CRIME
Ex-Governor Okorocha Escapes Assassination
Former Governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha escaped assassination on Friday after unidentified hoodlums launched an attack on his convoy, leaving a security aid killed. The attack took place along Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway. The axis had in recent times become a hotbed of kidnapping for ransom as gunmen operate freely, causing residents to flee from...
I Feel Like A Lion To Devour Enemies Of Nigeria — Ag. IGP Egbetokun
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says he is feeling like a lion that is ready to devour Nigeria’s enemies. He said this shortly after Vice-President Kashim Shettima decorated him in presence of his wife, Mrs Egbetokun, at a brief ceremony which took place at Vice President’s Conference Hall. The ceremony was attended by the outgoing IGP, Usman Alkali...
Ag. IGP Egbetokun Considers Establishment Of Quick Intervention Squad
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G P), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said the Nigeria Police will establish a Quick Intervention Squad to tackle the menace of crimes and criminality. Egbetokun said this on Friday in Abuja during his inaugural conference with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above. “The Nigeria Police Force under my...
New Defence Chief Vows Full Force Against Bandits, Terrorists
The new Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday threatened that troops of the Nigerian Military would go all out against the marauding bandits, terrorists and other adversaries disturbing the peace of the country. Maj.-Gen. Musa, who disclosed this at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, when he officially took over from Gen. Lucky Irabor (rtd) said the determination of the...
New NDA Commandant Assumes Office In Kaduna
Sequel to the recent redeployment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army by the new Chief Of Army staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Taoreed A. Lagbaja, Maj. Gen. John O. Ochai has assumed command as the 32nd Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna on Monday, June 26, 2023. He took over from Maj. Gen. Ibrahim M. Yusuf,...
Securing Nigeria Not Easy Task, Ex-CDS Irabor Says At Pulling Out Ceremony
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, says that providing security for a diverse country like Nigeria is not an easy task, but insists it is not an impossible one to achieve. He said this in his valedictory speech during the pulling-out ceremony organised for him at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja on Friday. According to Irabor, the...
Baby Found Alive At Mother’s Back 24 Hours After She Was Killed By Bandits
A seven-month-old baby boy named Habibu has been found sleeping on his mother’s back 24 hours after she was shot dead by bandits on the Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. Bandits blocked the Pandogari-Allawa road a day to Sallah and shot six passengers, including an SS 2 student of the Maryam Babangida Girls’ Science College, Minna, Hauwa...
Tinubu Meets With Nigerian Troops In Guinea Bissau’s Peacekeeping Mission
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Guinea Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this is Tinubu’s second foreign trip after his participation at the summit on “A New Global Financing Pact” in Paris, France, hosted...
Troops Neutralise 3 Bandits In Plateau Gun Duel
Troops of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, killed three bandits in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The troops neutralised the criminals in a gun battle after clearing an ambush by the bandits. “The troops obliterated the criminals when they gallantly fought through an ambush staged by the bandits, while responding to a distress call...
Obi Decries Loss Of Lives Across Nigeria
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has urged security agencies to do more in securing the nation, saying that it is unacceptable for innocent Nigerians to continue to be killed in their hundreds within their own country. In a statement posted on his official Twitter page on Thursday, Obi said the implications...
