The Defence Headquarters has said the drone attack on Ligarma community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, was based on information about untoward activities of terrorists in the area. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward...
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The Nigerian Army has taken responsibility for Sunday’s Air Strike that left many villagers killed and several others injured at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State. The Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna state, Mr Samuel Aruwan, stated this on Monday. He...
Two men are in police custody in Nasarawa State for allegedly locking up their 35-year-old cousin and starving him to death over allegation of witchcraft. Acting Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr Shettima Muhammad, confirmed the arrest of the duo on Monday in Lafia. He said police...
The Police Command in Cross River has assured the people of effective policing in all parts of the state during the annual Calabar carnival, which kicked off on Friday. The assurance is contained in a statement issued in Calabar by the command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, and made...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has debunked reports that its aircraft accidentally bombed some villagers in Kaduna State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, dismissed the report in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Gabkwet said...
Many persons have been reportedly killed in an air strike allegedly carried out by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident is said to have occurred around 9pm on Sunday, when villagers gathered for Maulud celebration....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – It was a sad day on Saturday for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, as one of its students, Joseph Obiaje Agabaidu, a 500-level Geology student was stabbed to death by robbers, who tried to steal his phone. The final year student hails...
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has visited crew members of the Nigerian Air Force MI-35P attack helicopter that crashed on Friday in Port Harcourt. Abubakar commended the five crew members receiving treatment at the NAF medical centre in Port Harcourt, for the professional manner...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Crooked attempts by drug syndicates to export illicit substances including various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage to Europe, United Arab Emirate and Asia have been thwarted...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered at least eight tons of Indian hemp and 8,000 bottles of codeine in raids in Edo, Delta, Bauchi, Kaduna, Gombe, Kogi Anambra and the FCT in the last one week. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday...
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Tasiu Al’amin-Roba, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA), to Cabinet office and one Abdulkadir Muhammad for alleged diversion of the state’s palliatives. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The remains of Major General Yohanna Yerima Kure (retired) who passed onto glory on 2 November 2023 at the age of 84 has been laid to rest in his home town, Mallam Kure Manchak family compound in Kurmin Musa, Kachia Local Government...
The Department of State Services (DSS), has said its Director-General, Yusuf Bichi, is giving top priority to staff welfare and judicious application of human and material resources without blemish. Dr Peter Afunanya, DSS Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, said this in a statement on Saturday in...
President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration commitment to end terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities in the country. He stated this on Saturday during the 7th and 8th combined convocation of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State. Represented by Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, Vice Chancellor, Federal...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the arrest of a suspected Indian hemp farmer in Sokoto State. “It is the first such case in the history of the state”, the Commandant of NDLEA in the state, Mr Adamu Iro, told newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday....
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Friday launched “Exercise Golden Dawn III”, a military operation, initiated to enhance security in the state during the Yuletide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor performed the launch in a brief ceremony at Obinze, near Owerri. Uzodinma,...
The Defence Headquarters says the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last one week have resulted in the killing of more than 180 terrorists, arrest of 204 others and rescue of 234 kidnapped victims. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a...
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 51 illegal oil refining sites and recovered stolen crude oil and refined products in the Niger Delta in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed in a statement...
Suspected gunmen on Friday attacked the residence of the Kogi Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, in Lokoja, an official has confirmed. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this in Abuja on Friday, adding the incident occurred around...
Taraba State Police Command has killed no fewer than 50 suspected bandits terrorising communities across the Bali Local Government Area of the state. The feat which is a major breakthrough in the fight against banditry in the North-East state was achieved on Tuesday. The police spokesman in...