Security Report

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has appointed CSP Jimoh Olohundare Moshood as the substantive Force Public Relations Officer. He takes over from Ag. CP. Don N. Awunah, who has since been posted as Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command. CSP Jimoh O. Moshood hails from Ilorin Township …

Immediate past governor of Rivers state, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the armoured helicopters that have raised controversy were purchased to fight criminality in Rivers state during his tenure, and were paid for partly by the Federal Government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement by his media office pointed …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has revealed that he officially wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari asking that the two armoured helicopters bought by the immediate past administration in the state .be handed over to the Nigerian Air Force. He explained that he wrote the letter following the high custom …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI Five soldiers were killed, 7 others injured, while three civilians went missing when some members of the Boko Haram terrorist group laid ambushed on a military formation in Kamuya village of Biu Local government area of Borno state, about seven kilometers away from Buratai, the home …

SUSPECTS i. Bekewei Agbojule, aka “Prince Yellow,” ‘29 yrs’ ii. Are Philip Joel Kakadu, aka “General Kakadu,” a militant leader iii. Romeo Council, aka “Raw” iv. Totki Okoda 34 years: Resides in the creeks behind the School at the Ijaw fishermen settlement (He provided information for the gang about the …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, has embarked on an official visit to London on the invitation of SO15, the London Metropolitan Police Service. The SO15 is part of the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command that works for the protection of London and the United Kingdom, …

The Nigerian Army, NA, has said its forms for recruitment are free and counseled that applicants should should fall victim of fraudsters operating as agents of the Army. A statement by Sani Kukasheka Usman, Brigadier General, on behalf of the NA said: The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has …

The Federal High Court Abuja presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, was on Monday January 23 told how a former Managing Director of Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services Limited (AETSL), a company owned by the Nigeria Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Tony Omenyi received over one hundred and thirty six …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, 23 January, 2017 arraigned Akintunde Vincent Abiodun before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of Lagos State High court Ikeja on amended charge bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false pretence. The 37-year-old HND holder from Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, is said …

A broad Civil Society network in Nigeria, the Civil Society Conflicts Intervention Team has initiated an all inclusive mechanisms of engaging stakeholders in the lingering Southern Kaduna bloodletting and violence. The new group of eminent leaders of thought in the Nigerian Civil society is jointly lead by Prof Pat Utomi …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The former Commissioner for Information, Home Affairs and Culture under the first tenure of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state, and presently the Publisher/Editor in Chief of National Trail, a weekly tabloid based in Abuja, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, has been arrested for alleged attempted murder. Mr …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has said that there is need to open up the hinter lands, especially Rann town, the headquarters of the Kala-Balge locate government, to checkmate the activities of Boko Haram terrorists and for people to return to their …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has constituted a board of senior officers to investigate the accidental air strike on 17 January 2017 at Rann, Borno State. Among its terms of reference, the Board is to determine the immediate and remote causes as well as the circumstances that led to the …

The former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida (GCFR), has commiserated with the government and people of Borno state, over the accidental bombing of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Rann and the twin bomb-blasts in the University of Maiduguri. The former Military leader, while extending his condolences to …

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army (NA) Enugu, Major General Adamu Abubakar on Tuesday 17 January 2017 commenced a working visit to Formations and Units under the Division’s Area of Responsibility. A statement by Sagir Musa, Colonel, Deputy Director Public Relations, said that the GOC was in …

‎54 victims of the Military bomb misfire in Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge, are currently hospitalized in three hospitals located in Maiduguri with all of them in stable conditions, the Borno State Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia said in an update released on Wednesday.‎ Dr Mshelia said of the 54 …

The spate of suicide bombings in the North East and in particular, Maiduguri and Madagali metropolis is assuming a disturbing proportion. Consequently, the Nigerian Army is offering a reward of the sum of N500,000 for any information that leads to the arrest of a suicide bomber, the guide to the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced that the 10 new state-of-the-art security gunboats acquired by the Rivers State Government would be delivered to the Nigerian Navy for the enhanced patrol of the state’s waterways. Speaking after commissioning the 120 Housing Units named Rivers Quarters at the NNS Pathfinder …

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has conveyed his deep regret over the accidental bombing of the Rann Community in Borno State. Saraki, in a statement on his social media handles said: “My thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of today’s (Tuesday’s) accident in …

Dozens of civilians have been feared killed during an airstrike by military troops on targeted Boko Haram location in the eastern part of the state. Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen Lucky Irabor while confirming the incident told newsmen in Maiduguri that the military conducted airstrike on a location …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday condemned the bombing of a mosque inside the University of Maiduguri during which a Professor of Veterinary Medicine was reportedly among the casualties. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicly, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, decried the loss …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI A Professor of veterinary medicine, professor Aliyu Mani and three others were killed(reports say the number of the dead increased to five), while 15 others sustained various degrees of injuries when a suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device strapped on his body at the University …

One of the best ways to honour Nigeria’s fallen heroes is to take care of the loved ones they left behind by providing opportunities for their children, and empowering their widows, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said. Speaking at an event to commemorate the 2017 Armed Forces Remembrance …

The Lagos State Government on Monday allayed fears of residents on suspected explosive substance which was allegedly dropped in a manhole in one of the Streets in Agege area of the State, saying that the development was nothing to worry about. The development had led to residents scampering for safety …

The Oodua People’s Congress has hailed the Department of State Services, DSS, for its vigilance, which led to the arrest of suspected Boko Haram members in Lagos State. The commendation was contained in a statement on Sunday by the National Coordinator of the OPC, Otunba Gani Adams. The DSS had …