CRIME
Bandits Will Have No Hiding Place If I’m Elected President — Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said if he is elected President of the country, there would be no hiding place for bandits. Addressing delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina on Wednesday, Atiku said it is the negligence o...
Terrorists Give Deadline To Start Killing Abducted Kaduna Passengers, Releases Fresh Conditions To Release Hostages
Terrorists who kidnapped passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train that was attacked on 28th March 2022 have urged the government to release their children allegedly kept in a Yola detention facility. They threatened to start killing the passengers ...
Buhari Vows To Deal With Those Profiting From Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said those taking laws into their hands, bearing arms illegally and seeking to profit from a climate of fear and insecurity would be decisively dealt with. He spoke in Wudil, Kano, at the Passing-Out-Parade of the...
Buhari Vows To Ensure Safe Return Of Kaduna Train Kidnap Victims
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed increased efforts through kinetic and non-kinetic means to bring the case of the kidnapped railway passengers in Kaduna State to a closure. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, ...
We Can’t Surrender To Insecurity, Masari Vows
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has said his administration will not back down in the fight against the insecurity bedeviling the state, urging local government leaders to rise up and fight the menace to a standstill in their respective domain...
Kogi Government Talks Tough On Police Station Attack, Vows Not To Spare Criminals
The Kogi State government has condemned the attack on Eika-Ohizenyi Police Station in Okehi Local Government Area of the state. In a statement dated June 25, the Commissioner for Information and Communications in Kogi, Kingsley Fanwo, confirmed that ...
Frustrated By Constant Attacks By Bandits, Zamfara Government Urges Citizens To Take Up Arms In Self Defence
The Zamfara State government has asked residents to arm themselves against bandits. Decrying the high level of attacks in the state, Zamfara authorities directed the Commissioner of Police to issue gun licence to those eligible to bears arms. The gov...
Oyo Security: Makinde Approves Recruitment Of 500 Amotekun Corps
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the recruitment of additional 500 corps into the State Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Amotekun. This is contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information, Cul...
Abducted Catholic Priest Killed In Edo
Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, who was kidnapped at his residence in Ikabigbo community, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, on Sunday morning, has been killed. He was killed less than 24 hours after Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo, another priest, was ...
Banditry: Zamfara Govt Recruits Community Protection Guards (PHOTOS)
In a bid to curb banditry in Zamfara, the state government has commenced the recruitment and training of operatives for its new security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG). Governor Bello Matawalle flagged off the exercise on Saturday. Below a...
