The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 75.75kgs of cannabis indica, which came from Montreal, Canada, hidden in a container of four used vehicles with number MSCU 5336680. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in...
Security News
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of scores of vigilantes at Yargoje Forest in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The insurgents ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows leading. In a statement issued...
Former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, says winning hearts and minds of the North East populace was a major step taken by the Army that turned the tables against insurgents during his time. Buratai, who is the immediate past Ambassador of Nigeria to the Republic of...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Police operatives attached to Gawu-Babangida Division in Niger State have arrested one Ibrahim Ali aka Bajala for being an informant and food supplier to suspected kidnappers. The state police spokesman, DSP WA Abiodun, said who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the...
The Taraba State Government has confirmed the killing of the two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum Biyu, HRH Sani Mohammed of the Gassol Local Government Area. The victims were abducted on January 19 by gunmen in their residence in Jalingo, the state capital. A press...
The Cross River State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Usani Usani, narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers along the Calabar-Ikom highway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two unidentified persons were, however, not lucky as they were killed by the gunmen who shot...
The Police Command in Enugu State has nabbed two male suspects possessing, transacting and selling counterfeited redesigned N1,000 notes within a council area in Enugu State. The suspects were in possession of counterfeited 180 pieces of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) newly- redesigned N1,000 notes, with face value...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered full enforcement of the CBN Act, 2007 that criminalises the hawking and selling of naira notes. The Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Friday in Abuja, that the IGP ordered...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 41 members of local vigilance groups, popularly known as “Yansakai”, have been killed in an ambush by terrorists in Yargoje forest in Katsina State. The Katsina State Police Command confirm the incident in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Gambo...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Oyo State Police Police Command has uncovered plans by hoodlums to attack and loot banks, shopping mails, INEC offices and other facilities in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan....
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the rescue of the remaining four abducted pupils of Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Primary School Alwaza, Doma Local Government Area. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state made the confirmation to newsmen on Friday in Lafia....
The Imo Police Command has confirmed Thursday’s killing of a Customary Court Judge, Mr Nnaemeka Ugboma, while presiding over a matter. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Friday. Okoye said that...
Gunmen have killed Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Ugboma was killed on Thursday by gunmen, who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident according to the Punch, brought the court sitting to an abrupt...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area command, has seized $6 million fake United States dollars amongst other prohibited items. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, made this known to journalists during a briefing in Seme, on Thursday in Lagos. He also said that four suspected members...
Police paraded Maurice Ibangha (22), before newsmen on Thursday in Calabar after confessing that greed led him to attempt the kidnap of his boss, Mr Peter Egba, Cross River’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry. Ibangha said he planned the kidnap attempt with three others, including the commissioner’s driver before...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has set up a committee to fast track the payment of allowances of personnel who covered the 2022 Osun and Ekiti elections. Mr Olusola Odumosu, NSCDC Director Public Relations, said on Thursday in Abuja that the funds for the payment were...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have engaged bandits in a gun duel along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road and rescued 30 kidnapped victims. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will sanction any of its personnel who violates its Standard Operational Practice (SOP) during the 2023 General Elections. The NSCDC Commandant in Oyo state, Mr Michael Adaralewa, stated this on Thursday during a training organised by the command for...
Maj.-Gen. Aminu Chinade has taken over as the 37th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, even as he has assured South-East residents of peace and safety. Taking over from Maj.-Gen. Umar Musa on Thursday in Enugu, Chinade assured that with robust collaboration of other...
Police in Cross River have recovered one AK-47 rifle, a cutlass and N1million from fleeing herdsmen in Ikom Local Government Area. Spokesman of Zone Six of the Nigeria Police Force, SP Nelson Okpabi, said an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the zone, Mr Emeka Onyekaba led the team that...