Security Report

By Christian Ogbonna Abakaliki, June 4, 2023 The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed an attack on two communities in the state by suspected gunmen on Friday night. SP Onome Onovewakpoyeya, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday …

It was, indeed, the crystallization of a dream. When gallant Nigerian-born United States of America (USA) Naval Officer, then U.S. Navy Lt. Victor Agunbiade came back to the motherland, early this year as the leader of the joint military exercise, Obangame Express 23, he could not have known that it would …

By Thompson Yamput Lokoja, June 3, 2023 The Kogi Government on Saturday said the convoy of Gov. Yahaya Bello was attacked on Saturday by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. It said the attack took place near a Naval Base, few kilometers away from Lokoja, the state capital. The Kogi Commissioner …

Ghanaian born Captain Cecilia Erzuah, who served with the United Nations (UN) Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), was recently honored as the recipient of the 2022 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Abyei is between Sudan and South Sudan in Africa. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, presented …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has received an award of distinction and quality service from SERVICOM. Mrs. Nnenna Akajemeli, National Coordinator/Chief Executive, SERVICOM, who presented the award at a one-day stakeholders forum for Directors of Reforms, Nodal Officers, Public Relations Officers and …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, June 1, 2023 The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Usman Baba has approved the promotion of 31,465 personnel, consisting of 24,991 Sergeants to Inspector, 194 Corporals to Sergeant and 6,280 Constables to Corporals. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement …

By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja, June 2, 2023 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed former Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over alleged money laundering and misappropriation of N4 billion. A source close to the anti-graft agency said that Fayemi arrived at the EFCC facility at about 10.am …

A retired female Deputy Comptroller General, DCG, of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola, is now the acting Comptroller General of the Service. PRNigeria gathered that Carol Wura-Ola was due for retirement yesterday (Wednesday), after attaining the mandatory 35 years in service at the Nigerian Immigration Service. She …

By Joshua Oladipo Osogbo, May 31, 2023 A High Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday sentenced  Adedeji Adesola, the receptionist that received late Timothy Adegoke when he lodged in the Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife on Nov. 6, 2021, to two years imprisonment for altering the receipt issued to the deceased. The News …

Less than 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office as the 16th leader of Nigeria, PRNigeria reports that inter-agency rivalry among security agencies in the country may have reared its ugly head again. The latest incident involved the Department of State Security Services, DSS, and the Economic and …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, May 29, 2023 A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, who was kidnapped by gunmen last Friday in Imo has regained freedom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Opara, popularly known as Owu Ujo, was released by his abductors late Sunday night. He was …

Yoruba Nation Agitators arrested in Lagos on Sunday By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, May 29, 2023 The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two members of the Yoruba Nation Agitators, who attempted to take over the Alausa Police Division in Ikeja. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos state …

By Akeem Abas Ibadan, May 28, 2023 Prof. Banji Akintoye, the founder and leader of the Yoruba group, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, has condemned the invasion of a radio station in Ibadan by members of a Yoruba separatist group. This is contained in a statement signed by Akintoye’s Assistant Director …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, May 25, 2023 Captain Cecilia Erzuah from Ghana, who served with the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), on Thursday won the 2022 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) The Nigeria Police, Abia Command has confirmed the killing on duty of a young security man working for the newly formed Umuehilegbu Industrial Market Shoe Makers Association. The Command’s PPRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Thursday. …

After 707 days, the two remaining kidnapped students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, have regained freedom from their abductors, early morning of today (Thursday). PRNigeria gathered that the two remaining female students, Faida Sani Kaoje and Safiya Idris, were released after intensive negotiations by a special committee set …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, May 21, 2023 The Police Command in Imo says it has launched a rescue operation to free a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Jude Maduka, who was kidnapped on Sunday morning. Maduka, the Parish Priest of Christ the King Parish, Ezinachi/Ugwuago of the Diocese of Okigwe in …

Three days after the South East Zone of the Network of Evangelical Bishops of Nigeria (NEBN) accused the Enugu state branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being composed of “a tiny band of buccaneers” planning to “kidnap the finances of the state”, it has described the party’s gubernatorial …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, May 20, 2023 Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction’’ at Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday. The attack came one month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21. On March 27, …

By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, May 19, 2023 Security operatives have rescued two workers of the United States Consulate Lagos, abducted in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra on May 16. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police Command Spokesman, said in a statement issued in Awka on Friday that the two were …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto May 18, 2023 (NAN) Police in Sokoto State and the NDLEA have tightened collaboration to fight criminality in the state. NDLEA’s spokesman in Sokoto State, Mr Mohammed Dahiru, stated on Thursday that the collaboration was discussed when the police commissioner, Mr Ali Kaigama, visited the NDLEA’s …

 By Joy Mbachi Awka, May 18, 2023 Anambra Police Command has revealed that nine persons lost their lives in an ambush attack on the US convoy in the state on May 16. The command’s disclosure is contained in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja, May 18, 2023 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is probing Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara over alleged N70 billion fraud. The EFCC Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, represented by the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Osita Nwaja,  said this at news conference …

Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned as despicable and most reprehensible news of the attack and killing of some international humanitarian workers in Anambra State on Tuesday. The former Governor of Anambra State said: “I just got the most reprehensible news of the attack …

A socio-cultural organisation, Mboho Ikot Abasi has called on the Akwa Ibom Government and Security Agencies to arrest and prosecute those who triggered the communal clash that occurred between Eastern Obolo and Ikot Abasi Local Government Areas of the state. The President General of Mboho Ikot Abasi, Otuekong Ufot Udoinyang, …