Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, has embarked on an official confidence-building and assessment tour of the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Command’s spokesperson, Mohammed Jalige, in a statement on Monday, said Mr Ayoku assured all road users that the highway was safe for travelling. Mr Jalige said the police commissioner...
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The Kaduna State Government has raised an alarm about the activities of terrorist groups in the State. Speaking during the presentation of the first quarter security report for 2022 to the state’s security council, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said members of the Ansaru and...
Troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as well as other security agencies, have killed leader of a notorious gang, Otobong Moses, alias Otoabasi, during a raid at their hideout in Akwa Ibom. The Assistant Director, Army...
Residents of nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Anambra state are currently living in fear after they received a letter from gunmen, disclosing that they would be under attack soon. The local government areas listed to be attacked are Ihiala, Aguata, Nnewi South, Awka North, Awka South, Idemili North,...
U.S. President Joe Biden has approved a plan to redeploy U.S. troops to the eastern African country of Somalia to counter the extremist group al-Shabab, according to the White House. Drawn from forces already deployed in Africa, less than 500 U.S. troops will be repositioned in Somalia to constitute...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command on Monday said it has successfully defused a bomb planted by suspected Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists at Dalori IDPs located along Konduga -Bama road at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis . The Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdu...
The Police Command in Anambra State has confirmed the kidnapping of Mr Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker representing Aguata Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly. Okoye, an indigene of Isuofia, the same community as Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, was kidnapped in Aguata on Sunday. DSP Toochukwu...
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the burning of the headquarters of Idemili North Local Government Area in Ogidi, Anambra, in the early hours of Monday. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Anambra State Police Command, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of...
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have reportedly taken over communities between Mutun-Daya and Gunu in Sarkin-Pawa Road, Munya LGA of Niger State. These communities are about 20 kilometres from Minna, the Niger State Capital. Speaking on the latest attack, a resident, Shehu Abubakar, told our correspondent that the attackers...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances in raids across Abia, Kaduna, Yobe and Kogi States. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Fem Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday...
Nigerian troops have eliminated scores of suspected Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Taraba State. The ISWAP elements met their waterloo when they attacked troops on a military operation, at Tati village under Takum local government area of the State. But the Commanding Officer of 93...
An explosion has rocked the headquarters of Six Brigade Nigeria Army located in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The incident took place late Tuesday night in the backyard of the building but no casualty was recorded. The Army has so far barricaded the roads leading to and fro the...
At least seven Nigerian soldiers have been killed following an ambush on the convoy of the commanding officer of the 93 Army Battalion, Takum, Taraba State by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, according to SaharaReporters. Military sources told SaharaReporters that the Brigadier General was on his way to Jalingo...
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari has said his arrest and continued detention at the Kuje prison has emboldened criminals in their incessant onslaught against Nigeria. Mr Kyari made the statement through his lawyer Nureini Jimoh, who prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to review his...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Kebbi State Police Command has presented cheques worth N60 million to the families of six officers, killed by bandits in active service in the state. The officers lost their lives during an encounter with the bandits while on guard duty at the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than five villagers have been killed by bandits, who attacked Takakume Village of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was gathered by our correspondent that the incident occured in the late hours of Sunday, 8th May, 2022. The perpetrators according...
At least 48 persons have been reportedly killed in a deadly attack by armed bandits in three communities of Zamfara State The communities are Sabon Gari Damri, Damri and Kalahe in Bakura Local Government Area of the State The Sole Administrator of Bakura Local Government, Aminu Suleiman confirmed the...
Unknown gunmen suspected to be enforcing a two-day ‘phantom’ sit-at-home allegedly declared by yet to be identified dissident group in South-East attacked Ebebe Junction in Abakaliki metropolis, Ebonyi. The attackers who struck the area at about 6:20 a.m on Friday set a vehicle ablaze while a motorcycle operator escaped...
In the last three years, no fewer than 10,000 people have been displaced in Kebbi State, a PRNigeria investigation has revealed. The displaced persons are victims of ‘gruesome’ attacks launched by armed bandits, at communities within the Chonoko axis in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the State. The bandits,...