By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said Mr Jide Oyekunle, a Photojournalist was not arrested, but taken away from a apparent unsafe environment during the ongoing protest. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this...
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L Mobile policemen deployed at the Admiralty Lekki Phase 1 Toll Gate in Lagos State have restored normalcy to the area following attempted eruption of violent protest. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the protest at the toll gate on Thursday, reports that some protesters had...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Security agents in Nasarawa State, have dispersed protesters who are mostly youths, who trooped out in their number as part of the ongoing nation wide protest. The protesters, who were seen matching on the streets of Lafia, were also marched towards the government...
Some protesters of the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria’ have blocked the Keffi-Abuja highway, preventing motorists from Keffi metropolis from entering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protests will run from Aug. 1 to 10, to demand an end to bad governance, hunger and high cost of living in the...
The police in Borno on Thursday said nine people were killed while 20 others were injured when Boko Haram detonated an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), in Kawuri in Konduga Local Government Area. The Commissioner Police, Yusuf Lawan who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)...
The Police in Zaria Kaduna State have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who blocked the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gwargwaje junction, a section of Kaduna -Zaria- Kano expressway, thereby causing a gridlock of trucks travelling to Kano. Policemen who tried to...
Some youths suspected to be part of the protest has set ablaze the multi-million naira Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) office complex in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the large number of youths who were armed with dangerous weapons, also took over major roads in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state, effective immediately, following a deadly explosion that occurred in the Kawori area of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the explosion, which was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), resulted in...
The Police and other security agents, including newsmen, were present at Gani Fawehinmi Park early morning on Thursday, waiting for the Protesters endlessly. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who was at the venue at about 7.30 a.m., reports that the police, Civil Defence, Lagos...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has foiled an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) (bomb) attack on residents of Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday afternoon. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that at about 4.00 p.m....
Imo State Police Command has said that there was no gunmen attack on the Owerri Correctional Service Custodial Center on Wednesday. The command’s Spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Thursday. Okoye was reacting to an online...
Gunmen, on Wednesday, launched fresh attacks in Owerri, the Imo capital, and its environs, causing pandemonium in and around the city. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents, who were panicked by sporadic gunshots in different parts of the town, scampered to different directions for safety. NAN...
Organisers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest slated for August have rejected a proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests. At a meeting with the organisers on Tuesday, the IGP suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies. “It...
Security agencies in Oyo State, on Tuesday, embarked on joint show of force in Ibadan metropolis, ahead of the planned nationwide protest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security agencies comprised the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed police top brass to protect intending participants of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest slated for August 1 to 10, 2024. This was contained in a letter by the IGP to the request of human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. Adegboruwa,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a brazen affront on the existence of Sokoto Community Guard and the conventional security agencies in the state, some heartless group of bandits have whisked away Sarkin Gobir of Gatawa district , Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa, his son and 6 others and are...
The Police Command in Yobe, has said the Boko Haram insurgents have planned to infiltrate the planned nationwide protest in the state. The spokesman of the Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, stated this in a statement on Saturday in Yobe. He said intelligence received by the command indicated that...
The Borno Police Command on Sunday said two lives were lost as its men repelled an attack by Boko Haram terrorists at Jakana Police Barracks in Konduga Local Government Area of the State. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahun Daso, who confirmed the incident in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, on Sunday accused the Nigerian Police of alleged selective justice in handling matters arising from Edo in the build-up to the Sept. 21 governorship election. The state Chairman of PDP, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, made the accusations while briefing newsmen in Benin...