Security

State commands of the Nigeria Police Force have deployed men in flashpoints as organizers of the October 1 protest insist on going ahead with the demonstration on Independence Day as planned, findings have shown. If the protest holds, it will be the second time in two months that angry Nigerians would hit the streets in […]

Nigerian security forces have killed another notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Makore, along with several of his fighters. This was made known on Wednesday by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, in a post on his X handle. Makama disclosed that the operation took place on Sunday along the Kwankele road in […]

Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have again dismantled a notorious criminal network allegedly responsible for various acts of violence and insecurity within Karim-Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State. A statement made available to journalists on Wednesday by the acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 […]

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by hoodlums suspected to be affiliated with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network. According to a release signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, the attackers, arriving in […]

The Kano Police Command has confirmed the death of one of the most wanted phone snatchers in the state and an armed robbery kingpin, Abba Bala, aka Burakita, after arresting him with life-threatening injuries he sustained from in-fighting among gangs. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Haruna Abdullahi Kiyawa, said Burakita of Dorayi Karama Quarters and another […]

A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale has sentenced two men to 10 years imprisonment for possessing cut-to-size single-barrel guns. The convicts are Joshua Anamali, 25 years and Nelson Adoh, 30 years. They were arrested by police officers, who were on stop-and-search duty on January 27, 2021, in Ndemili community where the exhibit was […]

Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin. Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Speaking with our correspondent, the Director of Mobilisation, […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a notorious gun-runner on transit to deliver high calibre weapons to terrorists and intercepted a truck conveying illegally refined Automated Gas Oil, AGO. The troops also rescued kidnapped victims while on transit in Kaduna State. The Army said vigilant troops, in collaboration with other security agencies, intercepted the […]

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held emergency meetings with the All Progressives Congress state governors, prominent traditional rulers and Ulamas (Islamic religious scholars) at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja as part of efforts by the government to ensure the planned hunger protests, slated for August 1 to 10, is averted nationwide. The meetings come after […]

Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu during an high-level meeting with the 36 State Governors held on Tuesday night, expressed worry over the growing momentum over the planned nationwide protest by some aggrieved Nigerians, and the need for government’s attention. The NGF Chairman, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who confirmed this in the […]