Security Report

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Nov  29, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, committed the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, to a three-month imprisonment over alleged refusal to obey a sister court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired back to work. Justice …

By Zubairu Idris Katsina, Nov. 29, 2022 Police in Katsina State have arrested a 53-year-old man who specialises in producing bulletproof charms for bandits and criminals. Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday that the suspect resides at Maiduguri Road in Sabuwa Local …

Airstrikes conducted by fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, have killed 24 terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP. The operation, PRNigeria gathered, took place on Sunday, at Tumbun Hamma, one of the identified locations for ISWAP training camps in Lake Chad. The terrorists who …

As part of showing love to humanity, health personnel at the Giwa Barracks detention Centre in Borno State have been helping pregnant wives of detained Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists to deliver their children successfully, PRNigeria has gathered. The detention facility has also been providing the children of their detainees …

Ehigimetor Igbaugba Calabar, Nov. 29, 2022 The Police Command in Cross River, on Tuesday in Calabar, confirmed a shooting incident in a campus of the University of Cross River (UNICROSS). The command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said that it happened on Monday. Ugbo also confirmed that …

By Suleiman Shehu Ibadan, Nov. 28, 2022 The Oyo State wing of the Southwest Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has recovered AK-47 rifles, military camouflage and other items hidden in a forest in the state by suspected kidnappers. Commandant of the corps in Oyo State, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, told newsmen …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that one of its offices in Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by as yet unidentified arsonists. A statement yesterday, Sunday, November 27, 2022, by Festus Okoye Esq., National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said that the incident occurred around 10.00 …

…. Others lament having children fathered by terrorists The mother of one of the abducted students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, has died after she learnt that her daughter was impregnated by a terrorist in captivity, PRNigeria learnt from credible sources. The sources, who pleaded anonymity, …

An alert has been sounded, which claims that there is a Fulani Jihadist agenda to overrun the South East geo-political zone of the country through intensification of terrorists’ attacks that have been going on in some communities in the five states of the zone – Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and …

NDC unveils Strategic Leadership Biography on Lt.-Gen. Chikadibia Obiakor, titled “Rough Road to Peace” in Abuja on Friday (25/11/22) By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Nov. 25, 2022 The National Defence College (NDC) on Friday, unveiled the Strategic Leadership Biography on Lt.-Gen. Chikadibia Obiakor, titled “Rough Road to Peace” as part of …

  By Mohammed Tijjani  Kachia (Kaduna State) Nov.  25, 2022 The Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery on Friday pulled out seven Major Generals and 38 other senior officers of the Corps after 35 years of meritorious service to the father land.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that, the …

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko Ibadan, Nov. 25, 2022 The Police on Friday arraigned a 33-year-old man, Wasiu Lateef, at an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly possessing two-faced knife during the campaign rally. Lateef, whose residential address was not provided, is being tried for allegedly and unlawfully possessing a two-faced dagger …

By Yahaya Isah Abuja, Nov. 22, 2022 The Federal Government has concluded investigations into the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre in which 600 inmates escaped. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the fourth edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series,  organised by the …

  By Ehigimetor Igbaugba Calabar, Nov. 22, 2022 The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, has commended Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River and security agencies on the release of their two abducted members. Dr Felix Archibong, the branch Chairman of the association, confirmed this in a statement made …

…Distraught parents seek Irabor, Monguno’s interventions Armed bandits have organized a feast for the child of a 16-year-old abducted female student of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, who gave birth to a child in their custody, PRNigeria learnt. The young mother is among 11 remaining female …

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) …