The Enugu State Government has said it would pull down property, whether private residence or business premises, used for kidnapping for ransom in any part of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed the government’s threat in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu...
Security News
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been invited by the police for interrogation on charges related to alleged “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cyber crime” NLC Head of Information and Public Affairs, Mr Benson Upah, disclosed this in a...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Olukayode Egbetokun, has charged the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to deal decisively with criminals. The I-G specifically directed the SIS to deal decisively with terrorists, bandits and other violent groups threatening the peace and unity of the country. Egbetokun gave the directive on Monday...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have detained two notorious gunrunners and bandits’ informants in Kaduna. The command’s spokesperson ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan also confirmed the foiling of a kidnapping attempt and the two victims...
The suspect behind the June 25 dynamite explosion at the Rivers State-owned Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt was on police ‘Wanted List” before the incident. NAN reports that a dynamite explosion happened on June 25 near Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt during a protest by some persons over the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has tasked security agencies to urgently intensify efforts and ensure the immediate and safe release of medical student abducted in the state. Governor Alia in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula condemned in strong terms,...
The Nigerian Army announced on Sunday that its troops had neutralised a notorious Boko Haram commander, Abu Rijab, and other terrorist fighters in an offensive operation on Saturday. This was made known in a post on the Nigerian army’s official X Handle. It said that the operation took place...
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who...
No fewer than 20 medical students from University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been kidnapped in Otukpo on Thursday evening. Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday by telephone that the incident happened at 5.30 p.m. Anene said that...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said that the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly burying a man alive in Zaria. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Hassan said that the detention of the two suspects...
The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 12 containers laden with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses and machetes with duty paid value of N1.8 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this while unveiling the contraband in...
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar on Thursday celebrated the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots, who have logged 10,000 flight hours on the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft fleet. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– The Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, Umar Shehu Nadada, has ordered for thorough investigation into the gruesome murder of Hassan Yahaya Egwa, and officer with NG- CARES in the state. CP Nadada, gave the order after he personally paid condolence visit to the...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Yan Shantuma village in Danmusa lLocal Government Area and rescued seven victims. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Wednesday. He said,...
The National Security Adviser (NOS), Nuhu Ribadu, has warned against any attempt to undermine or disrupt the peaceful conduct of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections. Ribadu, represented by a Director in the Office of NSA, gave the warning during an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), since inception, has been providing the armed forces with essential equipment to stimulate military capabilities. Matawalle said this in his opening remarks at the DICON 60th anniversary and maiden Africa Defence Industries...
By Zainab Oyekan A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year old panel beater, Bitrus Atu to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of a pistol and smoking of hemp. The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Atu after he pleaded guilty the crime. The...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) has said the Nigeria Policepolo apprehended vandals in a blue pick-up van loaded with tower cables. TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mbah said that the items were allegedly stolen from transmission...
GCEO, NNPC Ltd, Mr Mele Kyari, when he received in audience the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, and other senior military officers, at the NNPC Towers, in Abuja, on Tuesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), has urged the military to maintain the fight...