Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has described the recent attacks and killing of innocent souls in some parts of the state by suspected bandits as senseless. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina on Wednesday by Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, the state’s Commissioner for Information...
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Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the release of a businessman, Mr Akpan Essien, abducted at his business premises at Etebi Street, Eket, on Oct . 19. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) SP Odiko MacDon confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, November 6, 2023 arraigned eleven students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State for their alleged involvement in...
Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that Sheikh Ibrahim, the Director-General, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, is alive. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. Sheikh Ibrahim’s Anyigba residence was...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed additional personnel and dogs from its Anambra command to support its personnel in Imo during the Nov. 11 governorship election. Anambra Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Edwin Osuala, who addressed the team before their departure on Tuesday in...
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) on Tuesday attributed the security challenges in Nigeria’s South-Eastern zone to the smuggling of illicit small arms and light weapons. Director General of the institute Dr Joseph Ochogwu said this in Abuja during a Policy Roundtable on the Security Challenges...
Police in Ondo State have arrested four robbery suspects over the alleged murder of their gang member following a dispute on sharing of their loot. SP Funmilayo Odunlami- Omisanya, the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, made this known when the suspects and 14 others were parade before newsmen on...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have killed four suspected bandits and arrested 17 others over various crimes within its areas of responsibility. The Media Officer of OPSH, James Oya disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At least 15 villagers have been killed and several others were injured when suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked rice farmers on their farmlands in kakuri and Koshebe village of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State on Sunday evening. It was learnt that...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has warned that the police will not tolerate electoral violence in Bayelsa as off-cycle governorship election holds in the state on Saturday, IGP Egbetokun stated this during a courtesy visit to Gov. Douye Diri on Monday in Yenagoa. He stressed that...
HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – At least nine persons have been killed by suspected bandits at Rugar Kusa village in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. 16 other persons sustained varying degree of injuries when the assailants attacked Muslim faithful celebrating the Maulud in the community on...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on army Commanders and troops not to let Nigeria down in the on-going efforts to tackle security challenges. Musa made the call on Monday in Abuja at the Army Headquarters Operations Centre after receiving briefs on engagements of...
The police command in Kogi on Monday said it plans to deploy over 40,000 policemen across the state to ensure peaceful conduct of the Nov. 11 governorship election. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Bethrand Onuoha, stated in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Imo, Mr Mohammed Barde to the Force Headquarters. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement...
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai (rtd), has accused the political class of creating the insecurity in Nigeria. Buratai made this allegation while sharing his experience in a lecture he delivered titled: ‘Public Service and the Imperatives for National Security in Nigeria’ in the second...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has it would distribute 220 operational vehicles to Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi preparatory to off-cycle governorship elections holding in the states on Nov. 11. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 14.5 million pills of tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth more than N13 billion in street value in Lagos in three days. The hauls were made in three major busts of drug cartels operating at Amuwo Odofin; at...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said its Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai(OPHK) in the Northeast and Operation Hadarin Daji in Northwest have destroyed several terrorists enclaves in recent operations across the theatres. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF,...
Police in Cross River State on Sunday arrested a fleeing suspect in Saturday’s abduction of a former INEC employee. The suspect was hiding in the ceiling of his girlfriend’s house in Calabar when he was arrested.poli He has confessed that the victim’s tenant initiated the abduction. Police spokesperson,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No less than Fourteen Million, Four Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen (14, 481, 519) pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over Thirteen Billion Naira (N13,000,000,000) in street value have been recovered by operatives of the...