Security Report
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Abia Professionals condemns attack on Aba Police station; Govt. offers N1million for information of stolen arms
The Convener/National Coordinator of the Abia Professionals, Chief Sonny Iroche has condemned in very strong terms the attack by yet…
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2020 Budget: Senate approves N11.35bn for Police Trust Fund
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N11,352,457,101.70 as budget for Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal…
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Change of Guard: Buhari’s new ADC, Yusuf Dodo, assumes duty
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Feb. 22, 2021 Lt.-Col. Yusuf Dodo, officially assumed duty as Aide-de-Camp to President Muhammadu Buhari on…
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Buhari, Lawan, Sanwo-Olu, APC condole with NAF, families of military plane crash
President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu have sent condolences to the Nigerian Air…
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Air Crash: Obi condoles with NAF, bereaved families
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has sympathised with the…
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Abuja crash: Pilot is a hero – eye witness; It’s military aircraft, Minister confirms
The Pilot of a military aircraft that crashed within the vicinity of the Abuja, Nigeria Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport has…
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Defence Chief, Irabor, unveils leadership philosophy, pledges to foster professionalism
By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Feb. 21, 2021 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has unveiled his leadership…
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Go after criminals, not innocent civilians, commander charges troops
By Polycarp Auta Bassa (Plateau), Feb. 21, 2021 Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, the Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe…
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Insecurity: South-West govs, traditional rulers, security chiefs meet in Ibadan…. back end to open grazing
…as bad weather foils President’s CoS, IG, DG DSS bid to attend South-West governors and traditional rulers met in Ibadan,…
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Nigerian troops overrun Shekau’s farm in Sambisa, repel ISWAP terrorists in Dikwa … Nab informants
Nigerian soldiers have overrun a farm allegedly owned by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau in the Sambisa forest just as…
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Suspected kidnappers attacks Adamawa United FC bus, abduct driver — Official
By Muhammad Adam Yola, Feb. 20, 2021 The Adamawa state Government has confirmed the attack on Adamawa United football team…
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Kagara: Declare state of emergency on insecurity, Senate tells Buhari; Lawan condemns abductions
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency on…
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North-West Governors meet NSA, Service Chiefs
By Hussaina Yakubu Kaduna, Feb. 15, 2021 Governors of Nigeria’s North-West Zone on Monday pledged to explore all available means…
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Inspector General of Police flags off “Operation Puff Adder 11”
· Says Special Operation is to reclaim public space from criminals The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has,…
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Kidnapped NTA reporter regains freedom
By Desmond Ejibas Port Harcourt, Feb. 14, 2021 Mrs Chidiebere Onyia, a staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), who…
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Oyo crisis: IGP deploys intervention, stabilization forces
– DIG in charge of South-West, David Folawiyo, to coordinate operations The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has…
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Community policing: Panacea for Nigeria’s insecurity problems? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last Tuesday, February 9, 2021, a workshop on community policing held in Lagos titled “Mass sensitization…
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NSA coordinates new onslaught against security challenges; Leads Service Chiefs on tour of zones
In furtherance of Federal Government’s commitment to address multiple security threats facing Nigeria, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General…
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Suspected oil thieves ambush, kill soldier on surveillance patrol in Bayelsa
Unknown gunmen suspected to be oil thieves have killed a soldier and made away with his weapon in Apoi Community…
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Inspector General of Police did not pay N2 billion for tenure extension – Police
The Police High Command in Nigeria has denied a report that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed .A. Adamu…
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Presidency attacks PDP for opposition to ex-Service Chiefs as non-career Ambassadors
The Nigerian Presidency has lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for its opposition to the nomination of the…
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N/Delta militants attack, disarm NSCDC operatives in Ekeremor LGA, Bayelsa, cart away arms
The Bayelsa government on Thursday confirmed and condemned the attack on operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps…
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President Buhari nominates ex-Service Chiefs as non-Career Ambassadors; Extends tenure of Inspector General of Police
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs, Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ), Lt Gen…
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Troops storm Timbuktu Triangle, rescue victims from Boko Haram strongholds
The once “impenetrable” stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists, the Timbuktu Triangle, comprising Buk, Talala, Gorgi in dreaded Sambisa Forest…
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