By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – At least one suspect has been killed and 3 others arrested after the FCT Police Command raided a kidnappers’ camp in an Abuja border community. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Saturday...
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The 5,937 soldiers that recently passed out from the Depot will be deployed to fight banditry, cattle rustling and related crimes, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army of Staff (COAS), has said. Lagbaja disclosed this during the passing out parade for the 86 regular recruit intake of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Tragedy struck on Thursday in Abaji Area Council of Abuja, as three individuals lost their lives in a fierce gun battle between a combined team of Nigerian Police and Military personnel, and a 15-man gang attempting to rob First Bank PLC. According to a...
A police officer shot and injured a magistrate at a court in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday, before being killed in a shootout with other officers, the Judiciary said. Monica Kivuti, a magistrate at the Makadara Law Courts, was shot after rejecting the bond request for the police officer’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army’s 7 Division has refuted a report by an online medium (NOT NATIONAL ACCORD) alleging that soldiers at the Maimalari Military Cantonment in Maiduguri are lacking basic amenities such as electricity, water, and social services. The Deputy Director of Army Public...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has debunked report of shooting and kidnapping along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway, saying it is false and should be disregarded. The Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, debunked the report in a statement issued on Thursday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a rare display of patriotism, officers and men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto/Zamfara Command have rejected 1.5m naira brine offered by suspected railway track vandals. Making this known at a press conference, The Comptroller of Customs, Sokoto/Zamfara Commands, Kamal Muhammed,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command has said adequate security measures have been put in place to ensure a peaceful Eid-El-Kabir celebration throughout the state. In conjunction with relevant security stakeholders, the command has implemented measures to maintain law and order before, during, and after...
The Defence Headquarters has said troops deployed in different parts of the country have in the last one week neutralised no fewer than 197 terrorists and apprehended 310 others across theatres of operation. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Police operatives in Enugu have raided the camp of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and Eastern Security Network (ESN), in a forest in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the state. Two members of the outlawed group were killed during the raid. The Police spokesman...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has decried the bandits activities in the North-Western state, blaming the situation on what he described as political interference. The governor, who spoke during a townhall on Channels Television to mark Nigeria’s 25th Democracy Day in Abuja on Wednesday, said precious human...
PBy EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has successfully dismantled a cartel dealing in jewellery worth billions of Naira obtained from armed robbery operations in Abuja and its environs. The Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said on...
The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the killing of no fewer than 20 people, four police officers and two operatives of the state-owned Community Watch Corps by some suspected bandits. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement in Katsina on...
The Abia Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 alleged pipeline vandals in Obiakpo Obuzo Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area. NSCDC’s Spokesperson, ASC II Doreen Udugwu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Umuahia and made available to newsmen on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe successfully destroyed two Illegal Refining Sites (IRS) situated along the banks of Imo River. NAF’s Director, Public Relations and Information, Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Over 30 occupants of two commercial vehicles have been reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected kidnappers along Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened on Friday evening along Nasarawa-Keffi road. The gunmen who reportedly abducted their victims and took them into the...
Troops of the Nigerian Army, successfully thwarted a kidnap attempt by suspected terrorist group on the 46 Km Ughelli-Patani Road in Delta on Sunday. A post on its official X Handle on Sunday, the Nigerian army said its troops’ swift response to a distress call resulted in the...
The Amotekun Corps Commander in Osun, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewunmbi (rtd), has called for the upgrading of the outfit to a state policing system across the South-West region of the country. Adewunmbi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo....
The Federal Ministry of Works has said it is working with the police to tighten security and stop vandalism on the Third Mainland Bridge to save the public infrastructure. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency...