By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Army has said about 242 soldiers in the North-East and other theatres have applied for voluntary discharge which is not as a result of alleged corruption, poor service conditions and low morale as purported in the media. Army spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Onyema...
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The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the Armed Forces have increased their strength, reviewed training and order of battle to curtail security threats across the country. Magashi said this at the 15th International Security Conference and Award (ISCA) organised by the International Institute of Professional Security...
The acting Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Idris Jere, has given assurance that the NIS would continue to protect Nigerian borders to enhance peace and development. Jere gave the assurance in Dutse on Saturday after he paid a condolence visit to the family of a...
No fewer than eight villages in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi have been deserted due to attacks by bandits, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The vilages are Zagi, Tungar Rafi, Tungar Tudu, Keke, Kwaido, Sabongarin Kwaido, Tungar Chichira and Tattazai. Residents of the villages moved...
Mr Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. NAN recalls that the Commissioner was...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – As part of measures to curtail insecurity bedeviling Zamfara, the state government on Friday activated an emergency call centre for the general public to call in the event of any emergencies. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this in a statement...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops have cleared the camp of a notorious bandit, Lawal Kwalba, in Rafin Dawa area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the declaration in a statement he issued on Thursday...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – No fewer than three suspects have been arrested by operatives from the Edo State Police Command following a raid on a ritual shrine along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin. The assistant police spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a...
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State,CP Abiodun Alabi, on Wednesday said that there was a partial lockdown of the state by security agencies due to the threat of attacks by unknown gunmen. Alabi disclosed this in Lagos during the Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police Accountability (SFPA)’s quarterly...
The Ondo State Government has placed fifty thousand naira (N50, 000) as a reward for anyone who exposes or reports incidents leading to the arrest of kidnappers or other criminals in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, who stated this on Wednesday after the...
The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said the state government had gotten intelligence reports that kidnappers...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Police operatives from the Enugu State Command have raided the camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Agu-Ibeje forest, Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North LGA of the state. The police spokesman,DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Tuesday that...
Nigeria military troops have eliminated scores of terrorist kingpins in the Northeast, Northwest and North-Central geo-political zones. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, made the claim on Tuesday in Abuja at a stakeholders meeting on “Communicating government policies, programme and activities. He said operations executed in...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has ordered the restriction on motorcycle movement in communities on the outskirt of Gusau from 9 pm till dawn Governor Matawalle also ordered security operatives to begin a house-to-house search to flush out criminal elements in the 19 emirates of the state as the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command says its operatives have intercepted an unregistered truck conveying 12 persons and 14 suspected stolen motorcycles to the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state...
Following the abduction of Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Yakubu Lawal, the Chairman of Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area, Mr Danlami Idris, has promised to beef up security in the area. Idris, who made the pledge in a statement signed by him and made available to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with Solar Security and Consult Company Limited have organized a one day sensitization workshop for police officers in the North East on election security management The workshop with the theme ”...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate deployment of security operatives to all schools, hospitals, and critical national infrastructure nationwide. The Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. Baba also ordered...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Force Commander, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Major General Abdul-Kalifa Ibrahim has presented medals to the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Major General Wahidi Shuabu and 850 troops of 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, who participated in Operation Kaje Sanity...
Troops of Nigerian Armed Forces operating in North West, North Central theatres of operations have eliminated over 45 terrorists/bandits in both land and air operations in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing of the Defence...