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,...
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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...
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said personnel of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) would be withdrawn from VIPs escort and guard duties.igp Egbetokun said this on Monday in Abuja at a conference with the Police Tactical Commanders. He said the force would re-evaluate the responsibilities...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 47 (forty-seven) suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects according to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, were arrested on June 23, 2023, at Ikere Road and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Following the recent change of guard in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AVM Hassan Abubakara, has approved the redeployment of 98 officers of air rank. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa,...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have busted a rail line vandalism operation, impounded a conveyance truck and recovered some exhibits. Guy This is contained in a statement by DSP Muhammad Jalige, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said that...
Five Kenyans were killed and houses torched after al-Shabaab militants struck two villages in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu on Saturday evening, the police and witnesses confirmed on Sunday. The police and witnesses said the attackers raided the villages around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, dragged the victims from their...
The police in Ebonyi have reportedly killed three of the suspected killers of a member of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and rescued his kidnapped wife.police The victim, Mr Emmanuel Igwe, an Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) of INEC, was on Sunday, June 18, killed by suspected...
Gunmen operating at Imo axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway reportedly kidnapped nine Enugu-bound passengers, killed two and robbed others of their valuables. The victims, who hail from Amangwo Olokoro in Umuahia, were said to be travelling to Enugu on Saturday for a burial, when they were attacked by...