Category: Security
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Police Prohibit Officers Demanding Glass Permit
Nigerians are to report police personnel who demand permits for tinted glasses at checkpoints in any part of the country, says the Police Force headquarters. The acting Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this in a series of tweets on Sunday. He was enlightened the public on the documents to be presented when demanded…
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Operation Desert Sanity Troops Neutralizes ISWAP Camps
Troops of Operation Desert Sanity account another success as troops neutralized several ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorist around Ndufu & Musiri villages in Borno State. The troops also recovered weapons & rescued about 30 kidnapped victims. 149
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Breaking: Gunmen bomb Imo police station
In the early hours of Saturday, unknown Gunmen had attacked and bombed the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters at the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The attackers had reportedly killed two police officers who were on duty, they are identified as Ifeanyi and Iyke. The government has therefore blamed the Nnamdi Kanu- led…
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Gunmen Attack Enugu Commissioner, Kill Two Security Aides
Two police orderlies of the Enugu State Commissioner for Lands, Chidi Aroh, were, Sunday, killed as gunmen attacked the commissioner in Anambra State. A source said the two officers, Inspector David Adabu and one Inspector Solomon, lost their lives as they were allegedly ambushed by the gunmen in Anambra State while returning from a visit…
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Oyo Govt To Engage Cult Groups, Area Boys In Roundtable Discussions
The Oyo State Government on Thursday said it is set to engage in talks with all area boys and cult groups in the state to foster peace. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, said this after a meeting behind closed doors with representatives of militant groups like Agbekoya and Odua…
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Bandits Invade Kaduna Community Leader’s Home Abduct Wives, Four Daughters
Bandits have raided the residence of Sarkin Hausawa of Anguwar Azara in Jere, along Abuja-Kaduna highway, Malam Ibrahim Tanko, abducting his wives alongside his four daughters. Tanko, while confirming the incident to our reporter via telephone, gave the names of his kidnapped wives as Maimuna Ibrahim and Hauwawu Ibrahim. He said though, Hauwawu, who is…
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Hunters, Vigilante Operatives Foil Police Station Attack In Kogi
Local hunters, men of the Kogi State Vigilante Services along with other security operatives on Sunday foiled an attack on the Okene Area Command of the Nigerian Police Force. The gunmen, numbering over 30, stormed the Area Command but were effectively repelled, while explosives meant to destroy the command were immediately detonated by experts…
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Criminals after my life because of my battle against them, Gov. Abiodun cries out
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, disclosed that kidnappers and other criminals are after his life, following the anti-crimes battle of his government. Abiodun hinted that the hoodlums are feeling the heat of the newly relaunched security outfit code-named OP-MESA. The governor had on January 21, 2022 re-launched the state joint security outfit…
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Gov. Nasir el-Rufai Calls For Establishment Of Theatre Command In North West
Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, of Kaduna State, has appealed to the Federal Government to create a Theatre Command in the North-East so as to confront the insurgency that has clearly emerged in five states of the North-West and Niger State with continuous and contiguous forest ranges. He said the creation of such a Theatre Command…
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Gunmen ambush troops in Rivers, kill one soldier, injure two
A soldier has been killed and two others injured as gunmen attacked troops in Rivers State. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday at the boundary bridge between the Asari-Toru Local Government Area in the Kalabari region and the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. Chairman of Akuku-Toru, one of the…