We’ll Not Tolerate Criminal Activities By Illegal Migrants, Ikpeazu Talks Tough
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has has said the government will no longer fold its arms and watch illegal migrants perpetrate criminal activities against Abians. The governor therefore tasked the Nigeria Immigration Service and other Military and Para-Military formations to take a deeper look at the activities of these elements, insisting that they have become inimical to...
Army Launches ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’ In Anambra To Crush IPOB, ESN
Determined to restore security in Anambra State, the 302 Artillery Regiment General Support, has lunched ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’, to provide security in the state. Exercise Golden Dawn, according the Commander 302 Artillery Regiment (General Support) Col. Abdulkarim .B. Usman, in the welcome address he presented at the flag off ceremony at Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area, is apart from...
Army Launches New Military Operation In South East, Vows To End Insecurity
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has stated that emerging security threats over the continued existence of the country are real, necessitating the operation, Golden Dawn, in the South East. Speaking in Enugu, Monday, while flagging off the joint military exercise for Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, he stressed that the army would do all...
Give Us N60m To Release Abducted Niger Perm Sec — Kidnappers Demand
Abductors of Niger State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Musa Garba, have demanded N60m ransom from his family. Dr. Garba was kidnapped alongside his three year-old-son, on Friday at a wedding ceremony holding at his residence in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State. A family source told our correspondent in confidence that the abductors called on Sunday...
Ebubeagu: A Missed Opportunity By South-East Governors To Tackle Insecurity — Expert
A security expert, Sir Chikwe Udensi has accused governors of the South East region of sleeping on duty over their alleged failure to fight insecurity in the geopolitical zone with the instrumentality of Ebubeagu security outfit they earlier set up. He said the governors have failed to key into the liberality of federal government to allow a regional security outfit...
Conduct A Psychiatric Evaluation, Drug Tests For Police, Army Before Recruitment, NEC Proposes
The National Economic Council has recommended psychiatric evaluation and drug tests for those seeking to be enlisted into various security agencies, especially the arms-bearing outfits. This formed part of the resolutions at the council’s meeting chaired by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday. The meeting received reports from judicial panels regarding the #EndSARS protests in parts of the...
Don’t Allow Extremists Take Over Our Country, Sultan Of Sokoto Urges Leaders, Security Agencies
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged security agencies and political leaders to deal decisively with all those who think they can turn the country upside down through misinterpretation of religious teachings. Speaking at the 2nd National Education Summit of the Nigerian Army, holding in Sokoto, the monarch highlighted the problem with extremism. “So many people turn religious upside...
Declare Bandits As Terrorists Now, 36 State Assembly Speakers Urge Buhari
The 36 House of Assembly speakers has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists and enemies of the nation. This was their resolution at a Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Katsina State yesterday. The call of the Conference of Speakers is coming a day after Katsina Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, reiterated the earlier...
NDA Attack: I Was Embarrassed, Says Chief Of Defence Staff
Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said that he was embarrassed that the army did not foresee the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy. “Nigerian Defence Academy is not a place where we could think that we should fortify to such a level that liberty that is required to be able to emplace the level of leadership learning...
Bandits Attack Zamfara Community For Defaulting In Levy Payment
Bandits on Sunday night carried out a punitive attack on Kwarin Mai Saje community in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State over the failure of the residents to pay a N3 million levy. During the attack, the bandits raped women and abducted six people after looting the village of valuables, according to a resident. The brutal outlaws had initially imposed...
