Security Report

By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, Nov 21, 2022 The Manager of a guest house at Igbogbo in Ikorodu area of Lagos State discovered the lifeless body of a woman in one of the facility’s rooms on Saturday. Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the finding when he spoke …

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo Ilorin, Nov. 20, 2022 Gunmen abducted a cleric and his son at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin on Saturday. Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the abduction on Sunday and said two suspects had already been arrested. “Police are already investigating the matter. Efforts are also …

In sustained offensives against terrorists, aircraft of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have striken the enclave of notorious gun runner Mallam Ila at Manawa Village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A defence operative told PRNigeria that the gun runner was the major supplier of sophisticated weapons to the …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Nov. 19, 2022 A joint police and army security team has neutralised two assailants involved in the killing of a former Commissioner and Council Chairman in Enugu State, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his brother. It would be recalled that Onuzulike and his brother were attacked and …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Nov. 17, 2022 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the reinstatement of 10 dismissed police officers, converted two dismissals to retirement and rejected  six appeals for lack of merit. Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, said this in a statement on …

Less than six months after assuming office as the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Brigadier-General Muhammad Kukah Fadah, from office as the Scheme’s DG. Although reasons have not been provided (as at press time) by the presidency …

A corporal in the Nigerian Army, Abayomi Ebun has crushed to death the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, NAFRC, Director of Finance, Brig. Gen. A. O James, with his car. PRNigeria gathered that the incident happened at the NAFRC Old Barracks in Lagos. Cpl. Ebun, who works at the Nigerian …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said N134.7 billion has been approved for the payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) to all veterans. The President also announced the donation of N10 million to the Nigerian Legion, on behalf of the Federal Government, at the launch of the 2023 Armed …

Ehigimetor Igbaugba Calabar, Nov. 15, 2022 Abductors took away passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr. Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction, but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of …

In a sustained military operation, airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have eliminated notorious banditry kingpins, Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana in the North-western part of the country. PRNigeria gathered that while Halilu Buzu was killed on October 21, 2022, at Sububu, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) …

By Ismaila Chafe, Abuja/Ikechukwu Iweajunwa, Owerri, Nov. 15, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous killing of Eze Ignatius Asor, the traditional ruler of the Obudi-Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo and others. In a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in …

By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, Nov. 14, 2022 The Kaduna State Government, said on Monday that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aerial patrols have targetted  bandits’ locations and several bandits were neutralized, camps destroyed and some of the hostages escaped. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Nigerian Army, Monday, flagged off its second Regimental Sergeant Majors’ convention at the headquarters of 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto State. The convention which has as its theme, “Capacity Building for Regimental Sergeant Majors in the Nigerian Army for Enhanced Regimentation” is geared towards equipping …

By Ehigimetor Igbaugba Calabar, Nov. 13, 2022 Police in Cross River have rescued a 28-year-old taxi driver, Mr. Joseph David from his abductors. David was rescued on Saturday at Esuk Mba in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the rescue …

Community vigilantes and youths have arrested suspected terrorists and handed them to security authorities in Niger State. PRNigeria gathered that the suspected terrorists were arrested during a search and interrogation of strange people in Wawa district of New Bussa. A source who participated in the search in an audio sent …

By Francis Onyeukwu  Awka, Nov.12, 2022 The Police Command in Anambra says security operatives have neutralised five gunmen in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, the country home of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria …

Isaiah Eka Nsit Ibom (Akwa Ibom), Nov. 12, 2022 The 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, on Saturday carried out clean up exercise of Nsit Ibom Council Secretariat and its environs in Akwa Ibom as part of Exercise Still Water programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Exercise Still Water II, which …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Nov. 11, 2022 Troops of Operation Forest Sanity on Friday, eliminated eight bandits and rescued four kidnap victims during clearance operation at bandits’ camps in a Zamfara forest. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, in a statement said the camps were located at Dutse …

President Muhammadu Buhari awarding CSP Daniel Amah Honours at the Villa, Abuja recently By Philomina Attah Abuja, Nov. 11, 2022 The Police Service Commission (PSC), has announced a special promotion for CSP Daniel Amah, who rejected 200,000 dollars bribe, to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). The Commission’s …

By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, Nov 11, 2022 A notorious bandit commander, popularly called Dogo Maikasuwa has been killed by security forces during a clearance operation in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha, Abuja/Olajide Idowu, Osogbo, Nov. 10, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has summoned an emergency security meeting for Friday over fresh attacks on its facilities in Ogun and Osun States. The commission announced this in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and …

  Five children of a former Accountant General of Zamfara State, Abubakar Bello Furfuri, have regained their freedom from the hands of armed bandits, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. They were released on Monday, exactly five months and a day after terrorists had abducted them. PRNigeria gathered from local sources in …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Nov. 7, 2022 The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated a notorious bandit kingpin identified as Mr. Bada at Yar Tashar village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in …

Two kingpins of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, Mallam Ali Kwaya and Mallam Bukar Mainoka, have been eliminated, PRNigeria reports. They were killed in a raid by Nigerian military fighter jets at Lake Chad on Saturday, PRNigeria gathered. Kwaya and Mainoka, who were also key members of …