Security Report

By Gabriel Yough Jalingo, June 13, 2019 The Police Command in Taraba on Thursday confirmed the abduction of Mrs. Abigail Gambo, wife of Mr Peter Gambo, Chairman, Taraba chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The command’s spokesman, Mr David Misal, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) June 13, 2019 Dr. Charles Chinekezi, the Chairman, Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, Aba chapter, has appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia to take urgent steps to halt the growing security challenges in the state. Chinekezi made the appeal in an interview with the News …

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Helicopter has crashed in the process of landing while returning from an anti-armed banditry combat mission in the Northwest Theatre under Operation HADARAN DAJI. A statement by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, said that details of the …

By Moji Eniola Ikeja, June 11, 2019 A teacher (name withheld) of a Catholic Secondary School in Lagos, has narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how an armed robber raped her in her home using a polythene bag (polybag) as protection. The teacher made the revelation …

By Adepote Arowojobe Ikorodu (Lagos state), June 10, 2019 The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Zubairu Muazu, on Monday paraded 202 people, suspected of involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and other related crimes in Lagos State. The parading of the suspects is part of a renewed crackdown on …

By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, June 10, 2019 The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Imo, Mr Rabiu Ladodo, has ordered full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of six persons, with 23 others critically ill, after attending a traditional marriage on Sunday at Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, June 7, 2019 The governors of the 36 states of the federation on Friday  briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the security situations in their respective states, the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said. Fayemi, who is also the governor of Ekiti state, said …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, June 4, 2019 The police command in Enugu state said on Tuesday that two people were arrested for alleged unlawful possession of fire arms within Enugu metropolis. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, stated this in a statement in Enugu, adding that the two …

An Indian plane with 13 people on board went missing on Monday in the country’s remote north-east, prompting authorities to launch search operations. The Antonov An-32, took off from the Jorhat airbase in the Assam state for the Mechuka military landing strip, in Arunachal Pradesh state. It was carrying eight …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday received a report on the reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and requested that the report be studied and a white paper produced within three months. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), who was reacting to media reports that the …

By Maureen Ojinaka Enugu, June 2, 2019 The Police Command in Enugu State has begun investigation into an alleged killing of one-year-and-five-month old baby by her mother in a community within the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu that …

By Raji Rasak Badagry (Lagos State), May 31, 2019 The Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, says it has intercepted 20 sacks of 1,582 parcels of Cannabis Sativa(Indian Hemp) worth over 30 million naira, smuggled into the country through the border. ASC Nuruddeen Saidu, the Customs Public Relations Officer, Seme …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) May 31, 2019 Unknown armed bandits, suspected to be kidnappers, on Friday, shot a yet-to-be-identified tricycle operator in the head in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened around 7 am at Park Road/George’s Street, …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has ordered the immediate posting of Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu to Kano State Command as Commissioner of Police in charge of the State. A statement by DCP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters Abuja, which announced the redeployment, …

Abuja,May 26,2019 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has destroyed bandits’ camp and neutralised dozens of bandits in air strikes it conducted at Doumbourou Forest in Zamfara. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who announced this in a …

The Nigerian-flagged vessel, MV CHARIS, which was attacked by unknown assailants on May 5 and subsequently rescued by the Spanish Navy and handed over to Equatorial Guinea, has been released. The release of the vessel was facilitated by the Nigerian Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, Ambassador Toko Ali Gongulong, with the …

  Rome, May 23, 2019 Italian Carabinieri police on Thursday said they seized more 1,665 cars used by a Romanian criminal network to rob people in the streets of northern Italy and Spain. As part of the same sting, eight people were placed in pre-trial detention and one under house …

A Nigerian soldier was killed and several injured in two attacks on the United Nations, UN, peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials said on Sunday. Gunmen attacked the UN troops in Timbuktu in the north of the country, where several groups of militants are active, according to Stephane Dujarric, spokesman …

Uyo, May 19, 2019 A 100 level student of University of Uyo, identified as Kingsley Etim, was said to have been drowned in the swimming pool of De Vegas Paradise Hotel in Uyo on Saturday during a pool party. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on …

By Victor Asije Lagos, May 9, 2019 The United States of America, U. S, Government on Thursday revealed how it had with assistance from Nigerian relevant agencies successfully extradited U.S. indicted defendant Muhammad Khalid Khan to the U.S. The U.S. Consulate General in Lagos said that Khan was arrested at the request …

By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, May 9, 2019 The Police Command in Imo said normalcy had returned to Umuorii/Uratta community in Owerri North Local Government Area after Sunday’s invasion by suspected herdsmen. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Olando Ikoku, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on …

Isaiah Eka Uyo, May 8, 2019 The Akwa Ibom Government has debunked media reports that Cameroun gendarmes on Tuesday killed 40 of its indigenes at Idiaabatu Fishing Settlement in Cameroun. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Mr Ekikere Umoh, in …

By Abdullahi Isah,, Maiduguri Eleven persons are believed to have been killed, including four soldiers, while several houses and shops were burnt when  Boko Haram insurgents attacked and chased Military personnel away from their base at Molai Community, on the outskirts of Maiduguri on Tuesday night. The attack, which started at …

By Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, April 7, 2019 Troops of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday repelled attacks coordinated by Boko Haram at Moloi Village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the latest onslaught on the beleaguered city in Nigeria’s violence-wracked northeast. Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the General Officer Commanding  (GOC) 7 Division and …