Category: Security
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Attackers of UN aid helicopter must be punished — Buhari vows
President Muhmmadu Buhari has said Saturday’s attack on a United Nations’ (UN) helicopter in the northeastern part of the country, killing two persons, including a five year old, would be avenged. The Nation reports that the UN had reported that the one of its Humanitarian Air Service helicopter was shot at by the Boko Haram…
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Governor Bello commends Dangote Group over donation of 10 security vans
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has lauded the Dangote Group and its President, Aliko Dangote, for donating 10 security vans to the state to support its fight against insecurity. He gave the commendation in Lokoja when the company donated 10 Specially Equipped Security vans to the government as part of its supports towards tackling insecurity…
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Church pegs number of members lost to Boko Haram at 8,370
The largest indigenous Christian denomination in the North-east, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, known in Hausa as Ekklesiyya Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), has said that it lost over 8,370 members to Boko Haram attacks in the North-east. The EYN, an Adamawa-based denomination with headquarters in Kwarhi, Hong Local Government Area of the state has…
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Northern Govs, Meet Security Chiefs Over Insecurity in Abuja
Acting on the stern warning given to service chiefs last week by President Muhammadu Buhari to contain insecurity in the North, security chiefs on Monday met with Northern governors to discuss insecurity in the region. Making the disclosure after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Zamfara State governor,…
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Northern governors appoints Yahaya Bello head of security committee
The Northern Governors Forum NGF under the leadership of Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has appointed the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to head its security standing committee as part of efforts to checkmate banditry in the region. This is contained in a statement issued by Plateau State Governor’s Director of Press and…
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Count governor Bello’s SSA on Security out of Isanlu robbery, killing — Sen. Adeyemi
The senator representing Kogi West, Sen. Smart Adeyemi has said the Special Adviser to the State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Security, Alh Taofiq Isah is not part of the robbery gang that killed about 8 people recently in Isanlu area of the State. The federal lawmaker said efforts to associate Alh. Taofiq with the…
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Kogi deputy governor inaugurates community policing, vows to achieve crime free Kogi
Kogi State Deputy governor, Edward Onoja has in response to security challenges inaugurated the State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPC) and the State Community Policing Committee (SCPC). Setting up the committees on Monday, Chief Edward Onoja who represented Gov. Bello at the event expressed the governor’s preparedness to nip in bud the security challenges the…
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Insecurity: Produce bandit leader, get N5m – Katsina police
Katsina state police command have placed a N5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of a suspected bandit, Adamu Aliero Yankuzo. He is being wanted for complicity in the murder on May 31 of the District Head of Yantumaki in Dan-Musa, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Maidabino. Describing the suspect as ‘a notorious gang leader’…
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Kogi police command rescues 6 kidnap victims
Just about one day after a popular businessman, Nicholas Ofodile, was killed on the Abuja/Lokoja Expressway in Kogi State, six of the victims abducted during the operation have been rescued by the police. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP William Aya, in a statement made available to journalists, said the suspected kidnappers shot dead Ofodile,…
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Obaseki blows hot, vows to deal with imported thugs, sponsors
As the political environment in Edo gets more tensed, the State Government has warned that it will deploy all legal means bring to justice any individual or group importing political thugs through riverine communities and other state borders to unleash mayhem on the people. This is contained in a release signed by the Special Adviser…