Operatives of the Ekiti State Security Joint Task Force have killed a member of a kidnapping gang and rescued two persons. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed this in a statement on Thursday, said the security team laid an ambush for the kidnappers. He...
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The Borno State Police has denied media reports that Boko Haram terrorists abducted two policemen in an attack at Magumeri Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Maiduguri that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The police in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), announced on Friday that all abducted victims of the university of Abuja have been rescued and reunited with their families. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), FCT Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new measures to check security threats in the Nigerian maritime domain and prevent ships from entering the country illegally. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement signed...
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed 13 warships, two helicopters and 1,500 troops in a special military exercise against pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, announced the deployment at the flag-off of Exercise Grand African NEMO 2021 in Onne,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48 individuals for their alleged illegalities in the conducts of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). According to a statement by ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, the joint operation tagged...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Security operatives comprising of the Nigeria Army, DSS, NSCDC, the police and others have been stationed to different locations in the Nation’s capital, FCT following reports of a planned attack by Boko Haram insurgents and bandits. Security reports obtained by the Nigerian Army recently...
The Kaduna State Government, on Wednesday, said that dozens of bandits had been neutralized and their camps destroyed by air strikes in parts of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement in Kaduna. Aruwan said: “Another successful...
By DANIEL CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – Unknown gunmen have reportedly shot dead two policemen in Rivers State It was learnt that the incident occured on Tuesday night at a checkpoint on Okija Street in Mile 2 Diobu, a densely populated area of Port Harcourt, the state capital. Confirming the incident...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – With full participation of the Nigerian military, Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, reopened the 65km Bama-Banki boarder road which links to Cameroon and parts of Central Africa. The road had been shut since around 2014 arising from activities of Boko Haram. Zulum,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 6 Headquarters Calabar, Usman Sule Gomna has hosted the Participants of Course 92/2021 Department of Maritime Warfare, Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, on a study tour to Zone 6, Calabar. The AIG who spoke in a scholarly...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A serving Assistant Superintendent 11 of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Sokoto command alongside one Aminu Sifawa and Ibrahim Shehu have been accused of defrauding innocent unemployed applicants of their hard earned monies. The Commander, Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Edo – Two pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools in Edo were kidnapped on Tuesday at 5.35 p.m on the Igarra-Auchi Road, near Ikpeshi, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo. The spokesman for the police command in the state, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the...
Turkish authorities have arrested 18 suspected Islamic State members in wide-scale operations across the country, local media reported on Tuesday. Anti-terror teams launched simultaneous raids at 27 addresses in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, the southeastern provinces of Batman and Sanliurfa, and the southern Adana province against a total of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). During the attack which occurred very early on Tuesday, the assailants abducted six persons, comprising two professors, one senior lecturer, and three of their family members. Confirming...
The Commissioner of Police in FCT, CP Babaji Sunday, says a combined team of policemen and soldiers have been mobilised to the Staff Quarters of University of Abuja where gunmen abducted four persons on Tuesday. “The police have also dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the main...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Officers of 12 Field Engineering Regiment of Nigerian Army, Ijebu-Ode, in Ogun State, have handed over 20 suspected internet fraudsters to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Command. This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has called on the Army, Navy and Air Force War Colleges to institutionalise synergy in order to promote and sustain the ideals of joint operation exercises. The CDS gave the charge on Monday while declaring...