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...
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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...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says it dismantled 25 notorious drug joints and arrested 150 suspected drug traffickers in the state. The NDLEA Commander, Mr Umar Adoro told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna that the operation was conducted in...
The Rivers State Police Command has rescued 15 children who were kidnapped within and outside the state and kept in the house of a fake Rev. Sister in Aluu, Ikwerre LGA of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, disclosed this in Port Harcourt, at a news...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Farouk Yahaya has flagged off the 2022 Nigerian Army’s second Commanding Officers’s workshop at the Giginya Barracks in Sokoto State. COAS Farouk who reiterated that training and retraining of personnel is very critical towards achieving success,...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has lauded the gallant performance of the military in the onslaught against criminal elements in the six geo-political zones of the country. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, Special Assistant to the Minister...
In what can be described as a kettle calling a pot black, a group of armed bandits have ‘arrested’ a scavenger, who is into stealing, in Katsina State. PRNigeria gathered that the scavenger, a middle-aged man, specializes in uprooting metal rods and removing iron bars, from deserted buildings at...
The Ondo State Government has assured that some burial guests abducted on Owo/Benin Highways in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area on Saturday, would be rescued. Addressing Government House reporters on Monday, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju stated that Ondo State would never be a haven...
The abductors of travellers at Omi-Alafa village, along Owo-Ifon road, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have demanded N90 million ransom from the families of the victims. The victims were abducted on Saturday while they were returning from a burial ceremony in Edo State. Commissioner for Information...
Police in Ogun, on Monday, said two women, Christiana-D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu, were arrested for allegedly operating a baby factory at Agbado area of the state. The Police spokesperson in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement in Ota, adding that the two suspects were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Sunday Adepoju, owner of the popular De Rock Club in Ibadan and 21 others over alleged internet-related fraud. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday....
More details have emerged on how an intelligence-led joint military operation killed top Commanders and terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, in the Bama and Sambisa axes of Borno State. Meanwhile, another terrorist commander has indicated his desire to surrender to the troops. Nigerian troops...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has intercepted 185 sealed parcels of cannabis sativa, known as Indian hemp, and arrested a 58-year old man suspected to be in possession of the exhibit. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah who disclosed this in a statement...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba says there is no immediate threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The I-G gave the assurance in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday in Abuja. According to Baba, the assurance...