The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said 40,000 specially trained elite officers would be deployed to the newly created Special Intervention Squad of the Nigeria Police. Egbetokun said this on Monday in Abuja at a conference with Commanders of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Special Protection...
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The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said personnel of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) would be withdrawn from VIPs escort and guard duties.igp Egbetokun said this on Monday in Abuja at a conference with the Police Tactical Commanders. He said the force would re-evaluate the responsibilities...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 47 (forty-seven) suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects according to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, were arrested on June 23, 2023, at Ikere Road and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Following the recent change of guard in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AVM Hassan Abubakara, has approved the redeployment of 98 officers of air rank. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa,...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have busted a rail line vandalism operation, impounded a conveyance truck and recovered some exhibits. Guy This is contained in a statement by DSP Muhammad Jalige, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said that...
Five Kenyans were killed and houses torched after al-Shabaab militants struck two villages in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu on Saturday evening, the police and witnesses confirmed on Sunday. The police and witnesses said the attackers raided the villages around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, dragged the victims from their...
The police in Ebonyi have reportedly killed three of the suspected killers of a member of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and rescued his kidnapped wife.police The victim, Mr Emmanuel Igwe, an Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) of INEC, was on Sunday, June 18, killed by suspected...
Gunmen operating at Imo axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway reportedly kidnapped nine Enugu-bound passengers, killed two and robbed others of their valuables. The victims, who hail from Amangwo Olokoro in Umuahia, were said to be travelling to Enugu on Saturday for a burial, when they were attacked by...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Aishi-Ette community in Igbo-Eze North LGA of the state. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued in Enugu on Sunday. Ndukwe said that police operatives...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have raided a baby-making factory in Adamawa State, arresting seven suspects. The suspects were apprehended during the operation on June 23, with the parade done at the military headquarters on Saturday. Also rescued were 17 teenage girls as well as two babies. The suspects...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two imported consignments of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a combined weight of 5,344.1 kilograms along the Epe-Lekki corridor and at the Alfa beach, Lekki area of Lagos state. NDLEA spokesman,...
The Police Command in Enugu State has debunked a video clip currently in circulation, alleging that a part of the state is not safe due to a series of kidnappings there, as “untrue”.pol lol This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on...
Operatives of the Edo State Taskforce against Human Trafficking, have apprehended a A48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby to fund their drug addiction. Arrested alongside the two suspects is their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, said to have facilitated the...
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, has said that the careful selection of new security chiefs by President Bola Tinubu would get Nigeria closer to the end of security challenges.buniBunu Buni stated this in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, on Saturday in...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday, pulled out of service, the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, following the change of leadership of the Armed Forces of Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had on June 17, approved the appointment of new service chiefs, marking the...
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has promised to tackle security challenges currently facing the state and ensure lasting peace returns to all parts of the state. Muftwang said this while declaring opened the 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Alumni Association of National Institute (AANI) on Saturday in...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an Ilorin-based associate pastor of the Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel), Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State of N19.3million. Eseyin, a lawyer and former member...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, says the state government would beef up security for her citizens particularly farmers and ensure the remaining terrorists are eliminated from the state. Governor Zulum stated this while reacting to the brutal killing of eight farmers by suspected...
Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, on Saturday said the corps arrested two armed robbery suspects for robbing a female trader returning from market in Ila-Orangun.mote Adewinmbi, in a statement, said the suspects, Joseph Dennis, 20, and Friday Agogo, 29, both indigenes of Benue State, also threatened to...
The Kano Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 1,064 suspects and seized 7.5 tonnes of illicit drugs between June 2022 and June 2023 in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the NDLEA Acting Public Relations Officer, ASN ll Sadiq...