Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has directed security agencies in the state to fish killers of people of the state without further delay. Lalong gave the directive in a statement by Dr Makut Macham, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor on Wednesday in Jos. The...
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The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, is attending the 11th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2022) in Karachi, Pakistan, to explore opportunities for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the NAF Director of...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has hailed the military authorities for going a step further in the ongoing war against terrorism by declaring 19 top bandits/terrorists wanted and placing a N5million bounty on each of them. The group said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and...
Some gunmen, who attacked the Maikatako Community, in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau, have killed nine members of one family and many others. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of the Police Command in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
In a sustained military operation, airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have eliminated notorious banditry kingpins, Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana in the North-western part of the country. PRNigeria gathered that while Halilu Buzu was killed on October 21, 2022, at Sububu, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA)...
A combined effort of the Police and vigilance group on Tuesday, resulted in the arrest of a suspected armed robbery gang leader and the recovery of assorted weapons in Ogidi, Idemili North LGA of Anambra. The Ogidi Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr Ahmed Sani, said security personnel had stormed...
Gunmen have reportedly abducted passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. State Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction, but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of victims from the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous killing of Eze Ignitus Asor, the traditional ruler of the Obudi-Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo and others. President Buhari in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Politicians and supporters of political parties in Kwara State have warned against defacement and destruction of opposition parties’ posters and billboards. The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, gave the warning in statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Okasanmi...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Umar Sanda, has explained that the recent incident that led to the death of a 67-year old retired civil servant, Adamu Babanta, was an accident and not murder as reported in a section of the media. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aerial patrols have targeted bandits’ locations in Kaduna State and several bandits were neutralized, camps destroyed and some of their hostages escaped. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in...
The police command in Niger says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping, possession of firearm and false impersonation in different part of the state. Wasiu Abiodun, the spokesman of the command, said this in a statement in Minna on Mondday. Abiodun said that on Nov. 1, based...
The Defence Headquarters on Monday, declared 19 terrorists wanted and placed N5 million bounty on each of them. The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, on Monday in Abuja. The information on the poster revealed that...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has recovered $15,400 fake notes, following the arrest of two members of a fake dollars syndicate in Karu Local Goverment Area (LGA), of Nasarawa State. According to a report by NSCDC Director Public Relations (DPR), Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Monday in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Nigerian Army on Monday flagged off its second Regimental Sergeant Majors’ convention at the Headquarters of 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto State. The convention which has its theme as, “”Capacity Building For Regimental Sergeant Majors in the Nigerian Army For Enhanced Regimentation”, is...
Community vigilantes and youths have arrested suspected terrorists and handed them to security authorities in Niger State. PRNigeria gathered the suspected terrorists were arrested during a search and interrogation of strange people in Wawa district of New Bussa. A source who participated in the search in an audio sent...
A 16-year-old abducted female student of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, has given birth to a child in captivity, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. The young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released after gunmen had abducted over 100 students and eight teachers...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned as “despicable and cowardly,” the terrorist bomb attack that claimed several lives and injured tens of others in an explosion in central Istanbul, Türkiye. The president condemned the terrorists’ attack in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba...
An explosion tore through a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, killing six and wounding dozens in what Turkey’s president said bore the signs of a “terror” attack. Police cordoned off an area around Istiklal, where there were dense crowds on Sunday afternoon, and helicopters flew over the city...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled terrorists attack, killed two and cleared their camps in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement issued...