Military Speaks On How Kaduna Abducted School Children Were Rescued
The military high command, on Sunday gave an insight into how its troops in collaboration with locals rescued over 137 schoolchildren abducted from LEA School Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna. The rescue of the Kaduna pupils came less than 48 hours troops also rescued 16 pupils (Almajiris) with a woman taken hostage in Gada LGA of...
Insecurity Around Gulf Of Guinea Gives Me Concern, Buhari Laments
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented a surge in insecurity within African waterways, specifically within the Gulf of Guinea. Buhari noted that the development required collaborative efforts among stakeholders to tackle. He spoke at the Internation...
Desist From Planned Protest Now, Ikpeazu Warns Staff Of Local Govt Service Commission, Others
Abia state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has warned staff of Local Government Service Commission in the state to desist from a planned protest or have themselves to blame. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Barr. Eze Chikamnayo in a stat...
Police Recover Eight Explosives In Borno
The Borno State Police Command, on Friday, recovered eight unexploded ordnances from the Dala and Gwange areas of Maiduguri, the state capital. The command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Grace Michael, disclosed this in a statement released on Saturday. The statement read, “On 22/11/2024, at about 0843 hrs, the Borno State Police Command received a distress call about some unidentified objects/items...
Reps Cautions Against Rising Insecurities
The House of Representatives, yesterday, held a special plenary session on Nigeria’s escalating insecurity, with lawmakers issuing some of the strongest self-indicting speeches heard in the chamber in recent years. Members warned that the country was “slipping,” institutions failing, adding that parliament must take responsibility to rescue the nation. Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda, who lamented that insecurity could...
Imo: Perpetrators Of Insecurity Should Prepare For Bloody Nose, New Army Commander In Obinze Talks Tough
Respite seems to have come the way of residents of Imo State with the Nigerian Army 34 Artillery Brigade Obinze in Imo State reading the riot act to bandits in the state. The new Commander of the Nigerian Army 34 Artillery Brigade, Imo State, Brigadier General Usman Lawal, shortly after taking over at the Brigade Command headquarters in Obinze, vowed...
Gombe Police Impose Nighttime Movement Curfew From Feb 7
The Gombe State Police Command has imposed a daily movement restriction from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., starting February 7, 2025. The announcement was made in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, on Thursday. According to the statement, the police emphasized that the decision was necessary to curb security threats and ensure the safety of...
NDA Attack: Dino Melaye Calls For Resignation Of ‘Some People’
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has stated that several people should be resigning over an attack by Bandits on the Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA in Kaduna on Tuesday. Melaye, who was miffed by the incident, stated that the attack was proof that nowhere in the country was safe. ABN TV recalls that dare-devil bandits attacked the NDA facility around 1...
Insecurity: IGP Orders Immediate Deployment Of SWAT Operatives
Generals of Police in the Force to deploy all the recently trained members of the Special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT, for routine patrols with immediate effect. According to a Vanguard report, the IGP gave the order in a message to the AIGs which was also addressed to the commissioners of police in the states of the federation. A senior police...
Gunmen Hit Delta, Abduct Several Students
Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students travelling along the East-West road in Ughelli, Delta State. The driver of the vehicle escaped unhurt. According to the spokesman of the Delta State Police Command Edafe Bright, the occupants of the vehicle may have been students who were returning from their school in Calabar Cross River State on Friday night before...
