NSCDC Sets Up Special Squad To Protect Schools
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps( NSCDC) has created a special squad to protect schools across the country against attacks. The Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, disclosed this while making his keynote address at the opening session of the capacity-building courses for safe school administrators and managers held at the national headquarters of the NSCDC...
Buhari Urges Service Chiefs To Find Means To End Insecurity In Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security chiefs to find tactics to solve the security challenges in the country, particularly in the North-West and North Central. The President issued the directive on Tuesday, during a three-hour security meeting with Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He reiterated the urgent need to deal with the bandits, who according to the security...
Owo Killings: Security Expert, Sir Udensi Finally Reveals What Led To Attack
A security expert and Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi has expressed sadness over the killing of scores of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo area of Ondo State on Sunday by suspected bandits. According to him, the attack...
Send Your Children To Join ESN, Ohanaeze Youth Council Challenges Okorocha
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has challenged the former governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha to send his children to join the Eastern Security Network (ESN) as a sign of support for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The National President of the council, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka at Umuahia, at the weekend in Umuahia reacted...
Embark On Compulsory Retirement Leave Now, PSC Tells Four Police DIGs
The Police Service Commission has ordered four Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) to proceed on compulsory retirement. The affected DIGs are Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Moses Ambakina Jitiboh, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa and Adeleke Adeyinka Bode. The commission, in a statement on Monday by its spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, said the directive was in exercise of its statutory powers, pursuant to the Third Schedule,...
Anambra Police Repel Attack By Gunmen Near Odumegwu Ojukwu University
The Anambra State Police command has repelled attack by gunmen operating near the campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli in Ihiala local government area of the state. The border town has been experiencing hit-and–run attacks from the nearby Mgbidi in Imo State, forcing many residents of the area to relocate to other communities. It was gathered that the gunmen had...
How Troops Rescued 5 of Abducted Kaduna College Of Forestry Students
Troops of I Division FCC Nigerian Army has rescued five of the students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna who were kidnapped by bandits on March 11, Army Headquarters says. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Yerima gave the names of the rescued students as Abubakar Yakubu, Francis...
Killings: Masari Vows To Assist Katsina Citizens Acquire Arms
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has called on citizens residing in the state to acquire arms with a view to protecting themselves from incessant attacks by bandits now bedevilling the Northwest region of Nigeria. A BBC Hausa report said that while discussing with journalists in Katsina,Masari said the number of police operatives in Katsina State was less...
Bye-Election: Abia Police Commence Deployment Of Officers, Warn Troublemakers
Abia state police command says it has commenced the deployment of officers and men ahead of the Saturday bye-election in Aba North/South Federal constituency of the state. This is even as the Force warns those it described as troublemakers to stay away from the places where election is taking place especially when they have no business there, saying any attempt...
Army Storms Takum Forest, Destroys Major Bandits’ Hideout
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, operating under Operation Lafiya Nakowa, have destroyed a major bandits’ camp located at TY Farm along the Takum–Wukari road in Taraba State. The operation also led to the recovery of a dane gun. According to a statement by Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade, the troops acted on...
