The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, have eliminated a key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on Mandara Mountains in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made...
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The Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Kayode Egbetokun, has said his administration has planned to double the manpower strength of the Police Force in the country. Egbetokun disclosed this on Friday during a one-day visit to the Kwara Command in Ilorin. He acknowledged the shortage of manpower...
The police command in Kano has cautioned against the planned protest by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria People’s party (NNPP). Mr Hussaini Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, said this when he spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The troops of Sector 3, Multi-Naltional Joint Task Force(MNJTF), said it had neutralised four Boko Haram terrorists in Malam Fatori in northern part of Borno State. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, Chief Military Public Information Officer of MNJTF, who disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri...
The Federal Government on Friday said the renewed fight by the Nigeria Navy was partly responsible for the current rise in crude oil production in the country. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle lauded the navy during the inauguration of Chief of Naval Staff Annual Sea...
Police in Jigawa have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly fabricating firearms in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated in Dutse on Thursday that the suspect was arrested on Nov. 16. “Policemen in Ringim in collaboration with a...
The Defence Headquarters has said troops of Operation Delta Safe have in the last one week destroyed 50 illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta region and arrested 51 suspects. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known on Thursday in Abuja while briefing...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has appealed for collective support of all in their continued efforts towards restoring peace to the country. Lt Gen. Lagbaja, who insisted that those non state actors that are undermining the nation’s...
The Police Command in Kano State, on Wednesday arrested seven people protesting the Appeal Court judgment which removed Abba-Kabir Yusuf as governor of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a large group of people took to the streets of Kano on Wednesday calling...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – FCT Police Command has debunked media reports alleging the kidnapping of 19 individuals and killing of 12 persons in Galadimawa, Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson of the FCT police command, Joseph Adeh. Mr....
The Niger Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has denied involvement in the disappearance of a communication mast in the state. The state Commandant, Mr Elijah Etim, said they have already identified the principal suspects and were on their trail. Etim told the News Agency...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has paid a condolence visit to Mrs Dorothy Chris Alli, widow of the Late former Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen Chris Alli at his Osborne Foreshore Estate residence in Ikoyi, Lagos....
The mutilated body of a missing 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka, was on Monday found in a bush at Kotogbo community in Asero Estate, Abeokuta. Soyinka was declared missing a week ago and the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer,...
The Brigade Commander, 3 Mechanized Brigade, Bukavu, Brig.- Gen. Jamiu Are, says the Nigerian Army has recorded zero-cases of banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities within Kano city and its environ. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Are was speaking while receiving the members of...
A soldier was injured on Tuesday night while a policeman was killed in a clash between some Army and Police personnel in Adamawa. The injured soldier was allegedly shot in the leg by a policeman who was part of a patrol team at Target Junction in Yola. Some...
Rivers State Police Command has arrested some of their men accused of killing one Eze Nyebuchi of Woji community in Obio Akpor, Rivers. Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Olatunji Disu confirmed the arrests in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by police spokesperson in the...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to death by hanging and one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a correctional centre. Oshodi delivered the judgement after careful considerations of facts before the court and the demeanor of the convicts, which he termed as ‘unremorseful’. The...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has debunked a newspaper report which alleged that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has died on Monday. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Olatunji Disu, has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. Disu told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the command had launched full investigation to ascertain the claims made...
A 34-year old man has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 90-year old woman in an aged care home in the town of Bateau Bay, 100km north of Sydney in Australia. An Australian Guardian report on Tuesday, citing the police, said that the suspect entered...