By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Yahaya Umar Farouq has said that media as an important component in the nation’s progress and development play a very significant role in the society and have been actively involved in the Nigerian Army’s non-kinetic lines...
Security News
By TIM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In continuation of their operational activities in addressing the various security challenges across the country, troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies neutralized a total of 81 terrorists and destroyed illegally refined oil products worth over N128million in the last...
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has inaugurated projects at the Eastern Naval Command to enhance the welfare of personnel. The projects inaugurated by the CNS on Thursday included officers gym and corner shops at 1006 naval barracks, Calabar. Gambo charged officers of the Command...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of alleged destruction of life and properties in Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on security agencies to stop what it called barbaric attacks on their members in the state. The leader of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing voter cards to their owners. This is contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. “Police detectives...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has approved the setting up of an Election Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Team ahead of the general elections. The Force Public Relations, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said members of the team would...
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said it intercepted 68 pieces of military camouflage, 1,235 wraps of hemp weighing 1,163kg and others in January. The Acting Controller of the unit, Hussein Ejibunu, said this at a media conference on Wednesday, adding that...
Police in South Africa have launched an investigation and appealed for witnesses following the theft of a corpse from a grave in the northern province of Limpopo. A relative made the discovery on Sunday when she went to the cemetery to clean the area in preparation of the upcoming...
The people of Muchila ward in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa have appealed to Police and Department of Security Service (DSS) to investigate the attack on wife of the state Governor, Hajiya Lami Fintiri’s convoy in the area. Mr Sunday Mathew, Spokesperson for the community, made the...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has ordered the redeployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs). Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Tuesday in Abuja that the redeployment was in line with the inspector-general’s manpower...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arre a fake DSS officer, seven suspected kidnappers and three others for armed robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the suspects were arrested...
Police in Lagos State say members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) are ready to contain all “funny behaviours’’ at the forthcoming general elections. Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Abiodun Alabi, the Co-Chairman of ICCES made the declaration in Lagos on Tuesday at a...
London police officer, David Carrick will serve at least 30 years behind bars as a British judge said on Tuesday that Carrick used his job to take “monstrous advantage of women”. The disgraced 48-year-old PC, who was described as a “monster” and “evil” by some of his dozen victims,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy (NN) has arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 18 victims in Rijiyar Lemu area of Kano. The Director Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement said the rescue operation took place at about 10.00 pm on Saturday. Commodore Ayo-Vaughan,...
Police in Sokoto State say they are prosecuting at least 10 persons suspected to be political thugs. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Sanusi Abubakar stated in Sokoto on Monday that the arrest and prosecution of the suspects were in line with the directives of the Commissioner of Police,...
Compt. Aminu Shamsuddin, Immigration Service Comptroller, Kwara State Command. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has seized 106 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from foreigners residing in Kwara. The state Comptroller of NIS, Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Operations Manager of a leading Commercial bank in Abuja Central Area for refusing to load the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of the bank despite having N29 million of the new naira notes in the...
Suspected hoodlums on Monday attacked and destroyed Property of some PDP chieftains at Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited some of the affected houses reported that no live was lost. It was, however, observed that the houses suffered considerable...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested some Yoruba Nation agitators planning to protest in the Alausa area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Sunday on his verified Twitter handle. He said, “Earlier today, a number of Yoruba Nation agitators commenced setting...
The Police in Ogun, on Sunday, arrested a man, Michael Ogundele, for allegedly shooting his younger sister’s boyfriend and injured him at Idiroko area of the state. The Police Spokesperson in the State,SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota,Ogun. Oyeyemi explained that...