Security Report
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Hoodlums raze police station, courts in Imo
By Ugonne Uzoma Owerri, May 29, 2021 Unidentified gunmen Saturday razed the Atta Divisional Police Headquarters in Njaba Local Government…
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Gen. Yahaya assumes office as Chief of Army Staff; Tambuwal, Bafarawa hail Buhari
By Sumaila Ogbaje, Abuja/Habibu Harisu, Sokoto, May 28, 2021 Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya has, on Friday, assumed the leadership of the…
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Rail line vandalism: Police arrest Chinese, Nasarawa Gov’s aide, 3 security personnel, 12 others
By Isaac Ukpoju Lafia, May 27, 2021 The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested a Chinese national…
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Profile of new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya
The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga…
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Man defiles own underage daughters
By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, May 27, 2021 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra has presented a…
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Buhari appoints new Chief of Army Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya replaces Major General…
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Gov. Tambuwal to restructure, reposition Vigilance groups
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, May 26, 2021 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said his administration is committed to…
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Attahiru: Buhari receives leadership of Governors Forum; Flag flies at half mast
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 24, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi,…
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Air crash: Vice President Osinbajo’s wife visits wives, families of officers that died
Since Friday May 21, 2021, when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane crashed killing military officers including the Chief of…
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Unknown gunmen attack INEC secretariat, police division in Awka
By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, May 23, 2021 Unknown gunmen Sunday evening attacked B Division of the Nigeria Police Divisional Station…
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Buhari speaks with Fati Attahiru; Mourns with Okadigbo family on death of Pharaoh
President Muhammadu Buhari has described Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, the late Chief of Army Staff as an outstanding soldier and…
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Zulum, Shettima, Kyari join VIPs for funeral of late COAS in Abuja … Attahiru was determined to end Boko Haram, Zulum says
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Abubakar Kyari on Saturday joined top dignitaries and hundreds…
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Funeral rites for late Army Chief, others begin in Abuja
By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, May 22, 2021 The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and…
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Crash: Buhari receives briefing; Army confirms Attahiru, 10 others’ deaths
By By Ismaila Chafe/Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, May 21, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received briefing from Minister of Defence,…
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Death of Army Chief, others: Buhari expresses shock, sorrow (See names of those on board)
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over the air crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.…
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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, dies in air crash
Abuja, May 21, 2021 A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft conveying some top military officers has crashed near Kaduna, NAF…
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Kontagora prince’s death: Army, Police troops kill bandits who invaded Emir’s farm
Troops of the Nigerian Army and men of the Nigerian Police Force in the Kontagora local government area have eliminated…
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Gunmen kill emir of Kontagora’s son
By Aminu Garko Minna, May 20, 2021 The Nigeria Police Command in Niger has confirmed that some gunmen on Thursday…
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We’ll support a united, equitable Nigeria – Gov. Emmanuel
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, has stated the State’s resolve to remain solidly behind Nigeria’s quest to remain united…
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Nigerian-born US Air Force Officer, Lt. Colonel Nwoga, becomes Wing Chaplain
Nigerian-born US Air Force Officer, Lt. Colonel Laserian Nwoga, Deputy Wing Chaplain, Ramstein AB, Germany was promoted from Major to…
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Prison escapees rearrested in Imo – Police
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, May 19, 2021 The Police Command in Imo says it has re-arrested three prisoners who escaped…
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Imo Police Command gets new Police Public Relations Officer
Imo State Police Command has announced the resumption of duties of a new Police Public Relations Officer for the Command,…
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NSCDC nabs 3 with suspected adulterated petroleum product in Edo
By Deborah Coker Benin, May 17, 2021 The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo says it has…
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Nigerian Army launches artillery bombardments of Boko Haram fighters in Konduga Axis
Following credible intelligence, the Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai have bombarded a mass gathering of Boko Haram fighters at…
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MOSIEND kicks against deployment of troops to South-South, South-East regions
The pan Niger Delta group, Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationalities in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has criticised…
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