By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has recovered the bodies of three young men who got drowned at the Benue River on Christmas Eve in the Buruku area of the state. The Deputy Commander of NSCDC, Mr Ejelikwu Michael, disclosed this in...
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command has arrested about 70 suspected armed robbers, pipeline and electric cable vandals between January and December, 2021. The state Commandant, Adaralewa Michael, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun, and made...
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore has commended the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for security of lives and properties of Nigerians, but urged them to do better. Belgore made the statement in Ilorin, at the weekend, during the End of Year Party and...
As part of government’s efforts in beefing up security in Ondo State, especially during the yuletide season, the South-West Security Network Agency, the Amotekun Corps has impounded about 50 vehicles with unauthorised tinted glasses. In a chat with journalists at the headquarters of Amotekun corps in Ondo, Commander of...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a tanker laden with about 36,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Anambra. Its spokesman in Anambra, a Deputy Superintendent of the Corps, Edwin Okadigbo, said in a statement on Wednesday that the driver of the tanker, Abdulraman Ahmed, 37,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Government has commiserated with victims of terrorists attack in Gidan Bawa Town, where armed bandits were said to have burnt a vehicle conveying passengers from Sabon Birni enroute other region of the country. The state government, however, debunked reports by several media platforms that...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) has arrested 30 suspects with four wooden boats laden with 16,000 litres of illegally-refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Ibaka, Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom, The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Mohammed Abu, revealed this to newsmen...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun State has arrested a 65-year-old man, Rojaiye Balogun, who allegedly raped his 17-year-old daughter. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Kolawole Taiwo, who paraded the suspect on Thursday in Abeokuta, said the case was reported to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Saleh Dada has paraded four suspected bandits amongst whom one admitted to be an informant. Those paraded include – one Sani Ibrahim who is being accused of sodomizing 12 minors...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). During the attack which occurred very early on Tuesday, the assailants abducted six persons, comprising two professors, one senior lecturer, and three of their family members. Confirming...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has debunked the reports making the round on social media that bandits from Zamfara and Katsina States were relocating to Kano state. The alleged report indicated that the bandits, escaping from...