Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has said the state is in dire need of the Federal Government’s support to complement its efforts toward curbing the spate of insecurity there. Lawal disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja. He...
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Cross River Police command has beefed up security across the State preparatory to the celebration of Easter festival. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gyogon Grimah, made this known in Calabar on Monday. According to him, the tactical teams of the Police as well as other regular formations have...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has received two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and a 200-man highly trained Special Squad of the Nigerian Police Force deployed to the state. Governor Uba Sani made the announcement in a statement he issued in Kaduna on Sunday. He said...
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will ensure that schools become safer and secure for teaching and learning. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the President...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, of FCT Administration’s support to curb insecurity in the nation. Wike, who made the pledge when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) visited him in Abuja on Friday,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will deploy gun truck to Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre to strengthen security around the facility. The FCT NSCDC Commandant, Mr Olusola Odumosu, who made this known when...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has called on parents in the state to help security in the fight against cyber crime, cultism and other social vices. CP Nadada, made the call on Tuesday, while on a familiarization...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) spokesman, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, has said the security situation in Nigeria is getting better. “The security situation is getting better; I don’t agree that it is getting worse. It is improving,” Adejobi told newsmen in Ibadan on Wednesday. He was in Ibadan for the...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military special taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have rejected a N1.5 million bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in Plateau. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Jos by the Media Officer...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The FCT Police Command said its operatives have successfully raided a marked black spot – Gidan Dambe in Dei-Dei -Zuba axis of Abuja and arrested three hundred and seven (307) suspects. The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh on Sunday at...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said the air and land operations by military troops of Operations Hadarin Daji, have eliminated scores of terrorists at Tora Hills in Safana LGA of Katsina State. The NAF spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is over 95 per cent ready to conduct a hitch-free re-run elections in two constituencies within Enugu State as ordered by the Court of Appeal. INEC would conduct a re-run in Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency and Enugu South (Urban) State...
The newly appointed Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal capital Territory (FCT), Mr Benneth Igweh has assumed duty with a declaration that “one chance” was not known by law. Addressing personnel of the Command on Friday in Abuja, Igweh said “one chance” is robbery and...
There is no downplaying the reality of the challenging season that we find ourselves in as a nation: the impact of inflation on personal and household budgets and the threats to security in parts of the country. But that is only part of the story. Just as important are...
Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, Chairman, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said security interventions by the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, are reducing kidnappings and other criminal activities in the area. Abdullahi stated this during a security town hall organised by the Office of the Minister...
By MARGARET TIZA, Abuja – Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sunudu, has called on the leadership of President’s School Debate Nigeria to widen the scope of the activities of the body to cover debating on topical issues like security, unity, climate change and promotion of entrepreneurship...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) from withdrawing the security details attached to the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers House of Assembly. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order in...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the profiling of areas worst-hit by kidnappers in the territory. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Development Control, FCTA, who led the exercise in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the exercise was to ascertain the causes of the kidnappings and suggest solutions....
Heavy security has been beefed around the Supreme Court of Nigeria Complex in the three arms zones of Abuja ahead of the for judgment in the Kano State governorship election appeal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the apex court will also deliver judgment in Lagos,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has assured Nigerians living in the state that his administration will continue to prioritize the safety of their lives and properties in 2024 and beyond. The Governor gave the assurance in his New Year Message to Nigerians made available...