Category: Insecurity

Sheikh Gumi. Advocatenewsng.com THE Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja. Idris said Gumi is not above the law, noting that the government has deemed it necessary to invite him for questioning. The media report that the cleric offered to dialogue…

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Nigerian Army at war front confronting terrorists. By Advocatenewsng.com. A yet-to-be ascertained number of soldiers has been killed following an ambush on a military convoy by gunmen suspected to be terrorists in Kekun Waje district of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The troops were said to have been ambushed during a patrol in the area on Wednesday. Some of the personnel were said to have been injured during the attack and are currently receiving medical attention. A…

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A section of Kuje Prison wall pulled down by explosives. THE Islamic State in West Africa Province has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison where inmates were freed in Abuja. The terrorists claimed the responsibility in a video released Wednesday night. In the video, the terrorists showed how some of its members entered the Kuje prison. The 38 seconds video showed that the terrorists shot indiscriminately before gaining access into the prison. A check by our correspondent…

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Rt. Rev. O. A. Aderogba, Anglican Bishop of Jebba and wife. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE abducted Anglican Bishop of Jebba Diocese, Rt Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba and his wife have been freed by suspected terrorists on Tuesday, about 48 hours after they were kidnapped.The Diocese of Osun Anglican Communion -@anglicanosun- disclosed this on its Twitter handle, stating that the victims were being taken to the hospital for medical attention. “Praise be to God. Bishop Adeyinka Aderogba, his wife and driver were…

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Chief Ozekhome, SAN. OPINION. By Mike Ozekhome. The act of a combined team of soldiers, DSS and Police, numbering about 40 attempted to arrest and detain Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo Igboho was too much in the form of a kidnap attempt. Igboho was said to have been waylaid along Ibadan/Lagos Expressway whilst on his way to see Pa Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos. It was totally and absolutely unnecessary. A government exists to protect its citizens, not to terrorise them. If…

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Jihadists. By Editor. Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the Borno State governor in restive Northeast Nigeria, three security said. Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno governor, Babagana Umaru Zulum near the town of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad. The insurgents opened fire with…

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