Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alleged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. This...
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A car dealer in Abuja, Mohammed Manga had raised the alarm that a suspect identified simply as Henry, who disguised as a customer, absconded with the vehicle while testing it. This is as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command says it is making efforts to track down the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has approved appointment and redeployment of more General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Commanders and other officers to enhance administrative and operational efficiency of the Nigerian Army. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this...
A 45-year-old man, Ebuka Emeka, who allegedly threatened his landlady with a knife, was on Friday, arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Emeka is standing trial before Magistrate D.S Odukoya, on a one-count charge of threat to life. The defendant, whose address was not provided, pleaded not...
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has said that he left the Nigeria Armed Forces bigger, stronger and more capable to deliver on its constitutional mandate. Irabor stated this in his valedictory speech during the pulling out parade organised in his honour on Friday...
Troops of the 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals at Angwan Yara, Keana Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of the Command, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Friday in...
Three suspects alleged to have killed Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun of the Nigerian Navy in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been arrested by the police. Parading the suspects before journalsts on Thursday in Akure, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said...
A notorious bandit leader in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali, has been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted by members of his terrorist group, PRNigeria reports. The IED, according to a military source in the North West, was planted by terrorists to eliminate troops of Operation Hadarin Daji,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy has reshuffled the appointments of top senior officers comprising 56 rear admirals and a Commodore. This is according to a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by The Nigeria Navy Director of Information, Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan. According to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has felicitated the gallant troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) and their families on this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This is contained in a statement by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen....
The Police Command in Delta has rescued a victim held hostage by suspected cultists. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Wednesday in Warri that the victim was rescued by police operatives from Sapele Division. Edafe said that the victim was rescued on Sunday by the police...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Gunmen have killed one person and injured another when they stormed Magamin Kano Village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The gunmen, whose number is not known, attacked the town on Monday and invaded the residence of the Village Head of the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has expressed appreciation to troops of the Nigerian Army for their commitment and sacrifice towards combating emerging security challenges in theatres of operations across the country. Maj.-Gen. Lagbaje stated this in his Goodwill message to...
The Zamfara government says it has not embarked on negotiating with bandits to address security challenges bedeviling the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Nakwada disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. He noted that the present administration of Gov. Dauda Lawal had no...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 40,000 personnel to provide security across the country as Muslim faithfuls celebrate Eid-El-Fitr. NSCDC Director of Public Relations, Olusola Odumosu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Odumosu said that NSCDC...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Maj.-Gen. John Ochai has assumed duty as the 32nd Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. The NDA Public Relations Officer, Maj. Victor Olukoya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said Ochai took over from Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf...
Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, erstwhile Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) was on Monday pullout of active military service in a colourful ceremony in Kaduna. Yusuf whose military career began in 1980 as a student of Nigerian Military School, Zaria, is a member of NDA 37 Regular Course. The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Makwe, over alleged 5.7-million-euro internet fraud. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to him, Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tincan Special Area Command, said it had confiscated 521.95 kilograms of Cannabis Indica, also known as “Colorado”, worth of N1.77 billion between January to June. Mr Mohammed Abubakar, Commander of Narcotics, NDLEA Tincan Special Area Command, said this at the 2023 International...
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said 40,000 specially trained elite officers would be deployed to the newly created Special Intervention Squad of the Nigeria Police. Egbetokun said this on Monday in Abuja at a conference with Commanders of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Special Protection...