Ikpeazu Launches Abia Security Fund, As State Becomes First To Adopt Digital Security Cards (Photos)
Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has officially launched the Abia State Security Fund and commencement of the Security Support and Residents' Card with a call on residents to help government drive the initiative by enrolling and obtaining their cards. This is even as the state becomes the first in the country to embrace digital security cards for identifying her...
We Escaped Because Our Abductors Were Heavily Drunk — Katsina Teenagers
Two Katsina female teenagers, Mubaraka Naziru and Amina Rabiu, who escaped from their abductors recently, have narrated their ordeal while in captivity. Katsina is one of the north west states badly hit by banditry. The situation has led to tens of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Zamfara, Sokoto and Katsina states. The two teenagers were abducted when bandits in their large...
Security: No Single Bank Robbery Case Since I Became Governor — Ikpeazu
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has said his state has not witnessed a single case of bank robbery since he became governor in 2015. While attributing the success of his administration in the area of security to the deployment of gatekeepers in various communities whose job is intelligence gathering, the governor described Abia as one of the safest states...
Troops Neutralise 14 ISWAP, Boko Haram Terrorists, Rescue 100 Family Members
The Defence Headquarters has said troops of Operation Hadin Kai, had, in the past two weeks, eliminated 14 terrorists and arrested 15 others. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this on Thursday while briefing jour...
Insecurity: Buhari Meets 109 Senators Tonight
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday night at 8pm host the 109 Senators of the 9th Senate to dinner in Villa. The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State House and read during plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The Senate on April 27, 2021, reached a...
Extraditing Nnamdi Kanu Was A Favour To Him, We Would Have Eliminated Him If We Wanted — Buhari
A former Special Adviser to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Buhari’s government did a favour to the leader of the outlawed and cessationist group – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by extraditing him to Nigeria. Kanu, formerly a fugitive was extradited to Nigeria in June 2021 after serially breaching bail conditions by...
I Will Teach Unknown Gunmen What I Learnt During Civil War – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will teach unknown gunmen destroying state infrastructure what he learnt during the civil war. I receive daily security reports on the attacks on critical national infrastructure, and it is very clear that those behind them want this administration to fail. Whoever wants the destruction of the system will soon have the shock of their lives....
Insecurity Under Control – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispelled insinuations that insecurity was on the rise in the country. According to him, the narratives by some western countries on the security situation in the country are false. The president spoke at the opening ceremony of a 3-day strategic communication conference for State Commandant and Public Relations Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
Nigerian Army Court Martial Sentences Soldier To Death, Another To 10 Years For Murder, Robbery
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu has sentenced Private Adamu Mohammed to death by hanging and Private Abubakar Yusuf to a 10-year prison term for separate criminal offences. The sentences followed a trial in which both soldiers were found guilty of serious crimes, including murder and robbery. According to...
Gov Emmanuel Donates N60m To Families Of Slain Policemen
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has announced the donation of the sum of sixty million naira for the bereaved families of Police officers who were killed during recent attacks by gunmen while on duty. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong who disclosed this to newsmen said, the governor announced the donation when he visited the...
