The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun has issued guidelines for the Aug. 1 planned nationwide protest by some Nigerians. Egbetokun issued the guidelines while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He said that protesters must provide details of their proposed route, assembling point; duration of the protest;...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has killed three suspected bandits and as well injured many others during a gun duel with the bandits. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sewuese Anene, said the operation Zenda JTF teams...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- A 500 level law student of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Mallam Baba Jazuli, was on Friday night killed by a yet-to-be identified armed men near Akwanga town, the headquarters of Akwanga LG of Nasarawa State. A course mate of the deceased, Jibril...
Brig.-Gen. Ibikunle Ajose, has assumed office as the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8 Division of the Nigerian Army Sokoto. This is contained in a statement issued by the division’s spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Ibrahim Shittu, on Friday in Sokoto. Shittu said Ajose took over from his predecessor, Maj.-Gen. Godwin...
The Police Command in Osun, on Friday, said it arrested a 50-years old man, who allegedly killed his friend (that was sick) for money making ritual. Police Spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, told journalists during the parade of criminal suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo, that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Commandant-General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has cautioned citizens against vandalising Critical National Infrastructure ahead of the proposed Aug. 1 protest. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday...
Troops of Sector II Joint Task Force in the North-East Operation “Hadin Kai” on Friday, defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted at the Buni Yadi Cattle Market in Yobe. Spokesperson of the sector, Capt. Mohammed Shehu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the...
An explosion suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device has exploded at the popular Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. Sources said the incident happened at around 12.30 pm on Friday afternoon, injuring a girl. Details soon…
Katsina State Police Command has succeeded in arresting two suspects for aiding and abetting banditry and recovered suspected rustled animals from them. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Thursday. He said the success was recorded in Jibia...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has reiterated its ban on motorcycles and electrical bikes in the state, warning that anyone found in possession of these vehicles will be arrested and prosecuted. The Command spokesman, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, who stated this in a statement...
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has uncovered plans by some elements to infiltrate the planned protest by some Nigerians to cause chaos and violence in the country. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Dr. Afunanya said: “While...
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), has warned those planning to stage a nationwide protest on August 1, not to attack any police formations in the country. Its National Chairman, Alhaji Magaji Ibrahim, gave the warning in an interview with newsmen during his visit to Gov. Hyacinth Alia...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 2 Command, Onne, Rivers, says it has confiscated seven containers of contraband drugs valued N11 billion.s The Comptroller, Mr Muhammed Babandede, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Onne on Thursday. Babandede listed Codeine cough syrups, Chilly cutter, Hyergra tablets and...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said its troops eliminated 106 terrorists, apprehended 164 others and rescued 103 hostages in different operations across the country in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known on Thursday in Abuja, while giving update...
The Nigeria Navy has apprehended two suspected oil thieves operating an illegal bunkering site concealed in their private residence in Rivers, an official has said. The Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, Commodore Desmond Igbo, said this on Wednesday, when he took newsmen to the...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said his objective as the chief security officer in Kogi State is to lead and win the war against criminals in the state. Governor Ododo disclosed this at the commissioning of the office complex of the...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has said the Nigeria Police would respond to the Aug. 1 planned protest by some Nigerians, “in a most professional manner.” Egbetokun said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the...
The five corps members kidnapped on Ifon/Owo road in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State have recounted their experience in the den of their abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the abducted corps members were; Oluwaseun Adewole, Feranmi Oluwadara, Patience Andrew, Taiwo Oribamise and...
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has rescued 10 pregnant women from a baby factory operated by a 56- years-old suspect, Eunice Eze. The Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia in Uyo on Tuesday. Ayilara said that the suspect, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian military has achieved a significant milestone in the fight against Boko Haram, rescuing 330 women and children from the terrorist group’s enclaves in Sambisa forest. The survivors, comprising 110 women and 220 children, were handed over to the Borno state government on...