By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defense Headquarters on Friday confirmed that a Naval personnel deployed at FOB Dansadua for Operation FANSAN YAMMA, in questionable circumstances opened fire sporadically and killed a colleague. The Director, Defense Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Friday, said the incident...
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Oyo State Police Command in Oyo State has arrested no fewer than 47 persons for alleged involvement in kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, hijacking and diversion of trailers. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this on Friday in Ibadan while parading the suspects before newsmen on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The British military has donated equipment worth N1 billion to the Nigerian Military’s North East Operation Hadin Kai JTF, comprising sophisticated and highly technical devices, as well as non-technical tools, to support the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. At the handover ceremony at the...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday pulled out 15 Generals of the Artillery Corps who retired from active military service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that out of the 15 retired artillery officers pulled out of active service at the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), in Kachia...
Two persons have lost their lives when the fence of a school collapsed on them at the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. Police spokesperson in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the incident happened...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command on Monday said a man has allegedly stabbed his nephew to death with broken bottle and fled the home. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this in a statement, said that mother of the fleeing suspect reported the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi- The people of Tombo in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State were on Wednesday night attacked by the trigger ready herdsmen killing one man, his son and three others and as well injured dozens. One of the victims of the herdsmen attack and...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 65 illegal refining sites across the Niger Delta region in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces, on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has dismissed reports mostly circulating on social Media that his convoy was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists yesterday. Senator Ndume made the clarification on Wednesday at his Maiduguri residence, soon after he returned from condolence visit...
The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, says it has foiled five kidnap attempts and rescued nine kidnap victims across the state within one week. The state Commander of Amotekun Corps, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, made the disclosure on Friday in Akure while parading 20 suspected...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 33 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys in Rivers. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Oyewale said...
The reported killing of terrorist kingpin, Halilu Sububu, known in the crime world as Kachalla, and the claims of invincibility surrounding Bello Turji has dominated the security discourse in different platforms. It was reported that Kachalla was the boss of Bello Turji, known for mass kidnapping, imposition of illegal...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday, said that troops eliminated 159 terrorists, and apprehended 174 others in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in an update on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja. Buba said the troops...
Bandits have killed seven security personnel, including three soldiers of the Nigerian Army and four personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, in an attack on the Zamfara highway on Thursday. The security personnel were repelling the bandits’ attack when they were ambushed and killed. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that terrorism provided cover for other crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent acts to thrive. Lagbaja said this at the 3RD Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency Seminar organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), in Collaborations...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has arrested 3 suspects, including two women, over alleged involvement in ‘one-chance, robbery in Port Harcourt The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday that the suspects were arrested at about 9.00p.m on...
Gunmen launched an attack on the quiet Umulogho Community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo, on Wednesday, killing a police operative and torching a section of a police station. The News Agencyof Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident happened at Umulogho by NEPA Junction on the Owerri-Umuahia Road....
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 56 persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Kwara capital, Ilorin. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners in tbe state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen at a press briefing on Friday in Katsina. ASP Aliyu said the large caches of ammunition were recovered from...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho at the weekend, which left a further 140 injured. According to news reports, it was the latest terror attack by the Al Qaeda-linked militant group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam...