Anambra Guber Election: In Addition To 34,587 Police Personnel, NSCDC Deploys 20,000 Officers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has announced the deployment of 20, 000 officers and men to complement sister-security agencies in ensuring a free, fair and credible election in Anambra State November 6 governorship election. This is in addition to the 34,587 police personnel deployed for the election. Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi disclosed this...
Tension In Oyo As OPC, Amotekun, Others Clash With Herdsmen
There was palpable fear in Iwerele, Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Monday, as many were reportedly feared dead in a clash between Oodua Peoples Congress, Amotekun, Operation Burst, Soludero and a group of herdsmen. The cause of the conflict was still sketchy as of press time. A source however said a group of herdsmen had invaded a farm...
Insecurity: Kidnappers Abduct Pupils & Teachers, Demand N30m Ransom
No fewer than six pupils, three teachers and the driver of a private school bus in Ekiti State were, on Monday night, kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. They were abducted while returning from Eporo-Ekiti on the school bus. Their kidnap came barely hours after two monarchs, the Onimojo of Imojo in Oye Local Government Area, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and...
You Must End Plateau Killings In Two Weeks, Assembly Tells Gov. Lalong
The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Gov. Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Mr Philip Dasun, Chairman, House Committee on Information conveyed the position of the legislators when he briefed newsmen in Jos. Dasun said that the assembly would know the next line of action after the two-week ultimatum. “As an assembly with people...
Fear Grips Bandits As DHQ Says Troops’ War Mode Has Been Activated Against Terror
Defence Headquarters said, yesterday, that the current leadership of the Armed Forces has activated troops into ‘war mode’, with a view to countering the threats of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and economic sabotage being perpetrated against Nigerians. Consequently, in the last one week, troops neutralised 23 terrorists, bandits and IPoB militants, rescued 17 kidnapped civilians and arrested 32 criminal elements, including...
Obasanjo Charges FG To Desist From Negotiating With Terrorists, Take Action
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected calls for negotiations with bandits, insisting that Nigeria must take decisive action and embrace international assistance to confront escalating insecurity. Obasanjo, who spoke at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival held in Jos, the state capital, on Friday, asked the Federal Government to stop apologising and negotiating with terrorists. His position comes...
Niger Communities Negotiate With Boko Haram, Pay N20m, Buy N500k Bike For Them
Residents of 65 communities in Niger State have resorted to negotiating and signing a peace deal with Boko Haram to avoid future raids by the insurgents. This development came few days after the terror group displaced over 5,000 villagers from their ancestral homes in Shiroro and Munya local councils. Abubakar Bello, the Governor of Niger had admitted that Boko Haram had...
ECOWAS Security Frameworks In Jeopardy As Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali Exit — Air Chief
According to Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, CAS, the sub-region's security frameworks have been upset by the Alliance of Sahel States' exit from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS. He added that plans by Chad to pull out of the Multinational Joint Task Force would affect the ability of the joint security force to...
Gunmen Kill PDP Lawmaker In Adamawa
He was a member of the PDP. A gang of armed men stormed the lawmaker’s residence in his hometown, Bannga, in the early hours of Saturday, shooting his son and whisking him away before killing him a few hours after. The Police Public Relations Offic...
Adamawa Govt Impose 24-hour Curfew Over Unrest
Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Lamurde Local Government Area following a fresh eruption of communal hostilities. The directive was announced on Monday in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Hussaini Hammangabdo, who confirmed that the governor has instructed security operatives to immediately move into the troubled communities. According to the...
