The Police in Imo say they have arrested Mr Chinwendu Nwagwu, suspected leader of the gang that killed Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Aide. Spokesperson of the police in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday. Abattam...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security agencies that would be engaged with various support services in the 2023 general elections to maintain a high sense of professionalism. The president stated this when he inaugurated the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) newly acquired Estate in Idu-Karmo, Abuja, on Wednesday. He urged...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended terrorists have killed no fewer than 11 persons and kidnapped unspecified number of villagers from Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada local government areas of Sokoto State, locals have confirmed. Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada are amongst the 8...
The Anambra State Police Command says its operatives had repelled an attack by some gunmen on Ihiala police divisional headquarters and recovered an abandoned AK-47 rifle. The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Ikenga said: “Our operatives in...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a traditional title holder in Zaria for allegedly sodomising a 14-year-old boy. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Muhammadu Jalige, told newsmen in Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday that the suspect would be prosecuted at the conclusion of investigation. Elder brother to...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday urged the military and other security agencies to remain apolitical in their involvement in the provision security during the nation’s 2023 General Elections. President Buhari made the call at the inauguration of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) Estate at Idu-Karmo in Abuja. He said...
Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the arrest of the state All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha and a party Chieftain, Chief Eni Chima over communal unrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was a supremacy battle between supporters of Okoro-Emegha and Chima,...
The Police command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of three persons and burning of the residential building of Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha, the state APC Chairman. The three persons killed are: Kalu Egwu, youth leader, Eme Orji, a younger brother of the State APC Chairman and an Inspector of...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)says it has arrested no fewer than 18,940 people for different drug related offences in the last two years. Brig-Gen, Mohammed Buba -Marwa, the Chairman and chief executive of the agency, made this known in Yola on Tuesday while receiving an award of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSP) has called on police authority to immediately, commence investigation into the shooting and killing of a Lagos lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem by a police officer. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, made the...
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called for an end to all the violence in the Southeast. A statement, on Monday, December 26, 2022, by spokesperson for the group, Emma Powerful, quoted Kanu to have ordered the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to stop...
Mr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has condemned the killing of a female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, by a policeman in Ajah, Lagos. Ojukwu made the condemnation in a statement when reacting to the unfortunate death of Raheem. He described the incident...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday requested the police to come up with more details of the alleged murder of a Lagos-based female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was allegedly shot dead on Christmas Day by a police officer attached...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Umar Farouq Yahaya and Chief Air Staff (CAS) , Air marshal Isiaka Amao have celebrated the 2022 Christmas with troops of Operation Hadin Kai JTF at the theater command Headquarters Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri . They appreciated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) in collaboration with Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi has organized a 3 day training workshop for registered private security agents and personnel of volunteer security groups in combating insecurity in the north east of Nigeria. The training workshop...
The United States government has announced a project to strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity of the NDLEA as well as its intelligence gathering and prosecution capabilities. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this on Monday in Abuja. He added that the support was from the U.S. Department...
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a 49 year-old man, who killed and dumped his girlfriend’s aunt in a septic tank. The state anti kidnapping squad led by SP Ogini Chukwuma, disclosed this to newsmen in Calabar on Sunday. Chukwuma said that the suspect, Eyo Bassey, who...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has neutralised over 100 terrorists including some of their leaders in an airstrike on Dec. 20, in Borno. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Director Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has Intercepted consignments of Colorado concealed in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada at the Tincan seaport, Apapa and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The Police Command in Cross River said it foiled a robbery attack in one of the old generation banks in the state capital city on Friday. The state Commissioner of Police, Sule Balarabe, who confirmed the incident, said that the command arrested four suspects in connection with the planned...