The Chairman of Transcorp Group, Mr Tony Elumelu, has called on the Federal Government to urgently prioritise security and power supply in the country to bring about the needed development. Elumelu made the call on Thursday in Abuja in his graduation lecture for participants of the Executive Intelligence Management...
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The Senate, on Wednesday, passed the Investment and Security repeal and re-enactment Bill, 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passage of the bill followed the adoption of report of Committee on Capital Market at plenary. NAN also reports that the report was presented by Chairman...
A joint team of security operatives has raided criminal hideouts and dislodged suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Aku, Okigwe Council Area of Imo State. The Commander, 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Obinze, Owerri, Brig.-Gen. Usman Lawal, disclosed this while addressing newsmen...
The Security Service Department, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has commenced special operations to make Abuja safe throughout the festive season. The director of the department, Mr Adamu Gwary, disclosed this to journalists at the end of the clampdown on “one chance” operators and beggars, on Wednesday evening in...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said the State Government has taken pragmatic measures to rejig the state’s security architecture. Otti said this on Saturday, when he briefed newsmen at the end of a Security Council meeting held at Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area (LGA). The News...
Anambra State Police Command has said the shooting in Nnewi on Wednesday was not to disrupt the burial of late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah. It said the shooting was from another security agency which mistook the police operatives as unfriendly forces and shot at them. Superintendent of Police (SP) Tochukwu...
President Bola Tinubu has called on the military across Africa to unite in addressing insecurity and other threats to the continent’s unity and stability. Tinubu, represented by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made the call on Wednesday while declaring open the second edition of the Africa Military Games (AMGA) at...
Ondo State Governorship election started on Saturday with heavy security presence consisting of personnel of the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) observed at strategic points across the state. Armed security personnel were observed at strategic points such as the entrance into...
A political group, Allied Conservative Congress (ACC), has urged players in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State to be patriotic and do the right thing in the discharge of their electoral duties. ACC’s National Secretary, Lawal Mohammed, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Security has been beefed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State ahead Saturday’s governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC has also begun the deployment of both regular and adhoc staff to their respective...
The Defence Headquarters says it had deployed troops to provide assistance to the police in ensuring a hitch free off-cycle Ondo Governorship Election slated for Nov. 16. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the presence...
Stakeholders have expressed worry over the spate of mob killings, saying it posed threats to national security. Stakeholders, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Sunday in Lagos, described the increasing act as “disturbing.” Mob justice or jungle justice is the act of...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the deployment of adequate personnel and resources for the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the deployment would involve officers...
The Senate Committee on Defence, says no investment in security and the Armed Forces of Nigeria will be too much for the country to bear. The committee’s Chairman, Sen. Ahmad Lawal, said this while speaking to newsmen after an oversight visit to the Armed Forces Command and Staff College...
The Nigeria Police command in Ebonyi said it arrested no fewer than 177 suspected criminals for various offences in the month of October, 2024. The Command noted that four out of the 177 suspects were alleged to be involved in human organ harvesting and ritual killings. DSP Joshua Ukandu, ...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters had dismissed the claim by the Niger House of Assembly that the Nigerian Army Training Camp in Kotangora has been taken over by bandits and terrorists. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Wednesday, said, “no...
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has directed the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to ensure adequate security for the repairs of affected electricity towers in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the grid collapse had resulted in widespread power outages...
Security operatives on Monday arrested 15 beggars and 19 scavengers across Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The combined security team was made up of the Police, Military, Department of Security Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and other paramilitary agencies. The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Olatunji Disu, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has on Oct. 25, eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists at two locations in Bula Marwa in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja + The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has disclosed the intention of the Fund to create a new intervention line aimed at addressing the pressing issues of security and power in...