Reflections on The Bandit Economy
I will not go into the story of how or how not banditry became a burgeoning industry in Nigeria. I will leave that for historians to worry about. My concern should be about analysing the consequences of such a trade…
NDLEA Seizes 1,292 kilograms of Illicit Drug in Forest, Arrests 9 Suspects
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ondo State Command, have arrested nine dealers of illicit drugs and seized from them a total of 1, 292 kilograms of cannabis sativa and its seeds. Announcing the huge seizure in…
EFCC Operatives Storm Internet Fraud Training Academy, Arrest 27 Suspects
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have uncovered yet another underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. The ‘academy’ located in Arab Contractors Area of Mpape Hills, a suburb of Abuja,…
How Nnamdi Kanu’s Lack Of Tact, Strategy Imperilling Lives and Properties in Orlu, Others – South East APC Group
Says Everyone From South East is Biafran National Coordinator of the South-East APC Presidency Project 2023, Dr. Chinedu Jideofo-Ogbuagu has blamed the lack of tact and strategy for killings in Orlu and parts of South region. In a statement on…
Another Set of 63 Abducted Obigbo Residents Freed After 4 Months In Nigerian Army Captivity
…Plus Names Of The 63 Freed Abductees The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety) had gladly announced another major breakthrough in its campaigns to expose and end a booklet of atrocity crimes that have ravaged the…
Court Sentences Ex-SARS Operative to Death, Convicts 4 Others
Last Friday, a State High Court in Benin City, Edo Sate, sentenced to death a police corporal, Joseph Omotosho who served with the now defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit, over extra-judicial killing. Omotosho and four other police constables, alleged…
Over 300 Police Special Forces Arrive Kaduna to Battle Bandits
No fewer than three hundred and two officers and men of Mobile Police, Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Police Special Forces under the auspices of Operation Puff Adder II, have been deployed to Kaduna to fight bandits. Nigerian Tribune reports…
How Armed Bandits Stormed Niger State Villages, Killed 10, Abducted 23 Villagers
Unknown number of bandits have stormed Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, killing the District Head of Kusherki in the local council, Mas’ud Abubakar, abducting his wife, children and some others. The armed Bandits carried out a similar attack…
Minister Inaugurates Reform Committee For Ministry Of Defence, Nigeria’s Armed Forces
The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi has inaugurated a 21- man Committee to facilitate the Reforms of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Nigeria. (AFN). Inaugurating the committee at the Ship House, Headquarters of…
Libel Case Against CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo Adjourned Until March 21 As Bank’s Witness Fails To Turn Up
A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Maurice Eneji has adjourned a libel case against an online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch and journalist, Agba Jalingo until March 21, 2021 for hearing after the witness…
Serially Raped: Another Page of Alleged Atrocities Perpetrated Under Buratai As Army Chief of Staff
How 53 Obigbo Young Women Were Abducted, Serially Raped At Mogadishu Barracks …As Intersociety Releases Names of 53 Victims Retired Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai as immediate past Chief of Army Staff chillingly left a legacy of monstrosity and barbarism…
