IGP Appoints IRT Head, Tunji Disu As New Commissioner of Police Rivers State
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Tunji Disu as the new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State. The IGP also redeployed Nwonyi Emeka from Rivers State to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The redeployments were announced in a statement by Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Thursday morning. The IGP also ordered new postings for 14 Assistant Inspector General...
Insecurity: Service Chief, IGP Shun Invitation By House Of Representatives
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun have failed to honour the invitation to appear before the House of Representatives today. They were...
Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Yobe Governor’s Convoy, Kill 2 Policemen
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the convoy of Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni along Maiduguri-Dramaturg Road, killing two policemen and injuring two others. The attack took place on Saturday after the governor attended the 24th convocation of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State. According to an eyewitness, who was on the entourage but spoke on the condition of anonymity,...
Uzodimma Compensates Families Of Murdered Security Agents With N185m
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has compensated the families of the security men killed in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state a few months ago. Gunmen had ambushed the security agents, killed some and razed their operational vehicles. A statement in Owerri, the state capital on Monday by the governor’s spokesperson, Oguwike Nwachuku, disclosed that the...
Service Chiefs, IGP Finally Appear Before Reps As CDS Says Simon Ekpa Challenge To Nigeria
Appearing before the House of Representatives, the service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, listed their challenges and needs in a bid to improve the security situation in the country. The service chiefs include the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air...
Adamawa CP Criticizes Attack On Police Headquarters, Commands Pobe
The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, on Wednesday, condemned the recent conflict between the state police and military officers along Target Junction, Yola North Local Government Area of the state. The attack on the police facility resulted in the killing of a police inspector, Jacob Daniel. According to reports, gunmen were said to have attacked the state police headquarters,...
Troops Rescue 31 Kidnap Victims In Sokoto (PHOTOS)
Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 31 kidnapped victims in Sokoto State. This is as the Northwest Operation under the command of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut, intensified the onslaught and conducted a series of clearance operations to terrorists/bandits’ enclaves in its areas of...
Senate Wants Wike To Revisit Abuja CCTV Camera Project
The Senate has asked the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to revisit the issue of the Abuja closed-circuit television (CCTV) project, where a N500 million contract to install cameras within and outside the Federal Capital Territory failed. This resolution comes after a motion moved by Sen. Ned Nwoko representing Delta North raised the alarm over the spate of kidnappings in the...
Army Records No Banditry, Kidnapping Case In Kano — Commander
The 3rd Brigade Nigeria Army, Kano, says they have recorded zero cases of banditry, kidnapping, and high-ranking criminal activities from non-state actors within Kano and its environment. The Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Jamiu Olayinka, stated this when he received members of the Kano Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Bukavu...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges FG To Take Advantage Of Strong Diplomatic Ties With Finland To Arrest Simon Ekpa
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on the Federal Government to take advantage of Nigeria’s diplomatic ties with Finland to get Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, whom the military has accused of fuelling the insecurity in the South-East. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, had on Tuesday accused the Finland-based Ekpa of sabotaging the activities...
