The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, on Friday, said that the Nigerian Navy had acquired 12 Comstrac System Ovation Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve the fight against maritime crime. Ogalla made this known at the commissioning ceremony of the UAVs and the adoption...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), IGBOKODA, in Ondo State, in the early hours of Thursday arrested a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS involved in crude oil theft. This Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, disclosed this in...
The Police Command in Imo has announced the arrest of 15 suspected members of Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Henry Okoye, said in a statement issued in Owerri on Friday that...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – For several hours, on Thursday, travellers along Lafia-Makurdi federal express-way were held hostage by students of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), who protested over the kidnap of 10 fellow students. The students were kidnapped by suspected kidnappers at their off-campus lodge in...
Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted yet-to-be ascertained number of students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia). The students were abducted in Gandu community near the university, Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, Head of Information and Public Relations of the institution, indicated. According to him, the incident happened outside the...
Sunshine Stars FC of Akure players were on Thursday attacked by gunmen on their way to Benin for a Nigeria Premier Football League match day 13 with Bendel Insurance of Benin. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the club’s Media Officer, Michael Akintunde...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has again, expressed regrets over the drone attack that killed and injured many people at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State. We will learn from this experience and improve on our operational processes, the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, told newsmen on...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), announced on Thursday that 80 terrorists were neutralized and 304 others arrested within the last 14 days in the course of the on-going military operations across the country in support of Nigeria’s national security interest. Director Defence Media Operations (DMO),...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said hoodlums have shot and injured 3 of its operatives during a drug raid in Edo State. The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has arrested two persons, Akeem Usman and Niyi Ifadowo, for allegedly killing 18-year-old 100-level Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student, Quadri Salami, for rituals. The Command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola,, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested five suspects in possession of five guns and security agencies’ uniforms were intercepted during the convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja. The Command’s spokesman, SP Josephine Adeh, said...
No fewer than 50 repentant hoodlums, on Wednesday surrendered their weapons to the Police in Gombe. The hoodlums who operate in Bolari area of Gombe, said they had renounced crime and ready to support law and order in Gombe State. The Commissioner of Police in the state,...
The Secretary to the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, David Mike, said gunmen carted away the petitions of four parties challenging the electoral victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo, in the November 11, 2023 poll. This was according to the spokesperson for the...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday launched a military operation, codenamed Operation Golden Dawn III, to tackle security challenges in Abia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Alex Otti launched the exercise at the 14 Brigade Step-Up Headquarters, Isuochi, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, final year student, Joseph Agabaidu, who was stabbed and later died in the hospital, was trying to retrieve his girlfriend’s handbag from some robbers after they stole it when the incident occured, the Police Command...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday visited Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State where a drone attack by troops of the Nigerian Army killed many civilians on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagbaja apologised to members of the community...
The Police Command in Borno State said it successfully diffused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri on Monday. The Borno Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said it’s operatives have arrested four suspects with 50kg Indian hemp at Unguwar Mai Hayi in Makarfi. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansur Hassan, a gun was recovered from the suspected drug dealers when the operatives raided their base....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command says it has seized 478kilogammes of various illicit substances in November. This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Shuaibu Yusuf-Omale and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Tuesday. Yusuf-Omale...
The Defence Headquarters has said the drone attack on Ligarma community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, was based on information about untoward activities of terrorists in the area. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward...