The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday, said that troops eliminated 159 terrorists, and apprehended 174 others in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in an update on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja. Buba said the troops...
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Bandits have killed seven security personnel, including three soldiers of the Nigerian Army and four personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, in an attack on the Zamfara highway on Thursday. The security personnel were repelling the bandits’ attack when they were ambushed and killed. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that terrorism provided cover for other crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent acts to thrive. Lagbaja said this at the 3RD Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency Seminar organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), in Collaborations...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has arrested 3 suspects, including two women, over alleged involvement in ‘one-chance, robbery in Port Harcourt The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday that the suspects were arrested at about 9.00p.m on...
Gunmen launched an attack on the quiet Umulogho Community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo, on Wednesday, killing a police operative and torching a section of a police station. The News Agencyof Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident happened at Umulogho by NEPA Junction on the Owerri-Umuahia Road....
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 56 persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Kwara capital, Ilorin. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners in tbe state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen at a press briefing on Friday in Katsina. ASP Aliyu said the large caches of ammunition were recovered from...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho at the weekend, which left a further 140 injured. According to news reports, it was the latest terror attack by the Al Qaeda-linked militant group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam...
The Police in Jigawa have detained a tea vendor for allegedly beating a a 20-year-old man to death for stealing bread, milk and noodles in Dutse. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the detention of the suspect in a statement in Dutse,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police detectives in Bauchi State have arrested a 37-year old man for allegedly abducting two almajiri boys and for severally raping one of them. The suspect, an indigene of Hausari Dandal, Borno State, was said to have lured and abducted one of the victims,...
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have foiled two bandits’ attacks and rescued five kidnapped victims in Malumfashi local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq,on Monday in Katsina. He said that the police also neutralised...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives have detained two cattle rustlers, two notorious gunrunners and three kidnappers suspects. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said the operatives also foiled a kidnapping attempt and recovered...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that security was everybody’s business, urging Nigerians to provide the necessary information that would aid security officials’ operations. Musa said this on Saturday in Abuja while delivering his address at the 48th Annual National Conference of the Muslim Elders...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman in possession of anti-aircraft ammunition in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the PPRO, police personnel attached to...
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central State on August 15. Its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) at 11.15 p.m....
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa to fish out the killers of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State. Matawalle gave the charge in a statement on Friday in Abuja, by Mr...
Bloodthirsty bandits have killed 13 persons on their farms at the Ijuwa fringes of the Alawa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The LGA Chairman, Akilu Isyaku, confirmed the killing of the 13 farmers in an interview with a local radio station in Minna...
Enugu State Government, Wednesday, demolished a property allegedly used by kidnappers for the abduction of their victims in Enugu East Local Government. Mr Uche Anya, Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, said the property was an uncompleted storey-building with an underground tunnel at Nkwubor Layout in Emene Nike....
Police Command in Osun says it has arrested a 29-year -old commercial motorcyclist for allegedly robbing his passenger of her valuables and also raped her. Police Spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known when it paraded the suspect and others at the state police headquarters on Wednesday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his quest for the safety of the lives and property of citizens in Sokoto State, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has approved the construction of a road in Tureta Local Government Areathat will open up the den of bandits terrorising the Sokoto/Gusau route....