By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Police Command has said its operatives have re-captured a suspected Kuje Prison fleeing inmate in Kaduna on Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer,, DSP Mohammed Jalige, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. DSP Jalije said the re-arrest...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE have killed three bandits in a fierce battle that occured during a raid operation on Friday at CHITO general area, SANKERA council ward in Ukum LGA of Benue State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General, Benard Onyeuko, disclosed...
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its half-year report of 2022 has commended the reduction in piracy in the globe. Bureau also expressed optimism that it was a new dawn for the shipping community globally. This was coming on the heels of the Bureau receiving the lowest number of...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has reiterated the commitment of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in tackling the prevailing security challenges bedeviling the country. Irabor gave the assurance at the 40th Anniversary Dinner/Award Night of the 32 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA),...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned residents of Osun against raising false security alarm to distract security operatives. Its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Olusola Odumosu, said the warning became imperative following reports from the Corps’ situation room of false reports/alarms raised by some residents...
There is heavy security presence in Osogbo, the capital of Osun as the state made final preparations for its governorship election billed for Saturday. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who went round the town on Friday reports that men of the Nigerian Police Force were...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Police Command has commenced the enforcement of the ban on use of Spy number plates in the territory. The command’s spokesman, DSP Josephine Adeh, said in a statements on Thursday that the enforcement followed the directives given by The Inspector General of...
The police on Thursday said there would be no vehicular and human movements during the period of the Osun State election on Saturday. Mr Johnson Kokumo, the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Osun governorship election, made this known at the end of Police interactive session with...
At least, 21 Boko Haram terrorists have been killed by military bombardments in the Northeast. The insurgents were eliminated on Tuesday by two rotary and fixed-wing fighter helicopters of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, at the Lake Chad axis in Borno State. A military intelligence source, while confirming the...
Fighter aircraft of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) have bombed the enclave of a notorious armed Nigerien bandit, Maliki Shrige at the South Jaja community in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara State. The military airstrikes also eliminated scores of his armed while fleeing in surrounding communities.Shrige, a wanted...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – At least one person has been killed, and three others kIdnapped following an attack by gunmen on Wednesday in Boto village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the attack...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba has banned the use of spy number plates by vehicle owners nationwide. The Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the ban became necessary in order to...
The Nigerian Correctional Service, Rivers Command, led by the Controller of Corrections, Felix Lawrence, on Tuesday had a show of force in partnership with the Nigeria Army, Nigeria Air Force and the Nigeria Navy. DSC J. Ofoni, Public Relations Officer, Corrections, Rivers State Command, disclosed this in a statement...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Akali Baba on Tuesday said 21,000 police officers would be deployed for the Osun July 16 governorship election. Alkali Baba stated this in Osogbo at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Osun 2022 Governorship Election Stakeholders’ Meeting. The IGP, however, said that...
One of the country’s leading socio-cultural and non political organizations, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), has strongly decries the rising security crises in Edo State, leading to the upsurge of kidnapping and other violent crimes, which now threatens economic and social life, calling on the government and other stakeholders to brace...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of police team to Osun, ahead of the July 16 governorship election in the state. The Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that the team would be headed by...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declared that the Nigerian Armed Forces has toiled to sustain and nurture the nation’s democracy, hence the same military cannot contemplate a coup de tat,. Director, Defence Information, Major-General Jimmy Akpor, stated this in Abuja on Saturday while reacting...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has dismissed the allegations that the Department of State Security (DSS) informed the military about an impending attack on Kuje Correctional Centre and a previous attack on a Kaduna-Abuja passenger train. In a statement, The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has reiterated the Nigerian Army’s commitment to prompt and adequate attention to the medical needs of wounded troops fighting insurgency in the North East. The COAS gave the assurance on Saturday, at the 2022 combined Eid-el-Kabir Luncheon organized for wounded...
Seven more kidnapped passengers of the March 28 train attack in Kaduna state have been released by the terrorists who attacked the train. The victims were released by their abductors on Saturday after spending over 100 days in captivity. The security agencies are yet to confirm the development, but...