2023: We’re Committed To Peaceful Election, Police Assure Nigerians
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, says the police and other security agencies will ensure that the 2023 general elections are peaceful. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at a security policy dialogue entitled: ‘2022 General Election: Insecurity as a Threat to Constitutional Succession.’ The dialogue was organised by CLEEN Foundation, in partnership with Ford Foundation. The IGP, represented by DCP Basil...
Hold IPOB Responsible For Attack On Imo INEC Office — Police
The police in Imo State have said gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) carried out the attack on the Oru West office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mike Abattam, the state police spokesperson, said in Owerri on Sunday that the operatives on duty,...
There Was An Attempt To Burgle Buhari’s Chief Of Staff’s Residence – Presidency
There was an attempt to burgle the residence of Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency has said. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the incident occurred very early on Monday morning. His confirmation followed the report by an online news medium, Peoples Gazette, that gunmen suspected to...
Zamfara: Gov. Lawal Places Ban On Sale Of Unlabelled Bread, Fuel Above 50 Litres To Curb Insecurity
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has signed an executive order banning the sale of unlabelled bread, bagging of bread, sale of petrol above 50 litres and the use of tinted glasses in Zamfara State. Governor Lawal signed the executive order yesterday in his office at the Government House, Gusau. A statement by the Zamfara governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the...
Alleged Military Invasion: FENRAD Urges Ikpeazu To Address Violent Unrest, Disturbances In Ohafia
A human rights and pro-democracy group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) has decried what it called skirmishes between some unidentified group and the military in Ohafia on Friday, June 11, 2021 which it says has led to the invasion of Ohafia by security agencies. FENRAD in a statement issued on Monday by the Executive Director, Comrade Nelson...
Arewa Urges FG To Crush New Terror Group Now
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for urgent action by the Nigerian military to subjugate and decapitate the Lakurawa terror group that is terrorising residents of Sokoto and Kebbi states in the North West Zone with all the human and material arsenals at their disposal, without hesitation. ACF considered the emergence of the new terrorist group as very dangerous...
Police Warn Against Cultism Day Celebration In Osun
The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, has warned cultists and unscrupulous elements in the state to put a stop to plans to celebrate cultism. This is as Olokode revealed that intelligence at the disposal of the command availed that ...
Another Police AIG Dies
The Nigeria Police Force has lost another Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Yunana Baba. This is coming three days after the death of another AIG, Omololu Bishi. Babas was in charge of Zone 8. Kwara Governor, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, commiserated with the police authorities over “the sudden death”. AbdulRahman described Babas as a perfect gentlemen and a dedicated officer. “I received the news of the death...
Treat Bandits The Way You Treat Niger Delta Militants, Sheikh Gumi Insists
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, has asked government to treat bandits the way its treats Niger Delta militants by offering them Amnesty. The cleric further urged the government to give 'blanket Amnesty’ to the marauding bandits to end the orgy of killings in the North. Speaking to newsmen after his meeting with the bandits and Niger Governor, Gumi advised government...
Unknown Gunmen Responsible For Sen. Effiong’s Kidnap — Police
The Police have confirmed the kidnapping of Sen. Nelson Effiong, who represented Eket Senatorial District in the eighth Senate. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, told newsmen in Uyo on Monday that the senator was kidnapped in Uyo at about 10 p.m on Sunday, Sept. 5. “He was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at a popular drinking...
