The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one other, have been killed by their abductors. Opadele, who was working with the hotelier (Owolabi), due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says the Defence Headquarters is implementing several new strategies that will bring about an end to various security challenges in the country. Irabor stated this while delivering a Graduation Lecture for Course 30 of the National Defence College (NDC) on...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 12 Bauchi, Audu Madaki has been injured following gunshots by suspected bandits. One of his guards was killed in the incident. Although the reports are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but NATIONAL...
The Nigerian Navy, says it plans to recruit more Nigerians to boost its ongoing internal security and maritime operations across the country. Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, Director of Information, Nigeria Navy said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said...
OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, have arrested an 18-year-old suspect, identified as Ibrahim Ismaila for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a goat. The Ogun State commander of Amotekun, David Akinremi disclosed this in a statement issued to...
Abia State Government will not disband Ebubeagu Security Network as being demanded by protesters on Tuesday in Aba. Commissioner for Homeland Security, Mr Sopuruchi Bekee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba that the southeast regional security network had not been involved in atrocities in Abia to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has paid condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau states. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the president...
Five hostages who were taken on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by terrorists. It is however not clear if any money was paid to the terrorists to release their abducted victims. The security agencies and the Federal Government are yet to confirm the development, but...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects included a kidnap syndicate, motorcycle snatching gang, cattle rustlers and a rapist. Amotekun Corps Commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, while...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), in collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has rescued nine Liberians from human trafficking in Kano. NAPTIP’s Commander in charge of Kano Zone, Mr Abdullahi Babale, announced made this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Nigerian Navy has handed over a vessel loaded with an unspecified quantity of diesel and five suspects to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Base Operation Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV), Lt.-Cdr. Clement Ayogu, handed over the vessel and the suspects to an...
Video of a police officer assaulting a yet-to-be-identified man by hitting him repeatedly with a machete has gone viral. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened in Ekori community in Cross River State. Reacting to the video, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Commissioner...
The Katsina State Police Command says the ban on motorcycle movements from 10p.m to 6a.m within the city will be reinforced by its operatives. This is contained in a statement by SP Gambo Isa, the spokesman of the command, on Monday in Katsina. He added that the restriction in...
A senator elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sani Musa, on Sunday called on Mr Babagana Monguno to resign as the National Security Adviser (NSA). Senator Musa who hails from Niger – one of the worst-hit states by terrorists’ activities – decried the worsening security situation in the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. In a letter to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi State, the governor also directed that the Chairman...
Four informants suspected to be leaking information to terrorists about troops’ locations and movements around the outskirts of Abuja have been arrested.. The criminals are already in the custody of a security agency. An intelligence operative told our PRNigeria that the suspects were arrested with sophisticated equipment including Walkie-Talkies,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, ABUJA – No fewer than four notorious drug dealers in Konkol and Belel, two villages on the Nigeria-Cameroon border have been arrested for exporting and retailing Tramadol and snuggling Diazepam into the . They were arrested by the operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...
The Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of persons or groups engaging in unauthorised sales of police uniforms and accoutrements. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the...
No fewer than Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty (2,750,000) tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One Billion Three Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira (N1, 375, 000,000) have been intercepted at the Apapa port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)....
The Police Command in Kwara has warned criminals and bandits to keep off as the state was not their base. The command’s Spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, served the warning in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin. It dismissed as fake intelligence report circulating on several...