List Of Ten Thousand Candidates For Recruitment Into Police Released
The Police Service Commission has released a list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the constable and specialist cadres of the Nigeria Police Force. The spokesperson for the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, who made the development known in a statement on Tuesday, noted that it worked with guidance from relevant stakeholders, including the Nigeria Police Force, the National Assembly, and...
Senate Proposes State-Of-The-Art Weapons, Equipment, Others To Defeat Insurgents
Members of the Senate on Tuesday called for the provision of enough state-of-the-art weapons and equipment to effectively combat the insurgents in the North East. This formed part of the resolutions reached after a thorough deliberation on national security, especially as it relates to the security challenges in the region. The lawmaker representing Borno Central, Senator Kashim Shettima, had cited Order...
FG Improves Road Security With New Advanced Surveillance
A modern surveillance room has been set up by the federal government to keep an eye on the Third Mainland Bridge and its environs. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos, while leading members of the National Assembly on an on-site assessment of ongoing infrastructure projects in the southwest region, including the Third Mainland...
FG Awards ₦4billion Monthly Contract To Ex-Militant Leader Tompolo To End Oil Theft
The Federal Government has renewed a multi-million dollar pipeline surveillance contract to a former militant leader and Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo. It was gathered that the government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited signed the deal with Tompolo to end illegal bunkering, illegal refining and other forms...
BREAKING: Hundreds Of Detainees Escape As Gunmen Kill Soldiers, Free Inmates From Kabba Prison
Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from the medium federal correctional centre in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Our correspondent gathered that Gunmen in their tens attack the prison centre which is on the Kabba – LOKOJA highway, on Sunday night through Monday morning, killing the military men keeping guide on the road before attacking the centre. The gunmen...
How Gunmen Whisked Catholic Priest Away In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified Catholic priest has been reportedly abducted at the Nnobi roundabout in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. An eyewitness said the man who was driving a Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the gunmen waylaid him. “The assailants forcefully bundled the priest into their jeep...
Postpone Your Planned Protest Now, Abia CP Urges Group [SEE REASONS]
Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede has called on a group alleged to have concluded plans to stage a peaceful protest in Abia State to cancel or postpone such protest, citing fragile security situation in South East region. The Commissioner of Police in a statement signed by the PPRO of the command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, and made available...
Gunmen Invade ThisDay Abuja Office, Threaten To Kill Staff
Gunmen in their numbers storm Thisday Newspaper Abuja office in Utako on Thursday and threatened to kill staff. The armed men were said to have scaled the fence of the company’s premises to gain access. According to the newspaper, the gunmen, whose mission is yet to be ascertained stormed the office the office around 3am on Thursday. “Although the mission of the...
20 Abducted Medical Students Rescued — IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, reveals that the mastermind behind the abduction of the 20 medical students was neutralized. Daily Sun reported that Egbetokun received the students in Abuja after they regained their freedom following their rescue by the police. While handing over the students to their Vice Chancellors in Abuja on Sunday, the IGP disclosed that others involved in the kidnap...
Former IGP Adamu, Chief Of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim Responsible For Imo Jailbreak — Ohanaeze Youths
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC has accused the former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Chief of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim of involvement in the recent jailbreak in Imo state which led to the escape of over 1,800 inmates, saying attack of such magnitude cannot take place without conspiracy from insiders. OYC says after closely studying the situation says...
