How Security Subdued Gunmen Who Invaded Jos Correctional Centre
Gunmen have attacked the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State. Emerging reports, however, suggest that security operatives have been able to repel the attack, although the identity of the assailants is yet to be verified. Military Information Officer for Operation Safe Haven, Major Ishaku confirmed this on Sunday evening. Ishaku explained that personnel of the joint task force at the facility fought...
Katsina Governor Urges Youths Not To Be Lazy, Confront Bandits
The teeming youths in the country, especially in the security prone areas, have been challenged to create job opportunities from the current state of insecurity in the nation, rather than being lazy with lamentations of no jobs. Governor Aminu Masari who gave the challenge at the ground breaking ceremony for the N5.8 billion interchange road at Kofar Kaura and Kwaya...
BREAKING! Court Proscribes Bandit Groups
A federal high court in Abuja has declared the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups as acts of terrorism. Taiwo Taiwo, the presiding judge, gave the order on an ex parte motion filed by the federal government. Mohammed Abubakar, director of public prosecution (DPP) at the federal ministry of justice, who filed the motion ex-parte, said President Muhammadu...
Kidnapping: Buhari Orders Increased Surveillance, Patrol on Abuja-Kaduna Road
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered security agencies to intensify surveillance and patrol activities along the Abuja-Kaduna Road. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Thursday after the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Aregebesola also disclosed that the regime is impressed by the recently concluded governorship elections in Anambra State which saw...
Fierce Gun-battle In Imo Leaves Soldier, IPOB Member Dead
Troops have neutralised a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) and dispersed others engaged in setting homes and businesses ablaze in Imo. The troops, conducting Exercise Golden Dawn, engaged the hoodlums on Monday while responding to a distress call on an attack by the hoodlums in Awo-Mmamma community, Oru East Local Government...
COAS Farouk Yahaya Declares War Against Bandits
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has declared that henceforth, the Nigerian Army will engage bandits and criminals in a war. Yahaya, who stated during a familiarization visit to 31 Artillery Brigade and Tradoc Minna, Niger State, said the army will be more resolute and decisive in dealing with them. “I commend them on the job they are...
Bandits Kill 2023 Zamfara Governorship Aspirant
A 2023 governorship aspirant in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sagir Hamidu, has been shot dead by armed bandits. The incident occurred on Sunday when the assailants opened fire on travellers along the ever-busy Kaduna-Abuja Highway. According to Daily Trust, he was killed alongside other travellers. The Kaduna State Police Command could not be reached for reaction as at press time. The command’s Public...
Police Not In Rivalry With Military, Lagos CP Odumosu Says
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the military, the Police and other security agencies in the country are not rivals. According to a statement issued by the Lagos Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, CP Odumosu said the police and the military are members of the same big family pursuing the same goal in...
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...
1,000 Policemen To Enforce Curfew In Anambra Supplementary Election — CP
Over 1,000 police officials will be deployed for the supplementary election in Anambra State scheduled to hold in Ihiala Local Government Area on Tuesday, the State Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, has said. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had suspended the collation of results for the Anambra State governorship election after elections did not hold in Ihiala on Saturday. Speaking...
