By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In their sustained efforts aimed at addressing the various security challenges across the country, troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies neutralized a total of 71 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and other criminal elements, arrested 99 others and recovered 40 AK47...
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President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, condemned the use of terrorism as a tool in inter communal conflicts, urging that the attackers of innocent citizens in Benue must be found and dealt with swiftly under the law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Rev.Fr Hyacinth Alia, the Benue Governor-elect has tasked security agencies to find the killers of 46 persons in Umogidi community of Entekpa-Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. Alia said this when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He sympathised with the families of the...
Delta Government on Friday alleged that certain individuals were planning to disrupt the Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, raised the alarm on Friday at a press briefing in Asaba. According to him, the strong intelligent information...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Against the backdrop of alleged destruction of life and properties in Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on security agencies to stop what it called barbaric attacks on their members in the state. The leader of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security agencies that would be engaged with various support services in the 2023 general elections to maintain a high sense of professionalism. The president stated this when he inaugurated the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) newly acquired Estate in Idu-Karmo, Abuja, on Wednesday. He urged...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on Friday sought the nod of the House of Representatives to classify its facilities as high security facilities across Nigeria. Yakubu made the appeal in Abuja during the investigation hearing of the the ad-hoc Committee Investigating the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Defence has summoned heads of security agencies in the country over their refusal to buy arms and ammunition from the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON). Rep. Taofeek Ajilesoro (PDP-Osun) moved the motion when the Director-General, DICON, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Tafida, appeared before the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As political campaigns entered the critical stage, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for effective collaboration between the Commission and security agencies to address the menace of political violence by arresting and prosecuting violators. He noted that the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the nation’s security establishment and entire citizens to continue being vigilant and careful with security, saying it is important to avoid panic. President Buhari urged citizens to remain calm, saying that the recent changes in travel advice from the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe circumstances that led to the setting ablaze of an oil vessel allegedly involved in oil theft by security operatives. This followed the adoption of a motion on urgent national importance moved by Rep. Onofiok Luke (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) at the plenary session on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has tasked security agencies to ensure adequate security for the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election. Dr Joseph Chukwu, the Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said this at a meeting with the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Abakaliki...
A three-storey building has collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja. According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. The building, which was under construction, collapsed at Hamza Abdullahi Street Off Gado Nasco Road. While some persons have been rescued...
The Senior Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Center (DIGC), Dr Paul Enenche, on Sunday prayed for the nation’s armed forces and other security agencies. Enenche prayed for successful operations of the security agencies against the enemies of Nigeria. The Pastor tagged the Sunday service “Special Preservation, Impartation and Empowerment Service”...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has faulted Governor Bello Matawalle’s directive to the people of the state to bear arms and defend themselves. In a statement, The Secretary of the PDP in the state, Faruku Ahmed, said the decision to allow...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for more robust election security management as it prepares for 2023 general elections. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of The Electoral Institute, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru disclosed this on Wednesday in Nasarawa State during the...
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General, Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies to deployed officers to Ijesha land in Osun. This is to arrest unwanted killing of innocent Nigerians by suspected cultists operating in the area in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja directed all the security institutions to immediately leverage Fifth Generation (5G) technology, when deployed, to enhance security in the country. President Buhari, who gave the directives while launching the National Policy on 5G for Nigeria’s Digital Economy,...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has expressed sadness over the incident at Garin Alkali in Bursari Local Government of Yobe State where a military personnel allegedly shot and killed a driver who was identified as Mohammed Musa. The incident ignited violent protests on Saturday in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Saturday in Abuja commended the armed forces and security agencies for their outstanding performance in peace-keeping operations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CSOs are the Arewa Youth Federation, Citizens Actions for Good Leadership and the Northern Integrity...