Abuja-Based Naval Staff Lawal Kidnapped In Kogi
A staff of Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Mr Musa Lawal has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped in Lokoja at his residence, behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja at about 8 pm on Monday. The hoodlums gained entrance to his apartment after they destroyed ...
Uzodimma Urges Military To Collaborate To End Activities Of Gunmen In South East, Others
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has called for increased collaboration among security agencies to adequately tackle the insecurity in the country. He made the call on Monday when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahay...
Gunmen Set Enugu INEC Office On Fire
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been burnt down by unknown arsonists. The office, situated at the council’s headquarters in Ogurute was set on fire late Sunday ni...
Gunmen Shoot Village Head In Plateau Community, Kill Son, Abduct Wife
At least two persons including Baba Yarima Jabi, the village head of Angwn Baraya in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, have been shot when gunmen attacked the community in the early hours of Sunday . It was learnt that while the village h...
Banditry: Zamfara Govt Recruits Community Protection Guards (PHOTOS)
In a bid to curb banditry in Zamfara, the state government has commenced the recruitment and training of operatives for its new security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG). Governor Bello Matawalle flagged off the exercise on Saturday. Below a...
16,000 Job Seekers Apply In Amotekun’s 350 Slots
Applicants,16,000, have applied for the 350 vacant slots in the Ondo State security outfit, codenamed Amotekun. Already, 900 of them have been shortlisted. The security commander, Chief Àdetunji Adeleye said this in Akure over the weekend. Adeleye s...
Buhari Pays Tribute To Soldiers Killed In Niger Attack, Says Killers Must Not Go Free
President Muhammadu Buhari has described Thursday’s attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State as a direct assault on Nigeria. The President, in a statement issued Friday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the attackers would not go un...
NSCDC Arrest Three Suspects Over Arms-Bearing, Theft In Kwara
Two suspects were paraded on Thursday in Ilorin by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for allegedly bearing illegal arms. They are Alhaji Abdullahi, (19) and John Inyeka, both of Agbede village in Moro Loc...
NBA, Obono-Obla Tackle Gov Ayade For Backing The Military’s Reprisal On Cross River Communities
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and former presidential aide, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, have condemned Governor Ben Ayade’s call to the Nigerian Army to sustain reprisal action on Nko and Onyedama communities in Cross River State, where its full mi...
26% Of FIFA 2022 World Cup’s Budget Allocated For Tournament Prize Money
Thirteen persons including seven mobile policemen and six civilians have been killed at a mining site in Ajata-Aboki in Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State. The mobile policemen were attached to the mining site to provide secur...
