Security Report

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was guest lecturer at the National Defence College, in Abuja, Tuesday, with the governor being frank in engaging his audience, participants of course 28, amongst them top military officers and civilian policy makers from Nigeria and other foreign countries. Zulum said, the unwillingness of …

By Philomina Attah Abuja, Jan. 27, 2020 The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Gana Abdulahi has ordered full investigations into the killing of the Imo North senatorial candidate of the African Alliance, Mr Ndubuisi Emenike, by its personnel of the Imo command. Mr Emmanuel Okeh, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Jan. 26, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs, directing the Nigerian Air Force to deploy its fighter aircraft in checking the menace. The president gave the directive in a statement by his Senior …

The Joint Military Force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta on Saturday said that more than 419 attacks on oil export facilities were nipped in the bud in 2019. The feat, according to the military led to uninterrupted oil exports in the outgone year. Rear Admiral Akinjide …

By Adebisi Sogbade-Shittu Ibadan, Jan. 24, 2020 The Speakers of Houses of Assembly in the South West Zone of Nigeria have pledged to provide legislative support for Amotekun, the security initiative conceived by governors in the region. The Speakers made the pledge in a communique issued on Friday by the …

The Bayelsa Police Command on Thursday warned residents to refraim from taking the laws into their hands during crime incidents adding that anyone arrested will be prosecuted. The warning is coming on the heels of Thursday’s mob action against two armed robbery suspects ‘caught in the act’ at Green Villa …

A Nigerian Army officer and seven soldiers have been killed in a fierce battle against Boko Haram terrorists in Mainok, 60 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State, North-East Nigeria. PRNigeria gathered from security sources that the deadly encounter which occurred at about 1pm on Tuesday before the troops repelled an ambush …

Personnel of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Borno State, on Tuesday, successfully foiled an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists at Mainok Village, along the Damaturu-Maiduguri Road. It was gathered that though the insurgents engaged in a heavy gun battle with the SARS troops, they were swiftly overpowered. In …

By David Adeoye Ibadan, Jan. 21, 2020 Mr Kunle Adesankan, Head of Security, Yoruba World Congress (YWC) says the establishment of the Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, is to curb crime in Yorubaland. Adesankan made the clarification on Tuesday during a solidarity rally held by YWC and other groups …

By  Oladapo Udom Lagos, Jan. 21, 2020 The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday cordoned off the popular Gani Fawehinmi Park, at Ojota in Lagos State. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the park observed that the place was calm as at noon. NAN gathered …

By Oladapo Udom Suspects of Odunukwe’s death: (L-R) Solomon Cletus, Bob Ibeaji, Israel Obigaremu and Arinze Igwe Lagos, Jan. 21, 2020 Bob Ibeaji, 42, the kingpin of a four-man gang that allegedly killed Mr Ignatius Odunukwe said on Tuesday  that the lust for money led him to commit  the murder. …

January 19, 2020 Washington, D.C. Former 2019 Presidential Aspirant Okey Samuel Mbonu has thrown his support to the concept of “community policing” as enunciated by the Southwest Governors, via the Amotekun project.  Mbonu in a statement released from his current base in Washington DC, United States, stated that community policing is an …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Jan. 17, 2020 Police Command in Enugu State on Friday paraded two suspected child traffickers who specializes in moving children from Plateau State in North Central zone to River State in South-South zone. Parading the suspects in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Abdurrahman, …

Lagos, Jan. 15, 2020 The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, on Wednesday protested the declaration of Amotekun, the Yoruba paramilitary outfit, as illegal. Adams said in a statement, signed personally by himself ” that the right to life cannot be in the exclusive list of any serious …

Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has called on Nigerians to support families of Nigeria’s fallen heroes as a way of appreciation for their sacrifice to the nation. He made the call shortly after the ceremony for the official wreath laying of the 2019/2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Emblem Appeal Fund …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Jan. 12, 2020 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government would continue to recognise the sacrifices of the men and women of the nation’s armed forces. Osinbajo gave the assurance during an interdenominational Church service organised by the Ministry of Defence to …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Jan. 10, 2020 Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, says the 19 Northern states have gone far in their efforts to introduce community policing in the region. Lalong spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. …

A notorious gun runner, Samson Salau, has described how he buys and sells AK-47 guns and pistols to rampaging armed robbers and bandits who have been terrorizing some States in the North. In a video clip obtained by PRNigeria, Salau made the confession in Hausa while being interrogated by DSP …

     By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia), Jan. 6, 2020 The Abia police command has confirmed the arrest of five men in connection with the alleged abduction of a boy from Umuoba, the headquarters of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ene …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa Command said that two people were arrested during attempted vandalism of a telecommunications facility in Yenagoa during the yuletide. Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, Bayelsa Commandant of the NSCDC made the disclosure  last Friday in Yenagoa. The commandant said that the successful operation …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has placed Police Commands and Formations nationwide on red alert.                                                                  …

Lokoja, Jan. 4, 2020 The  police in Lokoja on Saturday rescued three kidnap victims from their abductors who kept them for six days. In a  statement, the Kogi State Police Command said that the victims –  Mr Mohammed Salisu Cache, Mr Abdulraq Mohammed and Abdulraq Anataku –  were rescued unhurt …

Ikire (Osun), Jan. 4 ,2020 Suspected killers of Miss Favour Daley-Oladele on Saturday narrated the gory details of how the  final year Sociology student of Lagos State University (LASU) was gruesomely murdered for money rituals at Ikoyi-Ile in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three principal …