FG Favours Other State-Owned Security Agencies – Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has accused the Federal Government of double standards in their treatment of state-owned security agencies. He lamented that the FG resisted needed rights for the South-West Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps to legitimately bear arms while their equivalent in Katsina was allowed to bear arms. In a statement he personally signed on Thursday and made...
IGP Orders The Arrest And Prosecution Of Professor For Assaulting Policewoman
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has strongly condemned the assault on a female police officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal, who is a legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke, and her domestic staff, one Rebecca Enechido, as well as a male suspect currently at large. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known on Thursday. He noted...
Police Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Weapons In Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa, in collaboration with a local vigilance group, have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse. Shiisu said the suspects, aged between 35 and 40, were arrested on Sunday following reliable...
Bandits Who Adopted 45 Persons In Southern Kaduna Church Demand N200m Ransom
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, has said there was still no breathing space for communities in Southern Kaduna, as terrorists, jihadists, bandits and armed herdsmen have continued to plunder and wreak communities in the southern part of the state. SOKAPU President, Awemi Dio Maisamari, said in a statement, yesterday, that the latest was the mass abductions on September 12 and...
NDLEA Intercepts 18 Guns, 2,300 Cartridges In Kogi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway, on Saturday, September 17, intercepted a J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha en-route Kaduna-Zaria with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. While the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested, another suspect, Anthony Agada, 37, conveying...
All Criminals Invading Anambra Are Igbo — Soludo
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has identified the unknown gunmen unleashing terror on the state as Igbo people, saying that the perpetrators are not invaders. Soludo said suspects arrested so far “are 100 per cent Igbo,” but noted that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had distanced itself from the crime. The former Central Bank of Nigeria governor...
Police Arrest Notorious Bandit Umar Namaro, Six Informants In Zamfara
Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have arrested a notorious bandit, Umar Namaro, during a surveillance patrol along Gusau–Kotor Koshi–Mada axis of the state. Also arrested, is a notorious six-man syndicate of informants, who collaborate with bandits to terrorise the people of Gusau, Kaura-Namoda, Tsafe and Bungudu local governments and environs. Spokesperson of the Command, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed these while...
El-Rufai Hails Security Forces Of Offensives Against Bandits, Terrorists
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has applauded security agencies for mounting a sustained offensive against terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. The governor made the commendation on Wednesday in Kaduna while declaring open the 4th edition of the Kaduna Book and Art Festival. “In the last six weeks there has been improved offensive operation against criminals and we...
Lai Mohammed Lies About Defeating Insecurity — Expert
A renowned security expert, Adejare Adegbenro, has faulted the “worst of insecurity is over” claim made by Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture. The minister had last week said “the worst is over” while briefing newsmen on the security situation of the country. Mohammed said while the country may still witness isolated attacks on soft targets by terrorists, the security...
Be Vigilant Against Terrorists, Gani Adams Tells Yoruba Leaders
Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Wednesday, urged leaders and stakeholders across the South west to be vigilant in keeping terrorists at bay. Gani Adams said this at the second edition of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Dependable Security Team meeting held at ONTEC Event Centre, Abeokuta in Ogun State. While addressing members of the group in Ogun state, he...
