Barely seven weeks after terrorists attack worshippers at Owo, in Ondo state, some unknown gunmen, have again attacked the ancient town.
Many people were said to have been injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, at Folahami Junction, where a construction company called Craneburg Construction Company was located.
Eyewitness reports had it that the gunmen opened fire on those at the site.
Suspected herdsmen on Tuesday after at about 2:45pm have abducted undisclosed number of passengers along Enugu Onitsha express road. The eyewitness who couldn’t calm down to explain properly, only mentioned there was sporadic shooting and the herdsmen blocked the expressway, abducting some passengers in the process. After which they retreated into the nearby bushes.
An Early Morning fire razed 11 shops at the Alamu Market in Ilorin, Ilorin West Local Government area of Kwara on Monday.
The Kwara Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Hassan Adekunle, in Ilorin.
“A passerby on motorcycle was the one who noticed the inferno and alerted the state fire service.
“Firemen did everything possible and immediately stopped the spread of fire to other shops and subsequently put it out,” Adekunle said.
The spokesperson stated that the fire was suspected to be caused by an electric power surge.
He advised the general public, especially traders, to always be safety conscious.
Ninety-three-year-old first Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has said if for any reason the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, loses in next year’s presidential poll he (Amaechi) would conclude that God created Nigeria to suffer.
The nonagenarian stated this, weekend, at his country home, in a chat with select journalists while declaring his support for Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed.
He warned that nothing untoward should happen to Obi ahead of the 2023 general elections, stating that Nigeria’s situation would worsen if anything happened to him (Obi).
He said, “I don’t think it was just an accident that Peter Obi emerged. I think it was God’s way. If anything happens to him, it would worsen the situation in Nigeria and the situation may degenerate to something non describable.
“If they’re afraid of Obi who is just a beginner, why should they not be eternally afraid? Peter Obi is the only governor who left office and nobody asked him any questions.
“He didn’t know the office of EFCC, ICPC or DSS because of his clean records. The man who succeeded him wanted to leave the country two hours he handed over, meaning he wanted to sneak away.
“Many other governors who left office have been arrested and charged to court but they ran into Senate or APC as a party and today their cases are closed. That’s the kind of rotten country you have. Yet people are suffering, and may continue to suffer.
Immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that some of the delegates, who voted at the special convention of the APC were now regretting their decisions.
Amaechi, who also is a former governor of Rivers State, further pleaded with clerics to pray for the ordinary Nigerians to enable them elect a president that would solve the problems of country.
Anambra State Police Command has confimed the killing of two gunmen in separate operations at Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Awka, on Sunday, July 24.
Ikenga said four automatic pump actions, four vehicles, four motorcycles, and other items were recovered from the suspects on Saturday, July 23. He explained that police operatives in the state had intensified and improved operational positioning to respond to distress calls.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&us_privacy=1—&client=ca-pub-2427099653703778&output=html&h=266&adk=2439715518&adf=667904977&pi=t.aa~a.1834861711~i.15~rp.4&w=320&lmt=1658742849&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=4779063894&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=320×266&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lindaikejisblog.com%2F2022%2F7%2Fanambra-police-kill-two-gunmen-recover-arms-vehicles.html&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=242&rw=290&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChEI8P74lgYQyM6Uvqewgs2LARI9APixamWcIM0cEnWk2vNd0-pACfoFBa6CnF3ck0VhPo8fQMV69qc4IVAkUgvS9PhKJy-wnrBdC5EbkuVajg&dt=1658742848849&bpp=59&bdt=26912&idt=-M&shv=r20220721&mjsv=m202207200101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3De77295e7f3b6edf7-22558b6e3cd300db%3AT%3D1651222444%3ART%3D1651222444%3AS%3DALNI_MZt1NbngfQI-3DndizCI8MzvNblRQ&gpic=UID%3D000005d7f6578fa1%3AT%3D1651748356%3ART%3D1658742735%3AS%3DALNI_MbjGwCfu3UoCmcRx2P7vTIvatYXWg&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=2&correlator=4657145022322&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=2136935157.1651222368&ga_sid=1658742831&ga_hid=395363928&ga_fc=1&u_tz=60&u_his=15&u_h=640&u_w=320&u_ah=640&u_aw=320&u_cd=24&u_sd=1.5&dmc=1&adx=0&ady=1083&biw=320&bih=512&scr_x=0&scr_y=327&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C44759837%2C44763506%2C31067527%2C31068563%2C42531605&oid=2&pvsid=3596839853406696&tmod=750547812&nvt=3&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lindaikejisblog.com%2F&eae=0&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C320%2C0%2C320%2C512%2C320%2C512&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=1152&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=IDmpgH5amT&p=https%3A//www.lindaikejisblog.com&dtd=504
He said, “Anambra State security forces comprising of the military and police, neutralised two gunmen, recovered four automatic pump action, one cutlass, one ash colour Lexus jeep 350 with registration numbers KJA- 666HE, one white unregistered Toyota Hilux Jeep, one white Toyota Corolla with registration numbers HAL- 732RF, one sliver Highlander jeep without registration number and, four motorcycles without registration numbers
Tosin and Eze
Two Nigerian men, Tosin Amos Arowoshegbe and Eze, were killed following a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto.
Investigators with York Regional Police said officers responded to report of a shooting at ATL Lounge, a restaurant and nightclub in the early hours of Saturday, July 23.
According to police, the suspect, or suspects, fled the scene before they arrived. No descriptions have been released.
“On Saturday, July 23, 2022, at approximately 3:30 a.m., York Regional Police responded to a night club in the area of Highway 7 and Keele Street for a report of a shooting,” Const. Maniva Armstrong said in a statement.
“When officers arrived on scene they located three victims with gunshot wounds. A 25-year-old male and a 22-year-old male were pronounced deceased at the scene.
“A 20-year-old female victim was transported to hospital suffering from a serious gunshot wound. The victim is currently recovering in hospital. The suspect(s) fled the scene prior to police arriving.
A lottery kiosk operator, popularly known as Baba Ijebu, Mufutau Sanni, has been reportedly feared dead following injuries sustained while trying to separate a fight between an Hausa man and his Yoruba counterpart on MKO Abiola Way, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Sunday.
According to a newspaper vendor, who witnessed the scenario, Mr Remi Abimbola, while speaking with Tribune Online, trouble started when an argument ensued between an Hausa trader and his customer, a development which caused Sanni to intervene with motive to resolve the matter.
Sanni’s intervention, however, did not go down well with Hausas who are majorly commercial motorcycle operators, which made them to descend heavily on him.
The attack on Sanni, according to Abimbola, was huge to the extent that he had to be rushed to a nearby hospital where unconfirmed report said he had given up the ghost.
As of the time of filing this report, the Nigerian Police personnel and Amotekun have taken over the security of the scene of the attack.
Men of the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos state police command, on Friday, July 22, prevented a 29-year-old man identified as Dauda Yakub, from jumping into the Lagos Lagoon.
The police officers were on patrol on the 3rd Mainland bridge when they spotted Yakub sitting on the railing. The officers were able to persuade him from diving.
He was later handed over to the Adekunle Police Station for them to reunite him with his family.
Few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State, terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s number one citizen….
Few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State, terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s number one citizen.
The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown of Daura ahead of Sallah.
Two persons sustained injuries in the attack, which the presidency said was repelled.
The attack on the convoy happened on the day when the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) invaded Kuje Prison in Abuja and freed over 800 inmates, including all the terrorists in detention.
Daily Trust had reported how the train abductors jubilated when the Kuje inmates were released.
In a new video seen by Daily Trust, the terrorists who abducted over 60 passengers of the Abuja Kaduna train on March 28, threatened to abduct and kill Buhari and Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
The terrorists also boasted that they would destroy the country, kill the remaining passengers in their custody and sell out the others.
Princess Ann Agom-Eze has been recognized as the senatorial candidate of the All Progresives Congress for Ebonyi South, by a Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The court ruled on the case on Friday July 22, just after Mr Austin Umahi, the younger brother of the state governor withdrew from the race after gaining the ticket during the party’s primary, to pave the way for the Governor who lost as a presidential candidate of the ruling party.
A Nigerian Army Staff Sergeant, Bulama Salish from 232 Battalion, attached to 23 Brigade SP BN in the Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl (name withheld).
The victim is said to be the daughter of Mallam Abubakar who resides in the state.
According to a report, it was disclosed in a memo on the situation report on a rape case.
The Staff Sergeant, Bulama Salish with 97NA/45/7383 is said to have been apprehended and locked up in 23 Brigade SP BN custody for further action.
The memo reads, “SPECIAL SITREP. SITREP AS OF 181800A JULY 2022. RAPE CASE,97NA/45/7383 SSGT BULAMA SALISU FRM 232BN ATTACHED TO 23BDE SP BN MAIHA, RAPED ONE (NAME WITHHELD) 4YRS OLD, DAUTHER TO ONE MALLAM ABUBAKAR.
Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of a Federal High Court in Anambra on Friday awarded N102 million compensatory damages in favour of Ifeanyi Ejiofor the lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for gross violation of his fundamental rights and cost of litigation.
The court also awarded him N5 million being the cost of his Toyota Camry car which was burnt by security agencies.
The IPOB lawyer had in a fundamental rights enforcement suit with No: FHC/AWK/CS/56/2021, dragged the government to court to challenge the invasion of his ancestral home in Oraifite, in the state on June 6, 2021, by security personnel during which his aide was killed.
The Nigeria Police Force; the Inspector General of Police; the State Security Service; the Director-General, State Security Service; the Nigerian Security And Civil Defence Corps; the Nigerian Army; the Chief of Army Staff and Chukwuka Ofoegbu (a.k.a. Ijele Speaks) were joined as first– eighth defendants in the suit.
Delivering judgment, Justice Nganjiwa declared the brutal invasion by the agents of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th respondents as oppressive, and gross violation of the rights to life, dignity of human person, fair hearing, right to private and family life of the plaintiff.
He also declared as illegal, oppressive and unlawful, the taking away and subsequent burning of Ejiofor’s Toyota Car with registration number: YAB 60 CB together with the dead body of his domestic staff, Samuel Okoro, and other vital documents and valuables seized from his house by government agents.
Notorious banditry kingpin, Ada Aleru, who was recently named the Sarkin Fulani Yandoton Daji Emirate (the head of the Fulani in Yandoton Daji) in a chilling confession, said he does not kidnap people but kills them.
The coronation of Mr Aleru, who is the leading terrorist in Tsafe and Faskari axis of Zamfara and Katsina states, generated public outcry across the country.
The state government, subsequently, suspended the Emir of the town, Aliyu Marafa, who conferred the title on Mr Aleru, who is wanted in neighbouring Katsina State for mass killings.
The Katsina government placed a bounty of N5 million on information leading to the arrest of Mr Aleru, who is accused of killing 52 people in Kadisau, a community in Faskari Local Government in 2019.
In his first and only known interview with the media, Mr Aleru told the BBC that he is angry with Hausas and the Nigerian government.
In a documentary titled “The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara” billed to be aired 25 July 2022, Mr Aleru said while his men kidnap people, he is only interested in killing people.
“My men do that; I just go and kill them (people),” Mr Aleru said.
Bandits have kidnapped the former Director of Personnel Management (DPM) in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi Malami.
The bandits also abducted a veterinary doctor with the Department of Veterinary Medicine in same LG, Musa Mohammed.
According to Daily Trust report, the former DPM was kidnapped on Friday on his farm along Kontagora-Mariga Road alongside some labourers working with him while the veterinary doctor was reportedly abducted on Thursday morning while returning to Kontagora from surrounding villages where he had gone to vaccinate animals.
The bandits later called to inform the family that they were at a location in Katsina State and demanded N15 million ransom.
