to Port Harcourt from various parts of the country…

Thursday, 12 May 2022 06:34

Gunmen kill seven soldiers in ambush on army patrol in Taraba

At least seven soldiers were killed and two others were missing in Taraba state, Northeast Nigeria after they were ambushed by gunmen while on patrol, two military sources said on Wednesday. The attack occurred on Tuesday night when troops from the 93 Battalion came under heavy fire in the village of Tati in the Takum local government area of Taraba. A brigadier general and his aide were missing after the attack, the sources said. "Right now a search and rescue operation is ongoing," said an army source from the 93 battalion who declined to be named because he is not…

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Sunday, 08 May 2022 06:12

Bandits kill 56 in coordinated attacks on Zamfara communities

Residents of Bakura Local Government of Zamfara State said no fewer than 56 people were killed on Friday afternoon when bandits attacked three villages in the area. A former councilor, who asked not to be named, told our reporter that the gunmen attacked Sabon Garin Damri, of the villages, around 2:30 p.m. “I was in the main town when the bandits entered Sabon Garin Damri. We suddenly saw people running towards us. Then we started hearing sporadic gunshots. I was miraculously saved,” he said. He said the bandits carried out what appears to be coordinated attacks from Sabon Garin Damri,…

Friday, 06 May 2022 06:37

UK recovers $23m Abacha loot, but fund not coming to Nigeria

Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has recovered more than $23 million stolen from Nigeria by the country's late military dictator Sani Abacha, it said on Thursday, the latest in a series of similar recoveries around the world. Abacha ruled Africa's most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998, a period during which he stole up to $5 billion of public money, according to Transparency International. He was never charged. The money recovered in Britain forms part of a larger pool of funds identified by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as having been misappropriated…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:22

ISWAP fighters dislodge troops in fresh attack on Borno community

Kautukari, a community in Chibok LGA of Borno state, is currently under attack by suspected fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). A resident told TheCable that the insurgents invaded the community around 6pm on Tuesday and started shooting randomly. The suspected ISWAP fighters are reportedly setting houses ablaze while locals are fleeing into the bush for safety. Soldiers stationed at a military forward operation base (FOB) in Kada, two kilometres away from Kautukari, were said to have been dislodged. TheCable, however, understands that troops have been mobilised from the army’s 117 battalion in Chibok town to…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:38

Abuja-Kaduna train kidnappers using victims as human shields - Buhari

Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on Abuja-Kaduna train are using civilians as human shields, making it difficult for the military to carry out a rescue mission, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. Nigeria's state railway company said last month that 168 people were missing following the March 28 attack. Local media last week showed a video of victims of the kidnap, including a baby recently born to one of the abducted women. Reuters could not verify the video's authenticity. Buhari said the government, which has been criticised for not doing enough to rescue the passengers,…

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