Rev. Soja Bewarang, the President of Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), has dismissed a report that some members in Bauchi State attempted to bomb a branch of the church. Addressing newsmen in Jos on Monday, Bewarang described the report that some me...
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammed Abubakar, said on Monday in Jos that the police was ``re-strategising’’ in the fight against the Boko Haram. Abubakar, made the remark while on an assessment of the COCIN Church headquarte...
The Police on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old mechanic, Idris Oke, before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court for aborting his girlfriend’s pregnancy. Oke, who appeared before Chief Magistrate Okeagu Azubike, was charged with conspiracy and ab...
The 24-hour curfew imposed on Gombe metropolis due to the Friday bomb attack has started having telling effects on some households. Some bread-winners who spoke with newsmen on telephone, said that food and other essential commodities in their ho...
The Lagos State Police Command has recovered 15 allegedly stolen vehicles from a suspected three-man armed robbery syndicate, its spokesman, SP Joseph Jaiyeoba, said on Monday. Jaiyeoba confirmed to newsmen in Lagos that the recoveries were made within...
The Anambra Police Command says it has smashed a seven-man kidnap gang at Nkpor, near Onitsha. The Second-in-Command of the Police Area Command, Mr Rowland Omatoje, who disclosed this, said arms and ammunition were recovered from the criminals. He said...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dissociated itself from any involvement in the plea bargain deal between ex- Delta State Governor James Ibori and the Metropolitan Police of London. Ibori is facing money laundering charge i...
The Bauchi state police command on Sunday, apprehended seven persons over alleged attempt to bomb ‘COCIN’ Church at ‘Miya Barkatai’ in Toro local government area of the State. The State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba...
Rev. Soja Bewarang, President, Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Jos, has declared that the headquarters’ church in Jos which was bombed on Sunday was ``fully secured’’. “Only God knows why he allowed it to happened because w...
Mr Ekpeyong Ita, the Director-General of the State Security Services (SSS), says ``the negligence of Nigerians” was responsible for the rising waves of Boko Haram attacks in the country. Ita made the assertion at a retreat in Jos organised ...
Angry worshippers at the headquarters of Church Of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Jos on Sunday killed one of the two suspected bearers of the explosives that hit the Church in the morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bomber and one...
Maj. Gen. Oluwaseun Oshinowo, the out-gone Commander, Military Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in Plateau, says the JTF has restored peace and security in the state. Oshinowo, who was speaking to journalists after handing over to his succ...
As rescue workers continue to search and evacuate victims of the bomb blast that rocked the COCIN headquarters Church in Jos on Sunday, victims have continued to give account of what they witnessed. “I only saw fire coming toward me,’&rsquo...
Suicide bombers on Sunday rammed their vehicle into the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos during the morning service, killing some of the worshipers. The casualty figure is still uncertain, but Police Commissioner Emm...
The heightened security coverage of police in NigerState recently as a result of attacks on its men and formations paid off Friday night as the police nabbed two gun men at NITECO junctio, Tunga Minna. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY learnt that the two men were nab...