Security Report

By Sunday John  Lafia, Aug. 19, 2022 Mr. Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. …

  Nigerian troops have made further inroads in the ongoing campaign against terrorists and armed bandits across Kaduna state. The troops, according to a statement by Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, cleared the camp of a notorious bandit, Lawal Kwalba, in Rafin …

  By Ishaq Zaki Gusau, Aug. 18, 2022 The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested two suspects for allegedly extorting N5 million from the people of Yar-Katsina village, to facilitate the deployment of security personnel to the community. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday by …

By Usman Aliyu Benin, Aug. 18, 2022 Operatives of the Edo Police Command have busted a suspected ritual shrine in Benin and arrested three suspects with 20 mummified bodies. The command announced this on Thursday in Benin in a statement issued by its Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu. …

By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, Aug. 18, 2022 Troops of the Nigerian military have rescued three abducted persons on Zaria-Kano Road. Kaduna State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Thursday in Kaduna. “Security agencies have reported that three …

By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, Aug.18, 2022 The Police Command in Anambra have arrested a four-man suspected syndicate comprising two males and two females who specialise in sex blackmail and extortion of money from their victims. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) disclosed this in a statement issued to …

By Nathan Nwakamma Angry residents at Green Villa area of Yenagoa on Wednesday rescued a man from an armed phone thief who was trying to dispossess the victim of his mobile phone at gunpoint. The residents who came to the aid of the victim meted ‘jungle justice’ to the thief …

Following the weekend breakthrough, security forces have continued with clearance operations in identified bandit and terrorist enclaves around the state. From a recent operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, troops of Operation Forest Sanity in the early hours of Tuesday carried out a raid, and rescue operations, in Kuriga …

  By Mujidat Oyewole Ilorin, Aug. 17, 2022 The Kwara Police command said it has rescued four out of the six people abducted in Obbo-Ile and Osi highway in the state. This rescue was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Okasanmi Ajayi, on Tuesday …

By Sunday John Lafia, Aug. 16, 2022 The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism by gunmen. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in …

By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, Aug. 15, 2022 The timely intervention of the police command in Lagos may have saved 29- year-old man, Mr. Sanni Gafar, from mob justice. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, which occurred at Ijora-Badia area of Lagos, to the News Agency of Nigeria …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Aug. 14, 2022 Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, on Sunday ordered immediate deployment of security operatives to all schools, hospitals, and critical national infrastructure nationwide. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. Baba …

Multiple airstrikes by two Nigerian Air Force, NAF, fighter jets on Saturday killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists in Niger State. A notorious Boko Haram Commander, Aminu Duniya, is among those feared dead in the raid by the military fighter aircraft. The terrorists were neutralized after intelligence revealed that they …

 By Mohammed  Tijjani Kaduna, Aug 13, 2022 The Kaduna State Government says troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed scores of terrorists, recovered arms and seven motorcycles in Chickun Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in …

The Nigeria Police Force has commenced the implementation of the Police Specialized Services Automation Project (POSSAP), which is one of the numerous strides of the Government towards Police Reforms. POSSAP, an initiative of the Nigeria Police Force, is, according to a statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, …

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Force No. 509745 Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command for gross misconduct, disobedience to lawful order, and assault on a member of the public captured in a viral video on August 3, 2022. A statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Sokoto State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Friday paraded suspected international terrorist, Alhaji Kwoire Muhammad alongside one of his alleged accomplices, Buba Magaji. Parading the duo, Sokoto NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Salah Dada stressed that they are so notorious in their …

A 37-year-old security man at a Pentecostal church has been beheaded at his duty post by suspected ritualists. It was learnt that the victim, Anthony Egbo met his untimely death in the premises of Living Faith Church located at Elebele community in Ogbia Local Government area of Bayelsa. It was …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Aug. 11, 2022 Troops of Nigerian Armed Forces operating in North West, North Central theatres of operations have eliminated over 45 terrorists/bandits in both land and air operations in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at a …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Aug. 11, 2022 The Defence Headquarters has announced the arrest of two additional suspects in connection with the June 5 attack on St Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, in a statement on Thursday said the suspects were …

By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, Aug. 10, 2022 The Police in Lagos said that the Nigerian Army has yet to return two rifles and three magazines containing about 75 ammunition seized after two Policemen were attacked by some soldiers in Ojo area of Lagos. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin …

By Yahaya Isah Abuja, Aug. 10, 2022 The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has eliminated a terrorists’ leader, Alhaji Shanono, and 18 of his foot soldiers in Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Aug. 10, 2022 The Defence Headquarters has given details of the suspects arrested in connection with the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, had on Tuesday during a parley with media executives …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Aug. 9, 2022 The Umuokpara Ahiasa Women in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia, Tuesday embarked on a protest to demand the immediate release of 74-year-old Prof. Uwadinachi Iweha, abducted on June 5. The protesters, led by Mrs. Victoria Asomugha, marched to the palace of …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of blaming the South East region for insecurity in the country, which it said, amounts to blaming the victims. The apex sociocultural organisation of Ndigbo also said that injustices, including brazen marginalisation of the South East zone accounts for some of the …