Imo State Police Command has said its operatives have arrested one of the suspected killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak. Mr Mike Abattam, the Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, disclosed this while briefing reporters on Monday in Owerri, the...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Three suspects, who allegedly removed the two eyes of a 16-year old boy in Bauchi State have been arrested by police operatives. The two eyes of the boy have also been recovered by the police. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the Bauchi State Police Command,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, said it seized goods worth N1.3 billion between May to June around Ogun and its environs. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known at a press briefing on Monday in Idiroko, Ogun. Makinde also said the command generated N12.8...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A terrorist group known as Ansaru militants has reportedly banned political activities in some communities in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Kasai, confirmed the development in a statement issued to newsmen on...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Benin – The Edo State Police Command on Sunday said its operatives have killed two suspected armed robbers and recovered weapons in Benin. The command’s Deputy Spokesperson, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a statement, said the suspects were part of a gang of armed...
The Nigerian Army says its troops of 302 Regiment and security agencies have dislodged camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Anambra and Enugu State. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday, said the raids were carried out in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have arrested four kidnappers, killed three bandits and rescued a kidnapped victim in recent operations in parts of Benue. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have arrested a Brazilian-returnee with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private parts. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, said the suspect was arrested...
The Olubaka of Oka-Akoko, Oba Yusuf Adeleye(OON), has raised the alarm that bandits have taken over roads and forests in the area. Oba Adeleye stated this during Oka Security Summit, organised by the community in Oka Akoko, in Akoko South-West Local Government of Ondo State on Saturday. The traditional...
A 30-year old man, Ebube Oba was on Sunday arrested by the police over alleged murder of his neighbour, Mrs Uzomaka Ekpe. This is coming less than 24 hours after the arrest of 30 years old man for raping a septuagenarian. A statement by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public...
The $1bn AH-1Z cobra attack helicopters, 12 of them, being procured from the United States by the Federal Government will reduce response time and significantly help the Nigerian Armed Forces to defeat terrorist forces in the country, an official of the US Department of State, Andrew Strike, has said....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, JTF Operation Hadin Kai, Theater Command Headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Major General Chris G. Musa has inaugurated the 4th Special Court Martials to trial of some of the accused persons that were convicted and awarded various punishments in accordance with provisions...
A total of 227 soldiers involved in the fight against insurgency within the North East of Nigeria have been brought before a General and Special Court Martial set up by the military, for various cases of misconduct. The Theater Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa disclosed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters says troops and other security agencies have recorded significant successes against criminals across theatres in the last few days. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja,. said the troops of...
The Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested a number of persons in connection with the massacre of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The Commander of the Corp, Adetunji Adeleye made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital. More details shortly.
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has ordered the immediate retirement of ‘disgruntled’ officers and men of the Nigerian military who have been for wanting in unethical behaviours and acts of gross misconduct, PRNigeria has reported It also directed the leadership of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force, to ‘sack’...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria military troops have rescued two abducted Chibok school girls from the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents in Bama and Gwoza axis of Borno State. The Theater Commander, JTF Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Chris G. Musa disclosed this on Tuesday while parading the...
Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph, the two rescued girls abducted from the GGSS Chibok in Borno in 2014, have revealed that more than 20 missing others are still in Gazuwa camp in Sambisa Forest, eight years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. NAN Reports that Gazuwa camp was...
There is tension in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as residents on Monday found the butchered body of a yet-to-be-identified lady by a river in PW area, near Deeper Life Church. It was believed to have been dumped there by suspected ritualists The incident...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has ordered popular hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola , popularly known as Portable, to report himself immediately at the nearest police post or risk being arrested. The police order was sequel to a case of an alleged assault on a young...