The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says it arrested 104 suspected drug traffickers and dismantled seven notorious drug joints in the state. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna that the operation...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations against a former Chief of Air Staff and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, that he has trained and armed...
Kogi Lawmakers on Tuesday raised alarm over what they described as the porosity of the state’s house of assembly complex. They observed that in view of the prevailing security challenges facing the state and the country, there ought to be a pragmatic action on how to check insecurity. The...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – At least four people, including members of different cult groups, were feared killed at Olunlade Area, Ilorin, during the celebration of August 8 (8/8) Cult activities. The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of Kwara Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys for alleged involvement in cyber crimes. The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday....
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor on Tuesday said security operatives have arrested some suspected terrorists that were linked to the terror attack at Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. General Irabor disclosed this on Tuesday during a parley with executives and editors of...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Amotekun has intercepted over 160 suspected invaders, mainly youths of northern extraction. The men were hiding in two trucks, under some cows and motorcycles conveying them from the northern part of Nigeria. The invaders, this time around 168, are mainly...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, has arrested three persons at the Ilorin International Airport over alleged internet frauds. The EFCC Spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Ilorin. Uwujaren named the suspects as...
Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has expressed disappointment at reports of brutality and extortion of members of the public by some police operatives. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated in Abuja on Monday that Baba consequently directed all supervising Commissioners of Police and Tactical/Strategic Commanders to...
Military troops of the Operation Hadin Kai Air Task Force ATF, have killed a top Boko Haram commander alongside 27 other terrorists in Borno State. The terrorists were killed during a military airstrike around Mandara mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of the State. A military sources, who confirmed...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has warned cultists planning to celebrate “Aug. 8 Cultism Day’’ that would face the wrath of the law if they did not shelve the plan. Police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen...
Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has assumed duty as the 39th General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna on Monday. Lagbaja succeeds Maj.-Gen. Kabir Mukhtar at the Division. Shortly after taking over from Mukhtar, the new GOC charged officers and men of the Division to brace up for the...
Suspected terrorists have raided and killed three residents of Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attack also led to the abduction of an unspecified number of people through a nearby bush path by the suspected terrorists. Sources within the town disclosed that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command on Sunday said its operatives have successfully rescued six kidnapped victims at Unguwan Dako, Tandama village, Danja LGA of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isah disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 90-year-old retired soldier, Usman Adamu, in Mailalle, Sabon Birni, in Sokoto for supplying bandits illicit drugs. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a trans-border drug dealer, Pastor Anietie Effiong with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri, believed to have been imported from India. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted and taken into custody three men suspected to be arms peddlers at Mfum, the border community along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mfum is a commercial border town in Ikom LGA of Cross River State,...
All the abducted passengers in an Abuja-Kaduna train attacked early this year by terrorists would have regained their freedom if their abductors had not reneged on an agreement they had with the Federal Government, PRNigeria has exclusively gathered. The gruesome train attack, it would be recalled, took place on...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Commissioner, Mr Olawale Olokode, has ordered the immediate disbandment of his Surveillance Squad because of unprofessional conduct by its members. CP Olokode gave the directives in a statement issued on Sunday by The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Yemisi...