The Nigeria Navy has apprehended two suspected oil thieves operating an illegal bunkering site concealed in their private residence in Rivers, an official has said. The Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, Commodore Desmond Igbo, said this on Wednesday, when he took newsmen to the...
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By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said his objective as the chief security officer in Kogi State is to lead and win the war against criminals in the state. Governor Ododo disclosed this at the commissioning of the office complex of the...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has said the Nigeria Police would respond to the Aug. 1 planned protest by some Nigerians, “in a most professional manner.” Egbetokun said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the...
The five corps members kidnapped on Ifon/Owo road in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State have recounted their experience in the den of their abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the abducted corps members were; Oluwaseun Adewole, Feranmi Oluwadara, Patience Andrew, Taiwo Oribamise and...
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has rescued 10 pregnant women from a baby factory operated by a 56- years-old suspect, Eunice Eze. The Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia in Uyo on Tuesday. Ayilara said that the suspect, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian military has achieved a significant milestone in the fight against Boko Haram, rescuing 330 women and children from the terrorist group’s enclaves in Sambisa forest. The survivors, comprising 110 women and 220 children, were handed over to the Borno state government on...
Edo State Police Command has said gunmen involved in the attack on Monday Okpebholo, APC Governorship Candidate for Edo and the state’s reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, have gone into hiding. The Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye said this on Monday while giving an update on the investigation...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) Team of the Forward Operating Base Bonny, under Operation Delta Sanity, has destroyed a camp of suspected crude oil thieves and apprehended two suspects in Rivers. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja....
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested the suspected organiser of the murder of a retired Brigadier General, Uwem Udokwere, in his Sunshine Estate home in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, disclosed this at a news...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a significant breakthrough, troops from the Operation Hadun Kai have successfully rescued another Chibok schoolgirl, Ihyi Abdul, in Bama, Borno State. This brings the total number of rescued Chibok girls to 19, a major milestone in the ongoing efforts to reunite the...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahi – No fewer than 6 persons including an inspector have been killed by gunmen in Aba during a deadly attack on a police patrol team on Sunday. The Abia State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Umuahi....
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested five robbery suspects for alleged burglary and stealing of motorbike in Nasarawa State. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Rahman Nansel, said the suspects were arrested at two different locations, in Orozo and Karu, in Nasarawa...
The Joint Task Force, codenamed, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has destroyed several illegal refining sites located within Abia State. The Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, made the disclosure in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa on Sunday. Okeke said that the task force also intercepted 14 boats loaded...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has reiterated that the ban on the unauthorised use of military camouflage remains in full effect. Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a video depicting a soldier molesting a civilian for...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The chairman of the Boys Brigade of Nigeria (BBN), Akwanga Battalion, has been apprehended for alleged stealing of pigs in Gwanje Loko, a community in Akwanga LGA of Nasarawa State The suspect, who is the Chairman of the BBN, Akwanga Battalion, was apprehended...
The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the killing of two travellers and kidnapping of five others by gunmen on Ifon/Owo Road in Ose Local Government area of the state. The Spokesperson for the Police in the state, SP Fumilayo Odunlami-Omisanyan, said the command was yet...
Suspected gunmen, on Friday, attacked Mbache Ward in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State reportedly killing 18 persons. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday by telephone, the Caretaker Chairman of the LG council, Mr Justine Shaku, said that a father and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops have successfully dislodged and destroyed a terrorist camp belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The army, in a post on its official X-handle on Saturday, said the operation was conducted early in...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have ambushed and killed the Chief of Chanchanji, HRH Alhaji Tanimu Kunbiya, and his son, Yusuf Tanimu, while they were returning from a funeral service on Friday evening in Takum. Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, in a statement by...