Security

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 […]

The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have killed two suspected bandits allegedly terrorising residents and recovered two AK-47 rifles from them. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday. Hassan said, “On Saturday at about 0900 hours, armed […]

Abakaliki—Suspected warlords early, yesterday, attacked Ikachi village in the Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, killing two persons and destroying property worth millions of naira. It was learned that the two killed were beheaded while seven persons were kidnapped and five houses burnt down. In a statement in Abakaliki, […]

Two persons were killed while seven others were abducted in an attack on Ikachi Village in Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, the police have confirmed The spokesperson for Ebonyi Police Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, who confirmed the incident added that the assailants also destroyed property worth millions of […]

Last week, it was the turn of students of the Kogi State government-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) to experience the menace of banditry after a similar episode in Kaduna State, recently. YEKINI JIMOH tells how it happened. Osara, a sleepy town in Kogi Central senatorial district of Kogi State, hosts the Confluence University of […]

A team of policemen from the Works Department of the Force Headquarters, in Lagos, has stormed the senior police officers’ quarters at the Government Reserved Area, GRA, Ikeja and allegedly looted and vandalised the residence of a retired Commissioner of Police, Chucks Enwonwu. Eyewitnesses said the team of policemen numbering over 10 came to the […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested over 80 suspected drug dealers with over 3,000kg of drugs in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, between January and March. Mr Kabir Tsukuwa, Commander of Narcotics, NDLEA, FCT Command, said this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said that over 50 suspects […]

Some members of an armed robbery gang usually referred to as One Chance, which operates on Akwanga-Keffi-Abuja expressway, have been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command. According to a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, the suspects were apprehended by police operatives attached to Anguwan Lambu Division, Keffi. According to the […]