Ogun Authorizes Recruitment Of 500 Amotekun Officers
In a move to strengthen security across the state, Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved the recruitment of 500 additional operatives into the Ogun State Security Network, also known as the ‘Amotekun Corps’. According to a statement by the Corps Commander, Amotekun Networks, Brig Gen Alade Adedigba (retd), the recruitment drive, set to begin on Monday, March 10, 2025, comes just...
Gen. Musa Promises To Intensify Efforts To Tackle Nigeria’s Security
The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday vowed to intensify efforts to tackle Nigeria’s security challenges through enhanced coordination and unified operations among the Armed Forces. Speaking at his assumption of office at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Musa said, “Our goal is to overwhelm the enemy through jointness and seamless coordination.” He added that a rigorous...
Otti Promises Support For Army Recruitment Drive Among Abia Youths
The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has promise to help raise awareness among Abia youths about joining the Nigerian Army. Otti stated this in government house Umuahia on Wednesday while receiving in audience a delegation of the Year 2025 Nigerian Army Recruitment Awareness Team, from Army headquarters, Abuja, led by Brigadier General Chima Ekeator. The governor, who was represented by...
Abuja, Neighboring States Move To Step Up Fight Against Insecurity
The Federal Capital Territory Administration said it had taken steps to rejig security operations and collaborations with states contiguous to Abuja to curb rising insecurity in the nation’s capital. Speaking at the FCT security committee’s meeti...
Abducted Imo LG Boss Beheaded, Assailants Publish Video On His WhatsApp Status
The abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. The council boss was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be no election in the country. A source from the LGA, who...
After 8 Weeks, Catholic Priest Dies In Hand Of Abductors In Kaduna
A Catholic Priest, Rev Fr. Joseph Aketeh Bako, has died in the hands of his abductors eight weeks after he was abducted. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev Fr. Christian Okewu Emanuel, disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna. It would ...
South East Governors Insist On Restructuring, Condemn Attack On Uzodinma’s Home
South East Governors under the auspices of South East Governors Forum has insisted that the country must restructure now to move forward even as it maintains that the Saturday attack on governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State's home is condemnable. The Governors and Leaders made the condemnation after a meeting at Lion House, Enugu on Sunday. Briefing newsmen on the outcome...
Again, Gunmen Besiege Zamfara School, Abduct Over 300 Students
Some gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A staff of the School, who begged for anonymity, said the bandits arrived in the school around 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated the students. He narrated that some of...
No Going Back On March 2022 Deadline For Military To End Insurgency, Banditry — Lawmaker
The Federal Government has mandated the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies to eradicate insurgency and other acts of criminality bedeviling the country. This was disclosed at the weekend, by the Chairman, House of Representative Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, during an interview with journalists, at the Passing Out Ceremony of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre Trainees Course...
Insecurity: Abia Assembly Members Weep, Invite Security Heads
The member representing Isiala Ngwa South State Constituency, Rt Hon Chikwendu Kalu, and his Isuikwuato counterpart, Hon Emeka Okoroafor have decried the growing level of insecurity in their various constituencies, calling on the security agencies to intervene. This is even as other lawmakers during Tuesday's plenary expressed frustration over the escalating security situations across the state. The Assembly through the Speaker,...
