President Goodluck Jonathan has recommended former Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro, as Chairman of the Police Service Commission. Sources told P.M.NEWS Wednesday that the recommendation has been sent to the Nigerian Senate for ratification. If approved, Okiro will replace Parry Osayande who quit the job in April. Sources close to the police said [...]
Henry Okah, leader of Nigeria’s militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, was jailed Tuesday by South African court for 24 years after he was convicted of 13 terrorism charges over twin bombings in Abuja in 2010. “Effectively, the accused Okah is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment,” said Judge Neels Claassen. [...]
A female journalist at a Nigerian state-owned television station who was kidnapped last week as she left work with her baby and maid was released Sunday, her professional union said. Olubunmi Lawal Oke, a reporter and newscaster with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), was taken Thursday by four men who blocked her car as she [...]
The police authorities in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria have revealed the death toll in the terrorist attack Friday in Ganye, where a bank, a prison, a police station and a drinking bar were attacked by gunmen, armed also with rocket propelled grenades. Adamawa state police commissioner, Mohammed Ibrahim said twenty-five people were killed. “We [...]
Nigeria, African champions had planned a big mauling of Kenya’s national team, the Harambee stars in the World Cup qualifying match in Calabar today. But at the end, it was the Nigerians that struggled to clinch a point. Kenya, under coach Adel Amrouche were almost returning to Nairobi with the three points in the bag, [...]
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Two terrorists died Saturday morning as they attempted to bomb a checkpoint manned by soldiers of the Joint Military Task Force,JTF, at the Hotoro axis of Kano, northwest Nigeria. Four of their accomplices were arrested by security operatives and they confessed to have been masterminds of the aborted attack, said Kano state Commissioner [...]
Gunmen on Friday launched multiple attacks on the Ganye Divisional Police Headquarters, the prison and a bank in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Adamawa. A resident of Ganye, who spoke to NAN, said the attacks occurred around 6 p.m. “They attacked police station, prison and bank, using gun and explosives but honestly I cannot say what [...]
