Those behind the attacks on security agencies appeared relentless, as some hoodlums on Sunday morning attacked a divisional police headquarters in Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. The attack, reported by Channels Television, was carried out at about 9.45 a.m. at the facility located at the Trademore Estate in Umuahia, the state capital. No life was lost in the attack, the report said. A police officer, injured in the attack, has been taken to the hospital, according to the report. Channels Television quoted the police spokesperson in Abia State, Geoffrey Ogbonna, as saying that the hoodlums set ablaze documents in the office…

Gunmen have attacked another police station in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south, less than 24 hours after the killing of five police officers and a wife to one of the officers in a similar attack in the state. A police officer, who did not want his name mentioned in this report because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, said the attack occurred on Sunday afternoon at a local police station in Abak Local Government Area of the state. No life was lost in the attack, the officer said. Some vehicles were set ablaze by the gunmen, according…

Seven police officers have reportedly been killed in fresh multiple gun attacks on Friday night in Rivers State, Nigeria’s South-south, according to a report by Punch newspaper. The paper, which said the police in the state have confirmed the attacks, reported that three police officers were feared killed in Elimgbu police station, while two were killed at another facility, the divisional police headquarters in Rumuji. Two other officers were killed at an attack on a security checkpoint along the East-West Road, the paper said. The police spokesperson in Rivers State, Nnamdi Omoni, said he would make details of the attacks…

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, said on Friday, that ongoing investigations have revealed many highly placed Nigerians and businessmen involved in financing terrorism. Malami, who doubles as Minister of Justice, said the ‘strongly’ suspected financiers were already being profiled for prosecution. The minister, who disclosed this while fielding questions from State House reporters in Abuja, said investigations revealing activities of the suspected terrorism financiers were triggered by a recent conviction of some Nigerians in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) for funding Boko Haram. This is coming amid heightened attacks by Boko Haram, non-state actors and other perpetrators of…