Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has paid an official visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Office in Osun State as part of efforts to strengthen collaboration and security coordination ahead of the forthcoming Osun State Governorship...
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Troops of the Joint Task Force South East, Operation UDO KA, have uncovered a suspected illegal arms supply network involving personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service during a series of intelligence-led operations across the South-East. The Acting Deputy Director, Army...
Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Rt. Hon. Shehu Usman Bawa (ABG), over the weekend paid a courtesy visit to the Kaduna State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), reaffirming his commitment to peaceful elections and stronger collaboration with security...
A joint security operation involving the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has led to the arrest of 46 suspected undocumented foreign nationals in parts of Ogun State. Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, 35...
*Kidnap plot on another set of students foiled Notorious bandit kingpin, Ibrahim Bastuji and his fighters were on Wednesday ambushed by Nigerian security forces as they made to attack a school and residents of Iluke Bunu, Kabba Local Government Area of Kogi State. The bandits’ leader, Bastuji, was believed...
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire & Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has commenced the first batch of the 2026 promotion exercise for officers on the ranks of Deputy Controllers/Comptrollers/Commandants and Controllers/Comptrollers/Commandants. The Secretary to the Board, Maj Gen A M Jibrin (Rtd), urged officers participating in the promotion examination to...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for a new five-year term. The reappointment took effect from Friday, February 27. Dr Audi was first appointed to the position in 2021 by former President Muhammadu...
Security operatives in Edo State have arrested 113 suspected kidnappers following a coordinated early-morning operation in Agbede and Iruekpen. The raids, carried out around 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday, were led by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, and targeted settlements locally known as “zangos,” where ransom payments were allegedly...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have warned against fibre-optic cable damage during road construction and related civil works across the country. The caution is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday and jointly signed by NCC’s Head, Public...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Friday received a suspected operator of a fake crypto-currency investment platform, Polyfarm. The suspect, Bamu Gift Wandji was arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Gwagwalada on January 12, 2026, for running a fraudulent investment scheme and was...
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), prof. Ahmed Audi has lamented the lack of personnel to mount security for over 60,000 porous schools across the country with no form of security presence, Speaking during courtesy call on the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education...
At least 3 people were killed on Saturday after a violent confrontation between security operatives and suspected drug peddlers in the Koraman Nayalle area of Sabuwar Unguwa Quarters, Katsina metropolis. The clash reportedly began when security personnel moved to arrest a suspected drug dealer identified as Uzairu, popularly known...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has taken a decisive step to reinforce discipline within its ranks, dismissing an Assistant Commandant General (ACG) alongside 37 other senior officers over various acts of misconduct. The dismissals, carried out in line with the Public Service Rules (PSR), followed findings of...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa has intercepted a truck loaded with more than 200 pieces of vandalised Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) pipelines in the state. The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Idris Bande, disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday in Yola....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the list of candidates shortlisted for the upcoming Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the ongoing paramilitary recruitment exercise. The shortlisted applicants are those who applied for positions in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Immigration...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command has arrested 6 suspects who are members of a syndicate involved in grave desecration for ritual purposes. SC Buhari Saad, the command’s spokesperson, who disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Gombe, said the suspects allegedly dugout...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is grieving the loss of eight personnel killed in a brutal ambush by suspected kidnappers in Okpella, Edo State, on Friday night. The attack, which also left four officers critically injured and a Chinese expatriate abducted, occurred during a routine patrol escorting...
In a deadly assault, suspected kidnappers gunned down eight Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and abducted a Chinese expatriate at the BUA Cement Company in Okpella, Edo State, on Friday night. The attack occurred around 10:00 p.m. as the NSCDC team escorted five Chinese expatriates back...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Borno State have pledged to collaborate with the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to curb the proliferation of illegal small arms and light...