Security Report

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Damaturu, Yobe state, urged Nigerians to develop strong confidence in the country and its security institutions and never allow any terrorist groups to destablise Nigeria again. Speaking at the palace of the Emir of Damaturu, Hashimi II El-Kanemi, the President said government will continue …

By Imelda Osayande Benin, Jan. 9, 2023 The President of Igueben Area Customary Court, Mrs. Precious Aigbonoga, was on Monday abducted by gunmen, around Ugoneki axis, on her way to Court in Igueben Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo.  The Chairman of the Lion Bar, Chief Nosa Edo-Osagie, in a …

By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Jan. 8, 2023 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday, said it intercepted a consignment of illicit drugs about to be brought into the country by suspected criminals. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said in a statement in Abuja that …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Jan. 8, 2023 Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Anglican Archbishop of Enugu, has tasked the Federal Government on winning and ending the war against Boko Haram, other forms of insurgency, banditry, corruption and oil theft. Chukwuma gave the task on Sunday while delivering his homily at the …

…Edo Deputy Gov. Shaibu visits train station The Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare, has said that a combined team of the Military, the Police, men of the vigilante network and hunters are currently on the heels of the kidnappers that attacked the Igueben train station …

By Ramatu Garba Kano, Jan. 8, 2023 The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Gaddafi Sagir, 20, for allegedly stabbing his stepmother with screwdriver and strangling his 8-year-old sister to death. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen on …

January 8, 2023 The murders of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, a few hours after the new year, have made me pensive and downcast since the news broke. That dastardly murder is one event of 2023 that throws me into spasms whenever my mind reflects on it. Unable to reconcile the …

Some members of the Security Committee at the meeting By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto Jan. 7, 2023 The Inter -Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Sokoto State has urged politicians in the state to checkmate their followers against violation of the Electoral Act ahead of the February and March …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Jan. 7, 2023 The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has approved the redeployment of senior officers in an effort to ensure administrative and operational efficiency in the Nigerian Army (NA). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Saturday, …

By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Ilorin, Jan. 7, 2023 The anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara Police Command has arrested Issa Naigheti for kidnapping his father, Bature Naigboho, and collecting a ransom of N2.5 million. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. Okasanmi said …

  By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure, Jan. 7, 2023 The Police in Ondo State have arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six-year-old girl from her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure. SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, said this in …

  By Sixtus Uket (Calabar) The Cross River Police Command has said that all officers and men of the command including those in the offices would be deployed for the 2023 general elections in the state. The state Police Commissioner, CP Sule Balarabe made this known while speaking with journalists …

The Police command in Kano State, says a couple has been found dead on their matrimonial bed in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, believed to have died of suffocation from charcoal fumes. SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the spokesperson for the command said this in a statement in …

By Ramatu Garba Kano, Jan.5, 2023 The Kano State Police Command on Thursday, said 61 suspected political thugs had been arrested in its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Mamman Dauda, made …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Jan. 5, 2023 The Military Pensions Board (MPB) on Thursday began the payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) to eligible military retirees and next-of-kins of the deceased pensioners. The Chairman of the Board, Rear Adm. Saburi Lawal, made this known in a statement on Thursday in …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, secured a total of 3785 (Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-five) convictions across all its Commands in 2022. The figure, which emerged from a review of the Commission’s performance in the outgone year, shows a 70.5% improvement over its record for 2021(2220). It also represents …

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo Ilorin, Jan. 4, 2022 Two officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) were crushed to death after the driver of a trailer lost control and rammed into them in Ilorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred on Wednesday around Pasa bridge, Eyenkorin, …

By Thompson Yamput Lokoja, Jan. 4, 2023 Suspected mastermind of the Okene explosion of Dec. 29, 2022, that left some innocent persons dead, and wounded has been arrested and is in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja. The suspected mastermind, Abdulmumin Ibrahim-OTARU (aka Abu Mikdad) and …

A Superintendent of Police, Muhammed Abubakar, has threatened to deal with Mr. Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice, the publisher of an Abuja-based magazine, World Entourage Magazine. Lawyer to the journalist, Anayo Okelue Esq, revealed this in a petition against SP Abubakar, which he wrote to the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Complaint Response …

After evading several onslaughts of the Nigerian military, a notorious Boko Haram warlord, Abou Hurairah, has met his waterloo. PRNigeria gathered that Hurairah, was eliminated alongside some other Boko Haram commanders. It was during an aggressive bombardment operation by the Air Task Force, ATF, of Operation Hadin Kai, using two …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Jan. 4, 2023 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday in Abuja approved the appointment and redeployment of new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of Tri-Service and NAF Institutions. It also approved the appointment of a new spokesperson and other senior officers. Group Capt. …

Chief Ikedi Ohakim, former governor of Imo State, has recounted his close shave with unknown gunmen who nearly snuffed life out of him and his two children on Monday when his convoy was attacked, leading to the death of four of his police orderlies Narrating his escape to journalists, Monday …

One time Governor of Imo State would have been a new year victim of unknown gunmen in Imo State as he and two of his children narrowly escaped an attack on his convoy by the gunmen who, however, killed four of his Police security details. The attack reportedly took place …

A wanted terrorist kingpin, Gwoska Dankarami, on New Year eve, escaped death by the whiskers when air strikes of the Nigerian military targeted his hideout, along Kaura Namoda Road in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. PRNigeria however gathered that several of his foot soldiers were not so lucky, …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto Dec. 31, 2022 No fewer than 775 Police constables on Friday graduated from the Police Training School in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police Recruitment Scheme under the year 2022 batch involved a total of 10,000 trainees that passed out …