The Policecc Command in Oyo State has commenced investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old, Malik Kareem, for alleged money ritual in Ibadan. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ibadan. Osifeso...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has raised alarm over high rate of kidnapping in communities across the State. Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the House stated this while reading the House resolution on a matter of Public Interest raised by...
Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the Action Peoples Party (APP) secretariat in Port Harcourt. The explosion occurred around 1 a.m. on Monday, causing significant damage on the building. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said series of airstrikes by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 13 illegal refining sites, The NAF spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Gabkwet said that 10...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 532 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) at the Tincan Seaport, Lagos State. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted illicit drugs worth millions of naira during a recent nationwide intelligence-led operation. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that 2.32kg of cocaine concealed in Ghanaian traditional fabric (Kente) en...
The Chaplain of the All Saints Police Protestant Church, Mopol 42 Mobile-Based in Gusau, Pastor Isa Andrew and his 13-year old daughter identified as Grace, who were whisked away by suspected terrorists, have urged the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, and other Nigerians to come to their aid to...
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...
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...