Security Report

By Ismaila Chafe  The presidency on Tuesday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, to answer query as to why he breached a Presidential order to relocate to Benue following reported killings in the state. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Jan. 9 directed the …

  The Police Command in Cross River has paraded two male suspected armed robbers for stealing a 500 KVA generator and a Yamaha keyboard from a Pentecostal Church in Calabar. Mr Hafiz Inuwa, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who paraded the suspects on Tuesday in Calabar, explained that …

In fulfilment of its constitutional mandate of protecting lives and property, the FCT Police Command has smashed a notorious armed robbery gang that specialises in invading their victims’ homes and robbing them of cash and other valuables at gunpoint. According to a statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Police Public Relations Officer, …

The Nigerian Army has sternly warned all those involved in killings and wanton destruction of property in Adamawa, Benue and Taraba States to desist henceforth or face the full consequences of their actions. A statement by  Texas Chukwu,  Brigadier General, Director Army Public Relations, said in full: “The attention of …

Ten persons were confirmed killed by gunmen that invaded rural settlements in Daffo District of Bokkos Local Government, Plateau State, on Friday. Mr Danjuma Wabas, Councillor representing Daffo District in the Bokkos Local Government Council, who confirmed the figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the deceased …

  By Polycarp Auta Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen killed five persons in Dantako and Nzharuvo communities in Miango District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. ASP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos. …

The Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahman Dambazau has disclosed that the Port-Harcourt Prison which was built for 804 prisoners currently accommodates 4204 inmates. Dambazau made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in his office in Port-Harcourt. The Minister told the Governor …

By Johnson Eyiangho The Defence Headquarters has assured Nigerians and the international community of the military’s unalloyed loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari, and its readiness to provide all necessary support for the sustenance of the nation’s democracy. In a statement issued by Brig.-Gen. John Agim, the Director, Defence Information, on …

By Adekunle Williams & Solomon Asowata Two officers (names withheld) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) were on Thursday arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for alleged human trafficking. The officers were arrested for allegedly trying to facilitate the trafficking of six underage girls to Omar and Kuwait …

By Naomi Sharang  The Senate on Thursday, summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, over the kidnap of secondary school girls in Yobe and Borno States respectively. Specifically, the security chiefs are to appear before the Joint Committees on Police …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Borno state Police Command has warned those in possession of illegal Fire arms to return them to the police within 21 days after which they will be forced to face the full wrath of the law. The Borno state commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI A suicide bomber suspected to be a of Boko Haram insurgent has detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped on his body in Muna Datti at the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, killing himself, three members of Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, while 17 …

 BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI Following the presidential directive that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Commandant General Of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) should relocate to the North East to ensured that adequate security is provided to all schools in the region, the IGP and the Commandant …

Danjuma James, Sokoto Police in Sokoto has arrested five persons for allegedly printing and issuing fake National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, national identity card slips to some unsuspecting Nigerians. The scam blew open when one of the victims innocently went to  the NIMC office for issuance of the main card. …

By Prudence Arobani The U.S. says  its nuclear power capabilities remains second to none in spite of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his new nuclear weapons are invincible. The U.S., in responding to Putin’s nuclear threats, also said there was nothing new in his recent nuclear weapons declarations but …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Nigerian military has denied rumours making the rounds that they have engaged the service of farmers and fishermen in search of the Dapchi school girls and for other security operations across the nation. Addressing newsmen in Maiduguri after a closed door meeting of Service Chiefs  …

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiatives (PCNI), General Theophilus Y. Danjuma and former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida held a crucial, secret security meeting on Thursday at IBB’s Top Hill Villa Minna, Niger State. PRNigeria gathered that their discussion may not be unconnected with recent …

  The management of Independent Newspapers has cried out that their Abuja Bureau Chief, Tony Ezimakor , detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) may be in danger of his health deteriorating as he has a serious medical condition and has not been allowed access to his drugs. A …

The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, OPAN, has expressed concern over claims by the Nigeria Police Force that two of its members conspired to commit terrorism offences and cyber crime because they approved an opinion article on their website, which the police see as uncomplimentary and offensive. The Nigerian Police …

By Mohammad Tijjani /Phillip Yatai Suspected kidnappers on Wednesday abducted the wife and child of a reporter with the Voice of America (VOA) in Kaduna. The abductors also killed a member of staff of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), who rushed out to help the victims. The reporter, Malam Nasir …

By Stanley Nwanosike The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested an armed robber suspect, Chukwudi Eze, who has been terrorising residents of Enugu city. The command’s Spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested by police operatives of the New …

Members of the House of Representatives have reacted to the rejection of Nigerian Peace Corps Bill by President Muhammad Buhari. The President had, through a letter dated 25th January 2018 and submitted to the House Tuesday, cited financial implications and duplication of duties of existing security agencies, as reasons for …

Troops of 23 Bde deployed in Wukari on EX AYEM AKPATUMA and team of Department of State Services from Jalingo conducted a cordon and search operation within Takum on Saturday 24 February 2018. During the Operation, according to a statement by KO Ogunsanya, Colonel, Deputy Director, three suspects were arrested …

The House of Representatives has insisted that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, should appear before it, to give reasons why he disobeyed subsisting court orders to vacate the headquarters of the Peace Corps of Nigeria located in Jabi Abuja. This was even as the National Commandant …

With a strong conviction that the Abu Musab Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the abduction of Dapchi School Girls, a respected North-East human rights activist, popularly called Mama Boko Haram, Barrister Aisha Alkali Wakil has appealed to the abductors to release the young female captives. Aisha …