Uzodimma Urges Military To Collaborate To End Activities Of Gunmen In South East, Others
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has called for increased collaboration among security agencies to adequately tackle the insecurity in the country. He made the call on Monday when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahay...
Wike Threatens To Declare Council Chairmen Security Risk For Abandoning Monthly Security Meetings
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has berated council chairmen who have abandoned monthly security meetings. Wike, who spoke at a town hall meeting in the Abuja Municipal Area Council(AMAC), said henceforth any of the council chairman who failed to host the meeting would be declared a security threat. “How will you say you are not holding a monthly...
Army Sacks 3,040 Soldiers Over Desertion, Murder, Rape, Drunkenness
The Nigerian Army has dismissed no fewer than 3,040 soldiers from service for various acts of misconduct, and indiscipline, including desertion, possession of hard drugs, rape and murder. Some of the soldiers were discharged for cowardice, forgery, drunkenness, poor performance, disobedience to orders, absence from duty/parade and failure to perform military duty. Similarly, scores were also axed for Bank Verification Number...
About 1,900 Killed In Gaza, More Than 1,300 Buildings Destroyed
At least 1,900 Gazans — most of them civilians and including more than 600 children — have been killed in missile strikes on the densely populated enclave after nearly a week of fierce bombardment by Israeli forces, the Palestinian health ministry said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the bombardment is “just the beginning” as Israel seeks to retaliate against...
Defence Headquarters Denies Existence Of Foreign Military Base In Nigeria
The Defence Headquarters has denied reports stating that the French military was planning to establish a base in Nigeria. In a statement by the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba on Monday said the clarification was necessitated due to reports doing the rounds, that French soldiers had arrived in the country. “The attention of Defence Headquarters has been drawn...
Insecurity: We Are In Pains, Says Senator Orji Kalu
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, has decried the high rate of insecurity in Nigeria, saying the country is in pains, ABN TV reports. According to the Abia North Senator, the country is at the moment passing through challenges as a result of spate of killings and abductions going on in various parts. The former Abia governor spoke...
Kano APC Senatorial Candidate’s Mother Gained Freedom From Kidnappers By DSS In Jigawa
Barely 24 hours after the kidnap of the aged mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kano Central Senatorial District candidate, A A Zaura, the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have rescued her in far away Jigawa State. Some...
Government Watching Hoodlums As They Acquire Weapons — Gani Adams
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, has raised an alarm about the worrisome spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria is already sleepwalking into a collapse. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Aderemi,...
MOPOL In Abia To Serve Criminals Justice, Commander Adeoye Vows (VIDEO)
The Deputy Commissioner of Police Mobile Force coordinating the deployment of Police Mobile Force personnel across the five states of the South East, Aderemi Adeoye has said his men are in Abia State to serve criminal elements justice while ensuring that people of the State go about their normal businesses without fear of molestation. ABN TV reports that Adeoye spoke...
Attitude Of Police, Military To Banditry Frustrating — Zamfara Governor
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has lamented the laidback attitude of the police and the military in combating the menace of banditry plaguing the North-West state. He said the uninspiring attitude of Federal Government-controlled security agencies was responsible for the creation of the state security outfit, Community Protection Guards in January. “We, as governors, don’t have control over the military,...
