Security Report

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Oct. 12, 2019 The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested one Nnaji Nwabueze who allegedly threatens to kidnap and murder unsuspecting members of the public using text messages and the internet. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who said this in a statement …

By Gami Tadanyigbe Kuje (FCT), Oct. 10, 2019 Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed one person and abducted a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, with his two children at Dafara community, in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The District Head of the community, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen …

By Doris Esa Abuja,Oct.10, 2019 Nigerian Navy has released the list of successful candidates in the 2019 recruitment interview held in Lagos between July 29 and Aug. 27. Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, adding that the list could be …

By Uchediunor Augusta Lagos, Oct. 10, 2019 A yet-to-be-identified young lady on Thursday escaped lynching by an irate mob over alleged snatching of manhood of three men in a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus at Onipanu Bus Stop in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the …

A nine-year-old girl has narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court (SODVC) in Lagos how a policeman Andy Eghobamien, 40, allegedly defiled her on many occasions. The little girl (names withheld) made the revelation during the trial of the suspect, Eghobamien, on a one-count charge of defilement …

By Oladapo Udom Lagos, Oct. 6, 2019 Festac Police Station, Lagos has recovered a sword, two daggers, house breaking implements, two phones, a POS machine and an ATM card from one Chizoba Okeke, 30, around Festac area of Lagos State. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police …

The Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Delta Safe, (OPDS) averted some 313 sabotage attempts on major crude oil export pipelines in the Niger Delta region. The vandalism incidents occurred between January and September 2019. The pipelines are the Trans Niger Delta, Trans Escravos and Trans Ramos lines operated …

Paris, Oct. 3, 2019 A 45-year-old IT assistant at the police headquarters in central Paris went on a knife rampage inside the building on Thursday, killing three police officers and an administrative worker. He was thereafter shot dead by an officer, French officials said. French broadcaster, BFM TV, said the …

By Mohammmed Kaigama Bauchi, Oct. 3, 2019 The Police Command in Bauchi state has restated its commitment towards dealing with attempt to disrupt the state Governorship Tribunal judgement on Oct.7. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Kamal Datti disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) in …

Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted the father of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Doodei Week. Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident. Mr. Week, who also confirmed the incident to NAN on telephone, said that his father was …

By Ugonne Uzoma Owerri, Oct. 3, 2019 Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo has urged security agencies in the state to intensify efforts in flushing out criminals across the State. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu on Wednesday said Ihedioha gave the charge at …

By Omuboye Sukubo Port Harcourt, Oct. 2, 2019 The Police Command in Rivers says it intercepted and arrested two fake soldiers allegedly involved in a robbery operation within new Port Harcourt GRA on Wednesday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt. …

By Doris Esa Abuja, Oct. 2, 2019 The Nigerian Navy has commenced the enlistment of graduates and HND holders into the Direct Short Service Commission. Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Dahun said interested applicants, who must be Nigerians by …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Sept. 30, 2019 The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Mr Bala Ciroma on Monday ordered  investigation into the killing of three suspected “one chance” robbers in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, DSP Anjuguri Manzah disclosed this …

By Omuboye Sukubo Port Harcourt, Sept. 30, 2019 The Police Command in Rivers says a most wanted and notorious kidnapper, Ekweme Ike, known as Lucifer has been killed by men of Operation Sting. DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Port …

Oladapo Udom Lagos, Sept.29, 2019 The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said  it had rescued 19 pregnant girls and four kids suspected to have been abducted by persons engaged in child trafficking. The Command, in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Bala Elkana, on Sunday,  …

By Rabiu Sani Maiduguri, Sept. 28, 2019 The Nigerian Army on Sunday arrested a suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistics supplier and seized a car stacked with motorcycle used tyres in Borno. Brig.-Gen. AK  Ibrahim, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, made the disclosure while parading the suspect at …

By Shedrack Frank Yenagoa, Sept. 29, 2019 The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the release of Mrs Beauty Siasia, the 80-year-old mother of a former Super Eagles’ Coach, Samson Siasia, who was kidnapped on July 15. The police disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Yenagoa by the …

By Akeem Abas Ibadan, Sept. 22, 2019 Four kidnapped leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora, regained freedom in the late hours of Saturday. The News Agency of (NAN) reports that Opadijo Oluyide, the ASUP Chairman, his …

By Desmond Ejibas Port Harcourt, Sept. 20, 2019 A suspected serial killer, Gracious David-West, 39, arrested by the police has admitted killing at least seven women in hotels in Lagos, Owerri and Port Harcourt. The suspect was arrested on Thursday, following CCTV footage which showed him leaving an unnamed hotel …

Rivers State Security Council has commended the Nigeria Police for arresting the prime suspect of the ritual  killings targeted at young women in parts of the state. Addressing journalists at the Government House Port Harcourt after an emergency meeting of the Rivers State Security Council presided over by Rivers State …

The Nigerian Army (NA), on Tuesday, inaugurated a General Court Martial (GMC) to investigate and unravel the true circumstances surrounding the disappearance of an alleged N400m by five run-away soldiers in Sokoto State on 11 July, 2019. The court martial, which is to be headed by the Army’s Chief of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged members of the Police Service Commission to redouble their efforts in ensuring that the Nigeria Police Force delivers on its responsibilities. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja while receiving the 2018 Annual Report of the Commission, President Buhari, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser …

  It is very common for politicians to admonish their opponents not to play politics with an issue, even when that admonition is itself loaded with politics. Speaking when the promoters of the proposed African Security Leadership Summit visited him at the State House, Abuja on September 10, 2019, Buhari …

Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Wednesday, unveiled to newsmen in Enugu, the new vehicles purchased by his administration to enhance security operations at the community level. Gov. Ugwuanyi, who took the journalists round the premises of the Government House to show them the vehicles, used the opportunity …