The Chairman, Toto Local Government Council of Nasarawa State, Mr Nuhu Dauda, has advised traditional rulers…
Category: Security
Feature: Growing insecurity and the clampdown on dissent
By Gabriel Atumeyi Weeks back, the Department of State Security Service (DSS), arrested and detained Salihu…
Military equipment fraud: Nigerien contractor who absconded with multi billion naira funds still walking free
By Saidu Idris Six months after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared a…
Anambra Police nabs child trafficking ring, baby factory in Nnewi
By Gabriel Atumeyi The Police in Anambra State has discovered a baby factory in the Otolo…
Again, bandits abduct teachers, pupils in Kaduna
In a broad day light attack on Monday, March 15, 2021, bandits stormed a LEA Primary…
Declare bandits as terrorists now, NYCN tells Buhari
By Gabriel Atumeyi President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to immediately designate the invading bandits across…
Tambuwal allays fear of possible civil unrest in Sokoto
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has appealed to people of the state capital, particularly…
Unknown assailants kill police inspector, one other in Bauchi
The Bauchi state police Command, on Sunday, March 14, 2021, confirmed the killing of one police…
Shekau lambasts Gumi for negotiating with bandits
The leader of Boko Haram terrorists, Abubakar Shekau, has lambasted Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, for…
Police nab human trafficking kingpin, rescue 11 in katsina
The Katsina State police command have arrested a 40-year-old man, Aiiyu Ubale, of Babban Mutum village…
ICPC arrests 33 FRSC officials for alleged extortion
By Gabriel Atumeyi Meanwhile, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has arrested 33…
General Lagbaja assumes office as GOC 82 Division
By Kenneth Onuoha Major-General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Friday, March 12, 2021, assumed office as the new…
CAF gets new head
South African businessman Patrice Motsepe on Friday was elected the new head of the Confederation of…
Match Day 15 fixtures in 2020/2021 NPFL
Following are the Match Day 15 fixtures in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), scheduled…
Kidnappings: Niger shuts all public secondary schools
Niger State government has ordered the closure of all public secondary schools in the state for…
Makinde receives service chiefs, demands more troops in Oyo
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, demanded the deployment of more troops in the state…
‘Governors negotiated with bandits, those calling for my arrest are clowns’ – Sheikh Gumi
By Ife Osemedua Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has described people calling for his arrest because…
FG has no plan to negotiate with bandits, says NSA
By Deborah Hassan Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has condemned negotiation…
Customs bribe bandits with bags of rice to escape kidnap in Katsina
Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have handed over at least seven bags…
Ebonyi Govt. offers N1m each to families of 4 slain police officers
Ebonyi State Government has offered N1 million each to families of four deceased police personnel who…
Bandits: Buhari orders 6,000 troops deployed to Zamfara
By Deborah Hassan Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has disclosed the deployment of 6,000…
Many killed in renewed Ebonyi communal clash
By Kenneth Onuoha Many persons were on Tuesday, March 9, confirmed killed in a…
Service chiefs visit Zamfara, urge troops to be ruthless
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has urged troops of Operation Hadarin Daji to…
Bandits abduct over 100 miners, kill 10 in Zamfara – Emir
No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara have…
Zamfara Governor warns journalists against unverified reports
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has advised media houses to always verify their reports on security…
Bawa meets EFCC staff, charges them on discipline
By Ife Osemedua The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…
OPC led taskforce arrest notorious kidnap kingpin terrorising parts of Oyo
By Gabriel Atumeyi A notorious kidnap kingpin in the Ibarapa part of Oyo state Iskilu Wakili…
Army redeploys senior officers in major shake up
The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of new General Officers Commanding, Principal Staff Officers, Commandant…
Amotekun arrest 2 suspected gay in Ondo
Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps have arrested two men caught having sex. The duo, Seyi…
Soldier, girlfriend arrested for supplying ammunition to Zamfara bandits
By Gabriel Atumeyi The Zamfara State Government on Friday, March 5, 2021, said a Nigerian soldier…