Security Report

Unveiling of the book, ‘The man, the soldier, the patriot,’ on Saturday in Abuja. By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, May 21, 2022 Family, friends and military hierarchy on Saturday converged on Abuja, in honour of the late 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, to inaugurate a foundation to immortalise him. …

Daniel Iworiso-Markson, an aspirant for the Ogbia Federal Constituency ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the murder of one Michael Isaiah during the primary election of the party in Ogbia. It was learnt that violence broke out at the election venue at Ogbia State Constituency 1 following …

Governor Mohammed Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State is alleged to be ‘aiding and abetting’ the marauding activities of armed banditry afflicting neighboring Kebbi State, PRNigeria gathered from a traditional leader. The traditional chief of Chonoko in Kebbi, Alhaji Muhammad Damisa Dudu, in an interview with two PRNigeria reporters on an …

Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over political advertisements that appeared in two billboards in Enugu bearing the name and logo of the Commission. The two Super 48 Sheet Billboards located at Otigba and Zik Avenue Junctions …

The Kano Police Command has cracked down on a car loaded with bomb-making devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. PRNigeria gathered that with security challenges in some states in the North-west, civilians in Kano have been cooperating with security operatives by reporting suspicious movements. The latest discovery and similar …

By Ahmed Kaigama Bauchi, May 21, 2022 Police in Bauchi have ordered an investigation into the crisis that erupted at Katanga Community of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday. Police spokesman in Bauchi State, SP Ahmed Wakil, stated in Bauchi on Saturday that some irate youths set …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, May 21, 2022 Chukwujekwu Uzozie, a businessman and farmer based in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra has been abducted by yet-to-be identified persons. Uzozie’s only son was said to have been shot by the assailants who stormed his home in Umudiji Umuohama …

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Abiodun Alabi, addressing journalists on Friday at the command’s headquarters   By Deborah Akpede Lagos, May 20, 2022 The Police Command in Lagos State on Friday said that it arrested 13 suspected criminals in the last one month in the state. The …

Gov. Tambuwal of Sokoto State By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto May 20, 2022 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has lifted the curfew imposed due to the recent killing of a student of the State College of Education, over alleged blasphemy. The lifting of the 24-hour curfew, imposed on the metropolis, is …

By Yunus Yusuf Lagos, May 20, 2022 The Airport Police Command on Friday said it had commenced an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found on Runway 18R at the wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. DSP Olayinka Ojelade, the Police Public Relations …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 19, 2022 Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi says the newly promoted former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, will be prosecuted if eventually indicted by the probe panel chaired by retd. Justice Ayo Salami. The News Agency of Nigeria …

By Isaiah Eka Etim Ekpo (Akwa Ibom), May 19, 2022 Troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as well as other security agencies, have killed the leader of a notorious gang, Otobong Moses, alias Otoabasi, during a raid …

  61 Firearms, 376 Ammunition, 22 Cartridges, Cash Sum of 2 Million Naira Recovered   The Force Intelligence Bureau Special Tactical Squad (FIB-STS) operatives following directives from the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba to clampdown on the perpetrators of crimes and criminality, as well as cutting off their …

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto, May 16, 2022 Police on Monday said that the corpse of Deborah Samuel is still in a mortuary at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, even as it arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of the 200-Level Home Economics student …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Sokoto Police Command has declared the prime suspects in the killing and setting ablaze of Deborah Samuel wanted for culpable homicide. A statement by the police spokesperson, ASP Sanusi Abubakar however assured that others arrested at the scene of crime have been charged to Court …

By: Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, May 16, 2022 The Police Command in Borno has defused a bomb planted by Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) insurgents at Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDPs) in Borno. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Abdu Umar, confirmed the incident at …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, May 16, 2022 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of Mr Ibrahim Magu and seven other Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Magu is the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal today (Monday) relaxed the 24-hour curfew declared in Sokoto as a measure to forestall breakdown of law and order following the uproar that greeted the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah last week. Deborah, a student of the Shehu Shagari College …

Los Angeles (U.S), May 16, 2022  Multiple people were shot Sunday at a church in Laguna Woods in California’s Orange County, prompting a major response from Orange County Sheriff’s officials and other first responders. The number of casualties was not clear. The shooting occurred at the Church on the 24000 …

By: Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, May 14, 2022 The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), on Saturday said it has eliminated 300 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) fighters in the fringes of North East Lake Chad. Lt. Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, the Chief of Military Public Information Officer HQ …

  By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, May. 14, 2022 The Kaduna State Government, in consultation with security agencies under the umbrella of the Kaduna State Security Council, has placed an immediate ban on all forms of religious protests in the state. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by the …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto As a measure towards ensuring peace and stability in Sokoto following reactions over the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel over allegation of blasphemy, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has declared 24 hours curfew in the State with immediate effect. Tambuwal who made the declaration in …

Recover 1 RPG, 1 GPMG, 36 AK47 Rifles, 2,045 Live Ammunition, 1 DAF Truck, Others   Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have recorded massive successes against agents and collaborators of violent crimes in the country with the arrest of 23 suspects of violent crimes such …

The State Security Service (SSS) has removed a journalist, Lanre Arogundade, from a watchlist in which his name featured for 38 years, the Director General of the Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has said. Mr. Bichi spoke on Wednesday when a delegation from the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute …

Sokoto State Police authorities have confirmed the arrest of suspects in the brutal killing of a year two female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education over allegation of blasphemy. A statement by ASP Sanusi Abubakar, Police Public Relations Officer, for Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State, which confirmed the …