By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (I-G-STFPIB) have raided illegal petroleum refining site in Edo. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Sunday in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – About 98 abducted Chibok schoolgirls out of the 276 schoolgirls that were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014 are said to be still in captivity of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest. Head of Military Intelligence Unit Joint Task Force (JTF)...
The Kaduna State Government, says Troops of Nigerian Army have gunned down several bandits at Tollgate general area of Chikun Local Government in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan also disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theatre Commander, North East Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has said that about 79,000 repentant Boko Haram insurgents have so far surrendered to the Nigerian military in recent time Maj. Gen. Musa made this known in Maiduguri while...
The Police Command in Kogi on Saturday said two more corpses had been recovered from the attack by bandits on traders in Bagana village, Omala Local Government Area, Kogi. The spokesperson of Kogi Police Command, SP William Ovye-Aya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that the...
The Police Command in Oyo State says the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is handling the investigation of the decomposing body of a landlord found in his bedroom at Awotan, Apete area of Ibadan. It would be recalled that skeleton of the landlord later identified as Aderemi Abiola was...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to end the security challenges in Nigeria. COAS Yahaya spoke on Friday at the inauguration and handing over of One thousand capacity Town Hall built by the Nigerian...
Police in Kwara have arrested one Hassan Ibrahim for allegedly killing his 90-year-old father, Sabi Ibrahim, to dispossess him of his ATM card. Police spokesman in the state, SP Ajayi Okasanmi stated on Thursday in Ilorin that one Aishat Ibrahim reported to the police on Aug. 5 that the...
The Department of State Services (DSS) recovered incriminating materials when it searched the residence of Mr Tukur Mamu. Mamu is the negotiator between the Nigerian government and terrorists who abducted passengers from the Abuja-Kaduna train service of March 28. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya said appropriate security agencies executed...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos urged Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country. Declaring open the 12th Nigerian Navy Games, LAGOS 2022, the President assured Nigerians that the...
The Federal Government says it is collaborating with security agencies to ensure adequate security of schools ahead of resumption on Sept. 12. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Goodluck Opiah, stated this during a news conference to herald the preparations for the 2022 edition of the International Day...
The Defence Headquarters has dismissed allegations that some military personnel and security agencies are involved in oil theft and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. Reacting to questions by newsmen during the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the military on Thursday, the Director Defence Information,...
The Nigerian Navy says it is committed to protecting the country’s maritime space and enhancing security in the Gulf of Guinea. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this during a visit to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lagos Office on Wednesday. He said...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Unknown gunmen have killed no fewer than three police officers in Enugu State. The gunmen who were in a Lexus Jeep, reportedly opened fire on the moving police patrol van on Wednesday along Chime Avenue, New Haven, Enugu. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the three...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the capital injection of €10.7M by UZ Carlson Pharmaceutical Limited will be a pharmaceutical revolution in the Nigerian Army Drugs Manufacturing Company (NADMC). Yahaya said this on the occasion of the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Joint establishment of a...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested four suspected kidnappers in the state. The command also said it arrested three persons suspected of printing and circulating fake naira notes. The Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Bauchi. Wakil...
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday said that maritime security improved much in the last five months. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughar, made the disclosure during a visit to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lagos Office. Ayo-Vaughar said that a number of people, including...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man in Warri, who claimed to be on a revenge mission following the killing of his brother by some cultists. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said...
The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the abduction of Mr Henry Gotip, the Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of the State by gunmen. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday in Jos. Alabo said...
The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that dare-devil armed robbers attacked three different banks in the state on Tuesday. Mr Edward Egbuka, the State Commissioner of Police, made the confirmation in a statement in Lokoja by the Command’s image maker SP William Ovye-Aya. Egbuka gave the names of...