The delegation led by the Defence Minister, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.) was locked in deliberation with the South-East stakeholders and security heads at the Enugu Government House.
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An intelligence officer told PRNigeria that the suspect, known as Goni Fandam, had been on the radar of security services since last year before he was eventually nabbed while spying on the location of troops in Borno.
A statement issued by the publicity secretary of the institution’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Aliyu Kofa, said two students sustained gunshot injuries as the kidnappers shot indiscriminately at students.
An official of the Kaduna Sate Vigilance Service, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria but did not want his name mentioned, said some students of the institution were also injured
The President made the disclosure while delivering a speech on Thursday during a one-day visit to Lagos State, where he inaugurated various projects.
The President also vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively ‘‘against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police Force and other security personnel.’’
Nwachukwu takes over from Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, who assumed duty as spokesperson in February.
The video of one of the recent victims of the armed robbers, a lady, was posted on the social media on Thursday
The group also called on Nigerians to stop the vicious cycle of killings and kidnappings
Briefing the newsmen at the end of the patrol, the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, said the patrol was to let the public be aware that their safety was the primary responsibility of the police.
Sambo told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ilorin that the strike did achieve its objective.
Rep. Saidu Abdullahi (APC-Niger) made the call after the adoption of a motion on the floor of the House on Thursday in Abuja, following the kidnap of 136 Islamic school children in Niger State.
This was contained in statement on Thursday by Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer.
The RRS team, led by the Commander, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, in the process hit notorious flashpoints in Agege, Seven Up cum Ojota axis, Surulere to Eko bridge where notorious traffic robbers and miscreants had been terrorising innocent motorists and commuters, and arrested nineteen (19) suspected traffic robbers. The operation is ongoing and currently mounting surveillance on the Eko bridge.
They made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 64-day-old strike, the longest industrial action in the Nigerian judiciary was suspended on Wednesday, following a meeting between officials of the union and the National Judicial Council (NJC) led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad.
Locals told Premium Times that before the Sunday abduction, residents had been accusing some Fulani settlers of being the brains behind the spate of kidnappings in the area.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, on Wednesday said the clarification was necessitated by public enquiries following the Monday announcement by the IGP of the suspension of issuance of new tinted permits.
President Buhari had threatened on his Twitter handle to deal with people who are destroying INEC facilities in the South East the way federal forces dealt with Biafrans during the Civil War.
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the closed door meeting, Uzodinma expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the consultations with the president.