IG Deploys Specialized Anti-bandit Squad Nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, deployed a special squad to arrest the rising violence across the country. He ordered all Police Mobile Force squadrons to maintain at least one fully equipped, combat-ready unit on constant standby, effective immediately. He gave the directive during a meeting with Squadron Commanders in Abuja on Tuesday, as bandits struck in Kwara, Benue...
Reps Backs Senate’s Call To Declare Bandits, Sponsors As Terrorists
The House of Representatives on Thursday joined the Senate in calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits and their sponsors as terrorists. Adopting a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the Chairman of the Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, members of the House unanimously said it was important to support the position of the Senate on the issue...
3,500 NSCDC Officers Deployed For Independence Celebrations
NSCDC has deployed 3,500 personnel across the FCT in a proactive measure to ensure security during Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary. The extensive deployment aims to maintain public safety, safeguard critical national assets, and protect public and private properties throughout the celebrations. This was stated in a statement signed by the NSCDC FCT Command spokesperson, Samuel Idoko, on Monday. Idoko said, “The Nigeria...
Kano APC Senatorial Candidate’s Mother Gained Freedom From Kidnappers By DSS In Jigawa
Barely 24 hours after the kidnap of the aged mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kano Central Senatorial District candidate, A A Zaura, the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have rescued her in far away Jigawa State. Some...
About 79,000 Insurgents Have Surrendered — Theatre Commander
The Theatre Commander, North East “Operation Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, said over 79,000 insurgents comprising combatants and non combatants have so far surrendered. Musa made this known in Maiduguri while briefing newsmen on recent successes of the command. The commander said that the sustained onslaught on the insurgents under the kinetic and non kenetic approaches had led to the mass...
Gunmen Kill Ebubeagu Commander’s Wife In Ebonyi, Set House On Fire
Gunmen have killed the pregnant wife of Kalu Chima (aka Oyeku), the Ebubeagu Commander in Ama-Etiti village, Etiti community, in the Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The two-man gang reportedly wore face masks during the attack on Sunday. An eyewitness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the hoodlums took the commander’s wife outside, shot her in...
Troops Rescue Twelve Kidnapped Victims
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have rescued 12 kidnapped victims who were in transit from Imo to Adamawa states. The victims were rescued on Wednesday at Jootar village in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. The Force Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Sunday Igbinomwanhia, told journalists that the kidnappers took advantage of the abandoned Federal Police Highway...
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...
Police Place Ban On Durbar In Kano
The Kano State Police Command has banned Durbar activities in the state. This was announced in a statement issued by Abdullahi Kiyawa, Police Public Relations Officer of the command. Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, 15th Emir of Kano, had invited district heads for Durbar and asked the police to provide security. But in his statement, the police said such activity would not be...
Kogi Government Talks Tough On Police Station Attack, Vows Not To Spare Criminals
The Kogi State government has condemned the attack on Eika-Ohizenyi Police Station in Okehi Local Government Area of the state. In a statement dated June 25, the Commissioner for Information and Communications in Kogi, Kingsley Fanwo, confirmed that ...
