What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. LASTMA arrests 19 hoodlums, impounds 123 vehicles (Punch) The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed…
Terrorist leader killed in Katsina counter-insurgency operation -Army
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed a notorious terrorist leader, Maikusa, who is reported to be the second-in-command in the hierarchy of terrorists in Katsina State, under the leadership of another terrorist known as Modi Modi. This was disclosed…
Police arrest 2 fake soldiers in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says two men, Jonathan Yahaya and Mohammed Umar, were handed over to them by the Nigerian Army, for allegedly falsely parading themselves as soldiers. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this…
Taraba CJ asks police to prosecute ex-council boss over killing of former lawmaker
Taraba State Chief Judge, Justice Joel Agya, has asked the Commissioner of Police in the state, David Iloyanomon, to arrest and prosecute Shiban Tikari, a former Chairman, Takum local government council over abduction and killing of a former Taraba lawmaker,…
Troops rescue 18 female kidnapped victims, hand them over to KTSG
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. The Brigade Commander, 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.- Gen. Oluremi Fadairo,…
Soldiers rescue 4 kidnap victims in Taraba, destroy bandits’ hideouts
Soldiers of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued four kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba. This is contained in a statement…
Again, Army discovers 5-million litre capacity illegal oil bunkering facilities in Rivers
The 6-Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday discovered and confiscated 15 boilers and 9 reservoirs with capacity to hold 5-million litres of crude oil from illegal refinery operators at Obuama and Uzuama communities in Kom Kom area of Oyigbo…
Rangers International @ 54 — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made the famous announcement of “No Victor, No Vanquished”, the vanquished ones knew themselves as they sauntered…
Female soldier regrets joining the army over sexual harassment
In a candid interview with The Punch newspaper, Lance Corporal Philomena Nnamoko, a brave Nigerian soldier, reveals a distressing account of persistent maltreatment, sexual harassment, and the shocking denial of her discharge request by superiors. Nnamoko, a 39-year-old single mother…
Army arrests 6 operators of illegal oil refinery in Rivers
The Nigerian Army has reported the arrest of six labourers at an illegal oil refinery capable of producing about three million litres of adulterated petroleum products within weeks. The artisanal refining site spans over 40 plots of land and is…