Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has donated 27 new Hilux vehicles to security agencies to beef up security during the ongoing distribution and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Uzodimma handed over the vehicles to operatives of the state “Operation Search and Flush”, on Wednesday in...
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The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Muhammed Marwa, said the agency has secured 3,733 convictions of drug dealers in 24 months. Marwa who said this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the activities of NDLEA during his tenure, said...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration spent over $1 billion on equipment needed to recover territories in the North-East taken by Boko Haram. “When I assumed power in 2015, Boko Haram held about two thirds of Borno State, half of Yobe State, and a couple of Local Government Areas...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, has inaugurated a nine-man Commission of Enquiry into the crises in Ekoli and Amoso Edda, Afikpo South Local Government area of the state. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday, in Abakaliki, by Mr Chooks Oko, Special Assistant on media to Umahi. The...
A Police Inspector from Ndiegoro Police Station was killed on Tuesday by suspected IPOB/ESN members around Ohanku Road-Iheorji junction in Aba, Abia. Two of the attackers were however neutralised by the police in the ensuing gun duel. Confirming the incident, the Abia Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna...
The Parish Priest of St. George’s Catholic Church, Omu-Ekiti, Rev. Fr. Micheal Olofinlade, who was abducted on Saturday, has regained his freedom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Paramount ruler, Owajumu, of Omu-Ekiti, Oba Adeyeye Ogundeyi, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Omu-Ekiti. Oba Ogundeyi...
The Imo Government has said it has no hand in the gruesome attack on the Akokwa country home of the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Collins Opurozor,...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has launched a massive manhunt of the suspected IPOB/ESN renegades involved in the botched attack on INEC Office in Enugu South Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, gave the order in a...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – At least one police officer have been killed after an unknown gunmen have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said...
Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger, has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew on Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area of the state following a violent clash that led to killing of the village Head, Mohammed Abdulsafur. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government (SSG),...
At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a...
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have attacked the New Life for All Church in Kankara local government area of Katsina State and kidnapped 25 worshipers on Sunday, January 15. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor Aminu Bello Masari on Christian Affairs, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, disclosed this sad...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said that the decade-old security challenges had crippled socio-economic activities in the state. The Governor disclosed this at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony which held in Gusau on Sunday, adding that, farming and other agribusinesses had suffered setbacks. Matawalle said: ”Education also remains...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has decried the fatal attack carried out at the residence of Chief Ikenga Ugochinyere, the party’s candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency. In a statement issued on Sunday in Owerri by the state Publicity Secretary, Mr Collins Opurozor, the party described the attack...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Police Command in Katsina State says terrorists have attacked and kidnapped five persons in Dantsauri Village in Kankara Local Government Area. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina....
Barely four days after President Muhammadu Buhari assured Nigerians of his administration’s determination to consolidate gains recorded in security, troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised scores of bandits, including Ibrahim Kachalla Gudau. Gudau, a notorious and one of the most dangerous bandit leaders, commanded a group carrying out...
The Police Command in Plateau says it has rescued the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pankshin, SP Nwapi Augustus, who was abducted by gunmen. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Force Public Relations Officers (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has debunked the story in the social media that some police officers were planning to protest over unpaid salary arrears. Adejobi on Sunday posted on the Police/Media Chat Platform, stressing that the Nigeria Police Force does not pay the salaries...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin City – The joint security forces in Edo State have rescued no fewer than 12 Igueben train station kidnapped victims. The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Mohammed Dankwara disclosed this on Sunday in a statement in Benin. It would be recalled that unknown gunmen...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has deployed reinforcements to track down suspected killers of Catholic Priest, Very Rev. Fr. Issac Achi of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Paikoro LGA of the state on Sunday. The police spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, stated this in...