Men of the Ondo State security network agency, the Amotekun Corps, have apprehended over 150 suspected invaders of northern extraction in Akure, the state capital. The persons were intercepted around 6:30 am on Thursday, along the Akure/Ado-Ekiti Highway during a stop and search operation by the corps. The drivers...
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A serving Colonel in the Nigerian Army, Nicholas Ashinze, has won the ‘Brazilian Government Prize for the Best Project on Science and Technology. He received the prize at the National Defence College Nigeria, NDC, Course 30 Graduation in Abuja, on Friday. The College, established in 1992, also celebrated its...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Army, 8 Division on Friday commenced an investigation into the death of a police officer in an unfortunate incident that occurred between some soldiers and policemen around Ojo, Lagos State. The Division’s spokesman, Maj. Olaniyi Osoba, who expressed regret over the death...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – No fewer than four persons have been kidnapped by gunmen along Owo/Ikare Road on Thursday in Ondo State. The abducted victims who were identified to be Ikare-Akoko chiefs were on a return trip to their home from Akure, when they were attacked by the...
There is no exact data regarding the number of people either killed, kidnapped, raped or the number of animals rustled as bandit attacks continued to happen regularly in Kagara and its surrounding villages in the Rafi local government area of Niger State, a PRNigeria investigation has revealed. An official...
A Police Inspector name (withheld) on Thursday killed two armed bandits who invaded his house in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo. A press statement released by the spokesperson of Imo Police Command, CSP Micheal Abattam, confirmed the incident. Abattam said that the suspected bandits jumped a...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Thursday said his government was forced to establish a state Community Volunteer Guards to check incessant terrorists’ attacks on Benue residents. The governor disclosed this on Thursday while inaugurating the first batch of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards comprising 500 personnel. The...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command on Thursday said a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School in Offa Local Government Area committed suicide over his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2. The State Police Public Relation Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, disclosed...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, known as Mompha, wanted. Recalled that on June 30 2022 that Mompha’s absence stalled his alleged N6 billion money laundering trial before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court. The Economic and Financial Crimes...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched an offensive operation called ‘Operation Show no Mercy’, which is part of its new plans to combat terrorism in Nigeria. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, while launching the operation at a meeting with...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pulled down trees and shanties at a forest in Pasali along Kuje-Gwagwalada road, suspected to be a haven for bandits and other criminal elements. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Department of Development Control and Sanitation executed the demolition...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to secure lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory (FEC), the Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the purchase of operational vehicles and various security equipment to support security agencies in the FCT. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, who...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to develop its capacity for the local production and procurement of needed military equipment. Yahaya, represented by the Director of Training, Army Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Oluyemi Olatoye, stated this at the Army War...
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...
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...