Security

The Bayelsa State Police Command has said it has identified and arrested a policeman who shot a 40-year-old electrician, Benalayefa Bako Asiayei, to death over N200 along the Azikoro Road in Yenagoa, the state capital. It was gathered that the late Asiayei was returning from work in his vehicle, a Toyota Sienna, at about 8.00 pm […]

The Federal Government, yesterday, withdrew the three-count terrorism charge it entered against the detained President of Miyetti, Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. Bodejo was arrested at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, shortly after he unveiled a vigilante group. Federal Government alleged that he established an ethnic militia in […]

The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has raised alarm over the rate of reported cases of molestation and harassment of female travellers plying the Lagos-Abidjan trade corridor through the Seme border post. It was alleged that female travellers and traders on the route were being dragged into the bush by some security […]

The police said farmers were injured in a clash between farmers and cattle herders in Hayin Kogi forest in Birninkudu Local Government Area of  Jigawa. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu on Monday. “Report at the command’s disposal revealed that at […]

The Nigerian Army has denied any involvement in the Kano State emirate tussle. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday said the Army had no involvement in the tussle and its personnel were not involved in enforcing any court order. He said contrary to insinuations by the Kano […]

Troops of the 22 Armoured Brigade in Forward Operating Base, FOB, Patigi, have rescued five kidnapped persons, during search and rescue operations at Olapade/Olayinka village in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Stephen Nwankwo in a statement on Thursday, said the rescued victims are four […]

The Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, urged the Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, to come forward and substantiate his allegations against the military. According to the military high command, Radda, while featuring on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on April 5, 2024, accused the military of aiding and profiting from terrorism in his state. […]

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has cautioned the federal government against the creation of state police. He warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against assenting to “such an inimical proposal capable of undermining the exclusive legislative power of the Federal Government on security.” He urged Tinubu to recruit more police officers and improve […]

The Department of Security Services, DSS, has said the FCT has recorded improved security within one year of President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The Director of the department in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Adamu Gwary, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. Gwary told NAN while […]

Speaking at the handing over on Monday in Maiduguri, Deputy Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Chigbu, said they were rescued during the 10-day clearance operation in Sambisa. “The people we are handing over today totalling 350 comprised six adult males, 134 females and 209 children found in Sambisa […]