After years of absence, the Nigerian Base Defence Company, deployed into the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has joined the rest of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force. The Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNISFA, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday....
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The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says its troops of Sectors 3 and 4 have apprehended more than 900 suspected family members and collaborators of Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday by MNJTF, Chief Military Public Information Officer in N’Djamena Chad, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke....
The police in Gombe have arrested a 38-year-old teacher for allegedly defiling four pupils. The pupils who are aged eight, nine, 12 and 14 years respectively are sisters from the same father. ASP Mahid Abubakar, the Command’s Public Relations Officer said this in a press statement issued in Gombe....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has directed police commands and formations to intensify the mop-up of illicit arms and ammunition across the country ahead of the March 18 election. Baba gave the order in a statement by the Force Public Relations...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, ASABA – Gunmen have reportedly attacked the convoy of the Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) in Delta State, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, The attack took place between Elume Junction and Okuabude, in Okpe Local Government Area of the State, on Sunday, March 12, 2023....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theaters Commander, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command, Major General Ibrahim Ali, has inaugurated a Special Court Martial for the Theater Command to attend to all allegations, offences and crimes committed by various officers and soldiers of the Command...
Retired Maj-Gen. Modibo Alkali, the National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday says the commission has no political party or preferred candidate in the country. Alkali spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting with the representatives of all political parties in Sokoto State. He said the election body would...
The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday said it arrested a 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, for allegedly killing her 50-year-old landlord in Sango-Ota. The Police S.pokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement that the suspect was arrested on March 11. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Yakubu Abdullahi Shehu, the Member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, disturbance of public peace and culpable homicide. This is contained in the Special Police Gazette...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have neutralised a bandit and recoverd one AK-47 rifle with two rounds of live 7.62x39mm ammunition. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said on March 13, operatives...
The Kano State Police Command says about 18,748 security personnel have been deployed across the state for the conduct of March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections. The Commissioner for Police, Mr Mamman Dauda, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the recovery of the body of a Professor of Political Science with the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Felix Akpan. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the body was discovered on Sunday with multiple stab wounds...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered Commissioners of Police to swiftly conclude all investigations related to violations of the Electoral Act during the Feb. 25 elections. IGP Baba gave the order to CPs in statement issued by the Force Public Relations...
Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have nabbed a 35-year-old man, Olamide Wasiu, for stealing over 100 motorcycles in the last three months across the state. Mr Adetunji Adeleye, State Commander of Amotekun, made this known while parading the suspect alongside six others before newsmen on Monday in...
The police in Ogun rescued a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, from his kidnappers after a gun battle which lasted for 45 minutes. Oduneye, who’s the publisher of Issues Magazine, was kidnapped at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,...
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Sunday, two regional officials and a resident said. The attack, which occurred around 1 a.m. (2300 GMT) in the village of Kirindera...
Police in Ebonyi on Sunday in Abakaliki confirmed Saturday’s killing of a councillor, Mr Ogbonnaya Ugwu. Spokesman of the police, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that investigation had started to track the killers so as to bring them to book. A resident told NAN...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will continue to arrest and prosecute those involved in the production and circulation of fake redesigned Naira notes. The Commandant-General of the corps, Ahmed Audi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the number...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of a ritual gang, which specialises in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for rituals. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested 35 persons over alleged trafficking in various illicit drugs and substances. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives, acting on intelligence, intercepted a consignment...