By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Two police officers and 15 other people were reportedly killed in Ayati, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State as bandits tried to resist the ongoing operations by the Benue State Police Command. A release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – “The Theater Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Wahidi Shaibu, has commissioned a newly constructed Troops Training School (TTS) at the Headquarters JTF North East Theater Command, Maimamalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. The theater commander also renovated and upgraded the old TTS facility. During...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command on Saturday paraded 96 suspects who were arrested between Thursday , 1st August and Saturday, 10th August, 2024 for violence, protests, looting, theft and foreign flag hosting in Maiduguri city and environs. The Commissioner of Police, CP Yususfu Mohammed Lawal...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The abductors of two students of Kogi State University, Kabba (KSUK) has reduced their demand from N50 to N10 million ransom for the release of the two students. However, the students were kidnapped last week Friday, August 2, 2024; at the same spot...
The Nigeria Police Force said the Aug. 7 raid on Labour House in Abuja by its operatives was not targeted at the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Friday in Abuja, said the raid was...
The village head of the Gefe community of Kufana chiefdom in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been killed by bandits along with two other people. Although police authorities in Kaduna State are yet to confirm the attack, a community leader Silas Musa told Channels...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the West African Chiefs of Defence have agreed to activate the standby force of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Musa said the decision was taken at the end of the 42nd Ordinary Meeting of...
Benue State Government has confirmed the killing of over 30 persons by local militia in Ayati village, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue on Thursday night. Mr Matthew Aboh, Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism stated this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Makurdi. Aboh said that adequate security...
The Nigerian military in the last one week eliminated 108 terrorists and rescued 214 kidnapped hostages across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said troops also apprehended 204 suspected terrorists and other...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has said its Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny, has rescued 59 persons from a dredging vessel, MV AMBIKA 4, working at Okpobo field near Okpobo River. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, on Friday in...
The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, has recovered about 238,500 litres of stolen crude oil from suspected oil thieves in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States. The division’s Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the crude oil was seized from trucks and illegal refining...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has destroyed terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) factory at Grazah, a location deep in the Mandara Hills in Borno State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Army troops have successfully dismantled a gun-running syndicate that has been supplying arms and ammunition to terrorist groups operating in the North-West. The army, in a post on its official X Handle on Thursday, said the troops also apprehended a notorious kidnapping...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 persons suspected of vandalizing Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI) in Abuja during the nationwide protest. According to the Spokesperson, FCT Command of the NSCDC, Mr. Samuel Idoko, the suspects were arrested between Monday and...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna and Zaria cities on Monday.. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna by the Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan. Aruwan said, “The Kaduna...
The Policei Command in Osun has warned against the setting aside of Aug. 8 to celebrate cultism in the state, saying any unlawful gathering would not be tolerated. The command issued the warning in a statement by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo on Wednesday. ...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says Its operatives have detained a notorious kidnapper, recovered firearms and 27 live ammunition. The spokesperson of the command , ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The Anti-kidnapping Unit of the command...
The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 persons for allegedly vandalising Critical National Asset and Infrastructure (CNAI) in Abuja during the nationwide protest. The Spokesperson, FCT Command of the NSCDC, Mr Samuel Idoko, who made this known in a statement, said that the suspects...
The Nigerian Army has detained a soldier who killed a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed while attempting to stop hoodlums who were causing mayhem in Samaru, Zaria in Kaduna State on Tuesday. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said...
The Department Of State Service (DSS) has said it is planning to name sponsors of Russian-flag-flying protesters to promote insurrection in the country. Speaking at a joint news conference in Abuja, Spokesperson of the Service, Peter Afunanya said the identities of the persons will soon be made public....