Category: Security
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Insecurity: Oyo State Government Seeks US Help.
Oyo State Government on Monday sought the assistance of the United States to tackle insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the state. The state deputy governor, Adebayo Lawal, asked for the assistance on behalf of Governor Seyi Makinde while receiving the new US Consul-General, Williams Stevens, at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Ibadan.…
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Police Arrest Kidnap Kingpin In Bayelsa.
The Bayelsa Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, John Ewa, who had been on the wanted list of the police in the state. It was learnt that the policemen trailed Ewa, who goes by the alias Lion, to Abuja, where they nabbed him on Saturday. The suspect, who flaunts his wealth on social…
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EFCC Intercepts Guns And Cartridges in Kogi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway, on Saturday, September 17, intercepted a J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha enroute Kaduna-Zaria with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. While the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested,…
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Edo Police Kill Suspected Kidnapper
The Edo State Police Command killed one suspected kidnapper in a routine operation on Sunday near Ughiole forest in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. A statement by the state command’s deputy spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, said efforts were on to arrest fleeing members of the gang. The statement partly read, “In a routine…
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South East Youths Condem Attack On Ifeanyi Ubah’s Convoy
Socio-political youth organisation in Igbo land, the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, has condemned the attack on the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, by suspected hoodlums. According to the group, the attack on Senator Ubah, which took place at Enugwu Ukwu, in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State,…
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Hoollum Allegedly Attacks Kwankwaso In Kogi
Suspected hoodlums on Wednesday pelted the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, with sachets of water while on a visit to Kogi State. Kwankwaso was in Lokoja, the state capital to inaugurate the party’s secretariat and his campaign offices. On getting to a popular hotel where he was meant to…
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It Is Insensitive To Resume Abuja-Kaduna Train Services- FG
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said resuming the Abuja-Kaduna train service while some of the passengers kidnapped by terrorists during the March 28 train attack will be insensitive to their families. This was as it said measures are underway to employ advanced technology-based surveillance systems to forestall future terrorist attacks. It said the options available…
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Benue State Governor Suspends Mining Activities In State
On Thursday,Benue State Government suspended mining activities in the state. The State Governor, Samuel Ortom, gave the directive at the meeting held with Kwande stakeholders at the new banquet hall, Government House, Makurdi. He says the activities of miners had started posing threat to the peace of the state and that the state government would set…
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Lagos State Government Bans Okada In More Local Government
The Lagos State Government has extended the ban on commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada to four more Local Govt Areas and five Local Council Development Areas. The state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed full enforcement from September 1, 2022. The additional councils where the total Okada ban is pronounced include Kosofe Local Government, Oshodi-Isolo Local…
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Military Confirms Arrest Of Suspects Behind Owo Massacre
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said those behind the Owo attacks have been arrested. Some gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers. The Federal Government, however, said the Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists were behind the attack. During a parley…