The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Hasan Abubakar, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to national security to make the country safe for all. Abubakar stated this at the opening of the NAF Administration Personnel Seminar, on Wednesday in Abuja. It has...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Traditional Rulers from the Lake Chad Basin region of Nigeria, Chad, Cameron and Niger Republics rose from its 5th regional forum meeting with a resolution to tackle the lingering security challenges beclouding the region for over a decade. Speaking on Monday during the meeting...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The newly appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army and Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj.-Gen. Eyitayo Oyinlola, has vowed to end the persistent violence in Plateau State, declaring that communities must no longer live in fear. Oyinlola, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Theater Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Shaibu Wahidi, has highlighted the longstanding friendship between Nigeria and the UK, spanning decades. Maj. Gen. Wahidi made this statement while welcoming the Defence Adviser, British High Commission Abuja, and Head of British Defence Staff (West...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Kawuri village of Konduga Local Government Area in Borno State recently suffered an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday. A statement issued and signed by Bashir Sandia, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Executive Chairman, Konduga LGC on Wednesday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of State for Defence, House of Lords United Kingdom, Lord Vernon Coaker has said that United Kingdom see Nigeria as a partner in tackling some of the challenges confronting the country. He also assured of continuous security support and personnel training in...
Sokoto State Government has alerted boarder communities and other citizens of the state to be cautious of fleeing bandits. Ahmad Usman, Special Adviser to Gov. Ahmad Aliyu on Security Matters, gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Sokoto. He said the move was sequel...
Katsina State Police Command has confirmed that the medical doctor, Dr Murtala Sale-Dandashire, who was shot at Kankara General Hospital “is alive.” The Command’s Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Katsina. NAN reports that the news...
No fewer than 21 persons have been killed in a bandits attack on Baure Village, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Confirming the incident in a statement on Friday, the Katsina State Police spokesman, DSP Abubakar Aliyu,...
At least 18 kidnap victims have been rescued from the hands of bandits in Katsina State after the state police command foiled kidnap attempt along the Funtua-Gusau highway in Zamfara State. The Command also succeeded in recovering an unspecified number of rustled animals after foiling cattle rustling attempt at...
Suspected Lakurawa terrorists have attacked Natsini village in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi and rustled unspecified number of cows. The Spokesperson of Kebbi Police Command, SP, Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. He said: “On the Jan. 3, at about...
The Inspector-General of Police, Dr Kayode Egbetokun, has said the force will deal decisively with anyone who assaults or kills a police personnel. Egbetokun made the vow on Friday in Enugu while addressing officers and men of the Police Command in the state during his two-day working visit to...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has said his administration is leveraging technology to tackle the security challenges currently confronting the state. Mutfwang said this during the New Year State-wide Broadcast on Wednesday in Jos. The governor said that his administration had also invested in surveillance and training of locals...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded that President Bola Tinubu account for the billions of naira reportedly saved from the removal of fuel subsidies and investigate the alleged theft of over N25 trillion by APC leaders and government officials. The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a yet-to-be-identified assailants who on Monday attacked security operatives and unarmed civilians in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ikenga said...
Plateau State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 859 suspects, recovered 27 arms and 115 ammunition in the state in 2024. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Emmanuel Adesina, disclosed this at a news conference in Jos on Friday. Adesina equally said that the command rescued...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has warned that Nigerian cannot win the current war against insecurity without the government addressing the issues of unemployment and violent religious extremism in the country. Bishop Kukah, who made the assertion in...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Christian leaders under the aegis of Denominational Heads on the Plateau have raised alarm over the increasing insecurity and recurring killings, describing the situation as a severe threat to peace and unity. This concern was voiced during a courtesy visit to the General Officer...
A former Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Muoghalu, has vowed to tackle insecurity and restore peoples’ confidence, if elected Anambra governor in 2025. Muoghalu stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. The former director-general, while responding...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Unidentified terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the notorious Bello Turji group, launched a deadly attack on a village in Sokoto, killing at least 9 people and abducting several others, according to local reports. The cruel attack which happened in the early hours of...