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One of the six personnel of the Nigerian Air Force, 271 Group, who were ambushed and killed by bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road, had three weeks to his wedding. The deceased, Aircraftsman Abubakar Ahmad, was among the victims killed on February 13. Kaduna State has been at the centre of renewed banditry attacks, particularly in the rural communities and many deaths have gone largely unreported. According to a NAF statement on Saturday, troops of the 271 Nigerian Air Force foiled an ambush by a group of bandits at Ungwan Laya near Birnin Gwari, killing many of them. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed these in a statement in Abuja. A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, who is from Kaduna South district, also confirmed that Ahmad was to get married in three weeks, while commiserating with his family on Twitter on Monday. “Aircraftsman Abubakar Muhammad Ahmad along with some of these colleagues were killed by b...

A medical doctor, Chidera Ifudu, has died in a motor accident two months to his wedding. The accident involving his Lexus SUV occurred on Friday morning, along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway. According to reports, the medical practitioner was trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian when his car veered off the road and crashed. The deceased, who worked at Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, was reportedly the only son of his father. It was gathered that Ifudu’s wedding invitation card was used to trace his relations.  Ifudu and Judith Ogochukwu’s traditional was scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Umuahia-South Local Government Area of Abia State and the church wedding on Saturday, April 10, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Independence Layout, Enugu. LIB One of Judith’s friends, Aguli Daniel Okechukwu, wrote, “Sundown and Dusk @ Noon: Adieu Dr. Chidera Alex Ifudu. (A lone son of his father) “What a cruel world we’re living in. How c...

File Photo A farmer in Ijugbere axis of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State who identified himself as Adedayo says Fulani herdsmen kidnapping in the area have generators and play music inside the forest where they hide their hostages.  Speaking to SaharaReporters on Monday, Adedayo condemned the killing of three farmers in the area during the weekend. File Photo PT He said the herdsmen invaded their farm around 7 pm on Saturday and descended on the farmers, killing three while he and others ran away from the farm.  The farmer said the incident had created tension in the area with some residents fleeing the community. He said, “When they kidnap, they bring people to the forest. Now, they have generators, play music in the forest. We are in a serious problem.  “People should take away politics from what is happening currently, they should just forget about politics, otherwise, we are in for serious trouble if nothing is done.” Last month, Rotimi Akeredolu...

Yinka Odumakin The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said that those who are of the Fulani extraction are looking for war.  This is following the recent violence which erupted at Shasha market, Ibadan, Oyo State and the recent killings in the South-West by suspected Fulani herdsmen.  Yinka Odumakin SaharaReporters Media The Shasha crisis claimed the lives of many people after a clash triggered by the death of a cobbler by a cart pusher. Two men reportedly had a misunderstanding and in the process, the cart pusher, said to be a Hausa man, allegedly killed the cobbler, a Yoruba man. The victim was confirmed dead in a hospital the following morning. This led to crisis in the community between the Hausa and the Yoruba.  Speaking with SaharaReporters on Monday, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, said the Fulani are looking for war, hence their orchestration of violence in some South-West states.  He alleged that ...

A couple, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each.  Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021, found them guilty on all four counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretences brought against them by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.  The couple, in a classic advance fee fraud scheme, fleeced one Dunni Olateru Olagbegi of N53, 713, 260.00 (Fifty-three million, seven hundred and thirteen thousand, two hundred and sixty naira) in cash and bank transfer through a spiritual cleansing gambit to avoid the calamitous consequence of mysterious sudden death having heard a conversation by a syndicate about a ‘Ghana-Must–Go’ bag stuffed with US dollar bills in the boot of a car. She was also tricked into bringing funds to cleanse the supposed bills.  Couple Bags 40 Years Jail Term for N53m Frau...

Suspects The police in Lagos State have arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in the Ketu area of the state, after which it recovered dangerous weapons and hard drugs from them.  The suspects were rounded up on Thursday and Friday by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad.  Suspects PM News A release by the police command’s Spokesperson, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, noted that the suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further probe.  He said, “The Lagos police command, between Thursday night and early hours of Friday, arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in the Ketu area.  “Five of the suspects were arrested on Thursday at about 10 pm by a team of Rapid Response Squad operatives led by the Commander, Rapid Response Squad around the Motorways end of Ketu while the other three suspects were caught in the act by another RRS patrol team around 6 am on Friday.  “The suspects are Olawuyi Ol...

The Nigerian Army has undertaken a 1.5 kilometre road project in Orlu in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, which is now near completion. SaharaReporters learnt that the move was to win the admiration of the residents and to discredit the Eastern Security Network, which is gaining popularity in the communities. The project is being carried out by an army engineering team from the Department of Civil Military Affairs of the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Abuja. “The same project was carried out in Uromi in Edo State, Asaba in Delta State and Anambra State. These projects are to get the love and admiration of the communities, and to weaken the negative influence of the ESN. The project is being executed from the army headquarters in Abuja. “The communities have been neglected by their state governments and there is no visible infrastructure. The roads are bad. This is also why the South-East communities feel they are being marginalised and they also transfer that agg...

No fewer than four persons were reportedly killed by suspected killer herdsmen on Sunday evening at Agbon-Ojodu, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspected herdsmen were said to have attacked Ebute Igbooro, killing four persons and setting properties ablaze on their trail. This was after about six persons were hacked to death and some thrown into a river in Owode Ketu on Thursday. It was gathered that the latest attack on Sunday came a few hours after a delegation of the Ogun State Government left the area. The delegation, led by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Afolabi Afuape, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Waheed Odusile, visited the affected areas in company with the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, where they promised to secure lives and property. See Also Insecurity We’ll Protect Ourselves From Fulani Herdsmen If Buhari, Abiodun Fail To Do So—Ogun Monarch 0 Comments 1 D...

Treynae Campbell, 19, spent £19.99 on the 15-inch knife, similar to this, before handing it to the killer A man, Peter Samuel, has threatened to kill Mrs Mabel Tokunbo, a resident in his mother’s house for allegedly insulting his mother. Samuel threatened to take Tokunbo’s life for allegedly insulting his mother and disturbing the peace in the compound. File Photo A human rights organisation, Marshall Belt of Investigation Human Rights, told SaharaReporters on Monday that the distress call was received by Tokunbo about a threat to her life on Friday. “On Friday, at about 8:30 pm, we received a disturbing voice note from Mrs Mabel Tokunbo about how her landlady’s son, Mr Peter Samuel, threatened to kill her and that nothing would happen. A threat to life is a serious crime that needs not be taken lightly,” an official of the organisation, Mr Chris Mburu, said. “On Saturday, the team visited the place at 34, Michael Awoliyi Street, Meiran Road and talked to Tokunbo and Samuel...

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has said the body does not get involved in the personal battles of its members. The body spoke with SaharaReporters on Monday while reacting to the allegations of sexual misconduct against the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman. A former pastor of the church, Mike Davids, had alleged that Apostle Suleman slept with his wife, Faith Edeko, who currently heads an Abuja branch of the church. The development had continued to stir heated controversies with many Nigerians calling on relevant authorities to ensure that the matter is properly investigated. But when asked about the action the PFN has taken on the matter, its National Publicity Secretary, Bishop Emmah Isong, said it is not the organisation’s responsibility to address personal issues of such.   See Also Christianity Sex Scandal: Pastor Adeboye Fails To Honour Invitation To Speak At Apostle Suleman’s Church Programme 0 Comments 22 Hour...

Boko Haram The militant group Boko Haram has continued to recruit children and use them in battlefields across Nigeria, a military source told SaharaReporters. The source said the recruitment of child soldiers by the sect was part of its new strategies following the recent mass surrender by their fighters to the military. Boko Haram He said, “Let me give you a background of how they do it, (it applies to) any crisis in the world, it’s not only Boko Haram, I was in many countries for peacekeeping. So, when they enter a village, they will look at the younger ones because the older people can’t do anything. They are old, they can’t fight a war, so they will take the younger ones from age of nine up to fifteen and seventeen. They will start training and injecting them into the battle front. “That’s how they do, they drug them, they put them into hardship, they give them Indian hemp, cocaine, it’s not really their fault. They promise these children protection, purpose, food and s...

Isoko North PDP Youths Disrupt Party’s Local Government Election Campaign Council Inauguration Youths believed to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta state on Monday disrupted the inauguration of the party’s campaign council and presentation of flags to the party’s candidates for the March, 6, 2021 council polls. The youths, SaharaReporters reliably gathered stormed the venue of the ceremony along the Ughelli/Ozoro/Kwale Expressway, Ozoro, in groups, and began to dismantle canopies while party’s leaders, members, candidates for the council polls, friends, family members and well-wishers ran for their lives. Speaking with our correspondent, a PDP immediate past councillor in the local government area, who witnessed the disruption and spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the youths stormed the venue in annoyance.  He added that the youths alleged that they were not given recognit...