Yobe State Government on Wednesday said repentant Boko Haram members are assisting in counterinsurgency operations in the state. Retired Brig.-Gen. Dahiru Abdulsalam, the Special Adviser on Security to Gov. Mai Mala Buni, made this known while briefing newsmen in Damaturu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A), has confirmed an attack by smugglers on its personnel and the Nigerian Army while carrying out Anti-Smuggling operations. According to a press statement signed by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, SC Theophilus...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has announced that 176 Boko Haram militants have surrendered and 57 individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities in the Lake Chad region have been apprehended. The Force Commander, MNJTF, Operation Lake Sanity II , Major General...
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, has has began a two-day combat swimming contest for soldiers within its formations and units under the division. The competition is part of the army’s 2024 training programme aimed at enhancing the swimming proficiencies of soldiers engaged in...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested some members of a criminal gang suspected to be murdering car-hire drivers and stealing their vehicles. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, linked the group to multiple cases of drivers that got missing....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch and Hadarin Daji, have successfully demolished terrorist strongholds in Kaduna and Katsina States, resulting in the elimination of numerous terrorists.” The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet,...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the Nigeria Police Force will soon establish a full drone system to tackle the nation’s security challenges adequately. Egbetokun said this while delivering the first distinguished Personality Lecture, organised by the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS),...
The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over eight students of Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara, Kogi State, who were rescued on Sunday, to Gov. Ahmed Ododo, at Army Headquarters Abuja. The handing over was conducted by the Deputy Chief of Operations (Army), Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Emekah, on...
The Kogi Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Gov. Ahmed Ododo, has...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano- Kano State Police Command has foiled an attempt by suspected thugs to invade the residence of the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Prince Abdullahi Abbas. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Kano. Kiyawa...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested the wife of a suspected pipeline vandal and possession of two fabricated guns in Rivers. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Babawale Afolabi on Saturday in Abuja. According to the PRO, the...
The Police Command in Enugu State has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery suspects in the metropolis. A statement issued on Saturday in Enugu by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said men from the Awkunanaw Police Division recovered the gun on May 29. Ndukwe...
The Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS), Anambra Command, has busted a kidnappers’ den in Anam forest, Anambra-West Local Government Area of the state. The NHFSS Deputy Commander-General, Technical Services, Dr John Metchie, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Metchie said that the operation,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) at different locations in Abuja. The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said made this known in a statement in Abuja. Mr. Oyewale said 18 of the suspects were...
Delta State Police Command has recovered weapons from suspected kidnappers in Agbarho Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the command, SP Bright Edafe told newsmen on Friday in Warri, that the police had launched a manhunt for the fleeing suspects. He said that the...
By BARBARA KALU, Aba – Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has placed a N25m bounty on the killers of five soldiers in the Aba area of the state. It would be recalled that gunmen on Thursday stormed the military unit at Obikabia Junction, Ogbor Hill area, and also burnt...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), in Plateau State as well as parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has declared 11 persons wanted for their involvement in various attacks and killings, particularly in the Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, and Riyom local government areas of Plateau...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an international car theft suspect and recovered an anti-tracker jammer from the suspect in the state. A GPS jammer is a typically small, self-contained, transmitter device used to conceal one’s location by sending radio signals with the same...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Operation Lake Sanity 2 progresses, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is addressing recent propaganda spread by ISWAP terrorists urging Kukawa and neighboring communities to flee or face attack. Unfortunately, some media outlets (NOT NATIONAL ACCORD) have inadvertently amplified this message, overlooking...
An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Friday remanded a 25-year-old man, Adebisi Kola, for allegedly beating a woman to death. The police charged Kola with assault and homicide. Magistrate Kikelomo Adebayo did not take Kola’s plea on grounds that his court lacked the jurisdiction to hear...