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...
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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...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have arrested three blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano, while another blind member of the syndicate is still at large. A statement issued by the...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has welcomed the release of the last student of Bethel Baptist High School who was among students of the school abducted in 2021. The governor pledged continuous support for security agencies to make all schools in the state safe . He gave the...
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates have killed four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bakana community in Rivers State. A resident of the community who spoke on condition of anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Saturday...
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and environs has arrested two suspected gun manufacturers at Vom in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Its Media Officer, Capt. James Oya, told a news conference in Jos on Saturday that troops of the taskforce...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, on Saturday refuted a purported plan to stage a 10km three-day charity walk in Benin. Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Capt. Yemi Sokoya, said the online publication that the army planned the walk to celebrate the...
Rivers State Police Command has intercepted 300 parcels of cannabis sativa, popularly known as India hemp, in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Nwonyi Emeka, disclosed this to newsmen at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said police operatives attached to the...
Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ibaka, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom says it has nabbed five suspects and impounded a wooden boat together with 18 bags of rice in the state. The Commanding Officer (FOB) Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this to the News Agency...
By: SIMBIAT BAKARE On a day when stars seemed at peace, Elsa (who requested that we use only her first name) fell for the oldest wooing trick in the game of romance. Sometimes, when a man wants to strike up a conversation with a lady, he pretends to know...
Troops of “Operation Delta Safe’’ uncovered and destroyed 96 illegal refining sites and apprehended 57 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta in the last one week. The troops also discovered and destroyed 106 dug out pits, 111 boats, 229 storage tanks, 290 coking ovens, eight pumping machines,...
Troops neutralised seven bandits in Kaduna State between Wednesday and Friday. Spokesman of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col Musa Yahaya, stated on Friday in Kaduna that troops of the division neutralised four of the bandits on Wednesday at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. He explained...
The Defence Headquarters, has warned terrorists and bandits that their days are numbered as the military thwarted the criminals in several operations within the last one week. “The military will continue to deny the terrorists, insurgents and violent extremists the ability to achieve their selfish objectives. “The war...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) have successfully foiled an imminent attack on Kano by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja....