guns

February 11, 2023

Hoodlums attack Obidients with guns and machetes at LP Lagos rally

Some supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, have reported being assaulted by thugs in Lagos. It was reported earlier on Saturday that Obi’s supporters were assaulted en route to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), the location of the party’s presidential campaign event in the state. Several people were injured, and several automobiles were... Read More

guns, hoodlums, Labour Party, Lagos rally, machetes, Obidients, peter obi, TBS

How he hijacked a bullion van and everything else we know about billionaire kidnapper, Evans

It’s important to clarify from the start that we’ll never really know everything about this man or the case of this man who has been accused of serial kidnapping. Since his widely publicized arrest by the Nigerian police last weekend, Evans the billionaire kidnapper has been a bottomless well of information for news sites across... Read More

Thinking Through

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The 8-year assault on your gun rights has come to a crashing end, Trump tells National Rifle Association (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana US President, Donald Trump has assured gun owners that his administration will “never, ever infringe” on Second Amendment rights declaring that his predecessor, Barack Obama’s alleged “assault” on those freedoms is over. Trump stated this in Atlanta at the eve of his 100th day in office, at the convention of the National Rifle... Read More

barack obama, donald trump, guns, National Rifle Association, Second Amendment rights

Police arrest university professor, lecturers for cultism

by Azeez Adeniyi The Edo State Police command has arrested some lecturers of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma for alleged cult-related activities. Haliru Gwandu, the state commissioner of police, made this known to journalists in Benin on Tuesday. Gwandu said a double-barrel gun, single-barrel gun and one pump action gun were recovered from one of... Read More

Ambrose Ali University, cultism, guns, Police Command, University

February 8, 2017

Bags of money , guns recovered from Justice Ademola tendered in court

The Federal Government on Wednesday tendered bags of cash, guns and other items allegedly recovered by operatives of the State Security Service from the house of Justice Adeniyi Ademola to the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Ademola alongside his wife, Olabowale and a a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi, have been arraigned on... Read More

Bags of money, court, DSS raid, guns, Justice Adeniyi Ademola

February 5, 2017

The Thread: Nigerians turned their guns at 2baba not the FG – Omojuwa

Following the decision of Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2baba to shelve his planned #IStandWithNigeria protests, many Nigerians lambasted the musician for backing out. Social commentator, Japheth Omojuwa in a series of tweets says not all Nigerians are worth helping. See thread below: Selah!

Thinking Through

2baba, guns, japheth omojuwa, Protests, The Thread

October 3, 2016

Buhari and I didn’t settle our differences with guns – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday urged Nigerians to ensure “the unity, development, wholesomeness and progress” of the country. He said this at the launch of a book- “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria”, written by a professor of International Studies, John Paden. Obasanjo said he and the president had been political oppositions and had... Read More

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September 26, 2016

Cultists attack Lagos Assembly member

Suspected cultists attacked and made attempts to rob a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Kazeem Aliyu. The incident which happened at the Coker Junction between Orile and Aguda was interrupted by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and Operation Mesa (OPMESA). The cultists numbering about fifty attacked the member with guns, cutlasses and knives.... Read More

cultists, cutlasses, Dolapo Badmos, guns, Honourable Kazeem Aliyu, knives, Operation Mesa (OPMESA), Rapid Response Squad (RRS)

Armed robbers waylay bank customer, steal his N4.3m

A customer of a new generation bank was left confounded and helpless in Abuja when, as he was visiting the bank’s Kubwa branch, armed men accosted him. The man was about driving into the bank with the lump sum of N4.3 million when the robbers allegedly blocked off his car while shooting sporadically into the air.... Read More

Abuja, Access Bank, armed robbers, banking, guns, Kubwa, money, police, security

Institutions

DSS agent shoots unarmed woman in presence of her children

On Wednesday, in the Jere area of Kaduna, a woman was shot dead by an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the presence of her children. The woman was allegedly hit in error as the agent intended to shoot at another target whom was escaping. The agent missed his shot which hit... Read More

checkpoint, DSS, Federal, guns, nigeria, north, security, state services

Nigerian Army fights off pipeline attack in Bayelsa

In a bid to end the activities of militants in the Niger Delta area, the Nigerian Army has launched an offensive in the region with the single aim of stopping further vandalism of oil installations. According to a statement signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Army successfully engaged... Read More

army, Avengers, bayelsa state, guns, Militants, Niger Delta, NSCDC

Policeman allegedly kills bus driver at Igando (VIDEO)

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has declared that the Nigeria Police Force is working frantically to curb the instances of trigger happy officers killing citizens extra-judiciously. But some people may not be paying attention. According to community journalist, @AlimoshoOnline who made a video available to YNaija, a commercial bus driver was murdered by a... Read More

brutality, commercial, driver, guns, lagos, officers, police, security

January 22, 2016

’63 Boko Haram terrorists killed in 5 days’ – Army

The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Hassan Umoru, at a media briefing in Maiduguri on Friday, January 22 said Nigerian troops killed 63 Boko Haram insurgents and intercepted several suicide bombers within the week. Represented by his Deputy Commander, Major General Lucky Irabor, General Umaru said that the soldiers also seized many... Read More

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January 21, 2016

Phillip Obaji: How terrorists recruit Africa’s children

In the aftermath of the attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso on Friday, just as in the attack on a luxury hotel in Mali in November, photographs of the killers showed some of them to be boys in their early teens. After the Nov. 20, 2015, attack in Bamako, the Malian capital, which Al... Read More

boko haram, child soldiers, fight, guns, Isis, terrorism, war, weapons

August 27, 2015

Three men nabbed for manufacturing guns

It is a fun fact to know that Nigeria does have a local gun manufacturing industry although it has been actively used for the wrong reasons. Hence, the arrest. 26-year-old suspect, Ayila Ejir, has been arrested for allegedly manufacturing and selling guns. The equipment used for making the arms were said to have been recovered... Read More

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Condoms and sex drugs amongst items found in Boko Haram arms supply

Chadian military recently uncovered a Boko Haram Arms Depot. These pictures by Kayode Ogundaimisi shows the items found and amongst the items were condoms and Libido Enhancing Tablets.

boko haram, condoms, guns, sex drugs

December 10, 2014

I thought it was hemp, not guns – Suspected robber claims ignorance

by Temitope Onitiju An armed robbery suspect, Amos Kwesi, who was arrested by the Lagos state police command, stated that he thought he was smuggling hemp and not guns. Kwesi, who was nabbed on Thursday, November 27, was found with two revolver pistols with four live cartridges and a bag of Indian hemp, by policemen attached... Read More

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October 6, 2014

@ElMagnificento1: The imperative of building local industrial capacity (Y! PolicyHub)

by Fortune God’sSon Alfred So I hear and read somewhere that the US is stopping Nigeria from acquiring (wrong diction) BUYING certain choice military hardware such as the Chinook, which is said to be a versatile and reliable American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter produced by Boeing. Boohoo! Am I supposed to be mad at the... Read More

arms, fortune godsons alfred, guns, illegal bunkering, Niger Delta, nigeria, opinion, Pakistan, Refineries, y! policyhub, ynaija

Meet ‘pastor of kidnappers’ who has her own gang

by Zara Mustapha An alleged criminal godmother and ‘queen-pin’ is now in detention after she was caught and arrested by the police following a tip-off from one of her former customers. 40-year-old Ngozi Onwura a pastor and General Overseer of Praise God Ministry, MINAJ Area, Obosi, Anambra State, was alleged to have provided robbers and kidnappers with... Read More

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How we supply guns, ammunition to robbers – Cross-border smuggler reveals

by Zara Mustapha A suspected cross-border gun runner, 47-year-old Abdulazeez Amao, has allegedly confessed to the police how he supplies guns and ammunition to armed robbers. According to reports, Amao was arrested in his house at Ayegun Adasun in Ibadan, Oyo State, western Nigeria, after he was implicated by a suspected armed robber, Olatunbosun Olatunji, 48, who alleged that... Read More

Abdulazeez Amao, ammunition, Cross-border, guns, Olatunbosun Olatunji, robbers, smuggler

December 7, 2013

Catholic priest arrested after ‘threatening church members with guns’ in Imo

by ‘Jola Sotubo A Catholic priest in Imo is being investigated by police in the state after reports that he was illegally in possession of weapons. The cleric is said to preside over a parish in the Dikenafai environs of the Ideato South Local Government area of the state. The priest is believed to have... Read More

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September 6, 2013

“I wanted to show how strong I was”: This man killed 6 colleagues in front of his ex-girlfriend to prove his masculinity (PHOTOS)

A ‘Rambo’ gunman who killed six workmates in a shooting rampage has blamed the attack on his inability to have sex with a female colleague during a romantic weekend away together. Lawyer Dmitry Vinogradov, 30, dubbed the Russian Breivik, admitted murder after his mass slaughter last November in the Moscow pharmacy company where he worked.... Read More

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September 4, 2013

Solomon Osadolo: The odds for world peace have never been this bad (Y! Superblogger)

by Solomon Osadolo You ever just wonder why we can’t have a period when there’s no conflict or uprising – internal or external – anywhere in the world, with no tyrant leader lording it over his country folk and where there are no religious fanatics and nut jobs trying to tear the world apart at every... Read More

conflicts, farce, guns, nations, resolve, Solomon Osadolo, World peace, Y! Superblogger

2 people killed as police, hoodlums clash in Oyo

by Olaniyi Afolabi It was pandemonium yesterday in Oje market Ibadan, Oyo state, as two people were killed in a clash between the police and some hoodlums. Two policemen who were also injured in the clash are said to be receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. The incident has been confirmed by the state Public... Read More

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Half of us in the Senate own guns – Sen. Ali Ndume (WATCH)

As Nigerian Senators debated a motion to urge the parliament to stop alleged moves by Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, to arm vigilante groups in the state with rifles in his decision to address insecurity in the state, progressed, Ali Ndume (Borno South) revealed to the chagrin of many that about half of the 109... Read More

Abdulaziz Yari, Ali Ndume, guns, senate, vigilante groups

How 75-year-old man disarmed 4 kidnappers in Ondo

Chief Olabanji Akingbule, 75, the Odunwo of Ondo, Ondo State, has narrated how he disarmed and captured four kidnappers who attempted to abduct him. The septuagenarian spoke with Daily Sun: “I was inside my house on the fateful day and dressing up to go out when my wife informed me that policemen had arrested my... Read More

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