Security Report

By Isaac Ukpoju Lafia, May 27, 2021 The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested a Chinese national and the Special Adviser to Gov. Abdullahi Sule on Infrastructures and 15 others over alleged vandalism of rail line facilities. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed …

The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. A statement released by Onyema Nwachukwu,  Brigadier General, Acting Director, Defence Information, said that Maj Gen Yahaya, who is a member of the 37 Regular …

By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, May 27, 2021 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra has presented a 48-year old plumber, Thomas Igbo, for allegedly raping his three underage daughters. The ages of the three defiled children are eight years, three years, and one and half years. Mr …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya replaces Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a plane crash alongside some of his aides. A statement by Onyema Nwachukwu,  Brigadier General, Acting Director Defence Information,which announced the appointment,  said that prior to …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, May 26, 2021 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said his administration is committed  to restructuring and repositioning vigilance groups in the state to assist Federal security agencies. Tambuwal made this commitment in a issued statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 24, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who was in the Presidential Villa, to console him on the death of Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 military officers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

Since Friday May 21, 2021, when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane crashed killing military officers including the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo has made it a point of duty to visit families of the departed military …

By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, May 23, 2021 Unknown gunmen Sunday evening attacked B Division of the Nigeria Police Divisional Station and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Akwa, the Anambra state capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the fully armed attackers came in three Hilux …

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, the late Chief of Army Staff as an outstanding soldier and an institution builder, who fought valiantly for Nigeria until he breathed his last. In a telephone conversation Sunday evening with Mrs. Fati Ibrahim Attahiru, the wife of the late COAS …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Abubakar Kyari on Saturday joined top dignitaries and hundreds of sympathizers for the funeral prayers of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. The funeral, held around 1:30 pm at the national mosque in Abuja, was …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, May 22, 2021 The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others involved in the ill-fated NAF aircraft on Friday in Kaduna have arrived in Abuja for burial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the remains of …

By By Ismaila Chafe/Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, May 21, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received briefing from Minister of Defence, retired Maj. – Gen. Bashir Magashi, on the plane crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over the air crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) said the President condoles with families of the deceased, the …

Abuja, May 21, 2021 A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft conveying some top military officers has crashed near Kaduna, NAF Twitter handle @NigAirForce, has confirmed. Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, was feared dead in the crash on Friday, alongside some other military personnel. A tweet by the Nigerian …

Troops of the Nigerian Army and men of the Nigerian Police Force in the Kontagora local government area have eliminated no fewer than seven bandits, in a dense forest on the outskirts of the town. PRNigeria gathered that Lt. Colonel T.O. Olukukun, the Commanding Officer of the 311 Artillery Regiment, …

By Aminu Garko Minna, May 20, 2021 The Nigeria Police Command in Niger has confirmed that some gunmen on Thursday killed Alhaji Bashar Namaska, the son of the emir of Kontagora. The police said that he was shot on his way to his father’s farm located at Lioji village of …

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, has stated the State’s resolve to remain solidly behind Nigeria’s quest to remain united for the growth and progress of the nation and its citizens. Emmanuel said this when he received the Course Participants of the Strategic Management and Policy Studies Course 3, of …

Nigerian-born US Air Force Officer, Lt. Colonel Laserian Nwoga, Deputy Wing Chaplain, Ramstein AB, Germany was promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel on 17th May 2021. He has been in the US Air Force for 17 years. From the Nwoga family of Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, Lieutenant Colonel Nwoga is …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, May 19, 2021 The Police Command in Imo says it has re-arrested three prisoners who escaped from the Correctional Centre in Owerri, following an attack on the centre on April 5, 2021. This is contained in a release signed by Police Public Relations Officer in the …

Imo State Police Command has announced the resumption of duties of a new Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, SP Bala Elkana who takes over from SP Ikeokwu Godson Orlando who has been redeployed to the Ondo State Police Command. A statement by SP Orlando, the outgoing PPRO for …

By Deborah Coker Benin, May 17, 2021 The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence  Corps (NSCDC) in Edo says it has arrested three suspects with 40,000 litres of suspected adulterated petroleum product. The State Commandant of the corps, Mr George Edem who made the disclosure in an interview with the News …

Following credible intelligence, the Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai have bombarded a mass gathering of Boko Haram fighters at Dawuri village in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. PRNigeria gathered that the terrorists were planning to execute coordinated attacks around Maiduguri and its environs when the Nigerian …

The pan Niger Delta group, Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationalities in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has criticised the new security measures announced by  President Mohammadu Buhari for the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones. MOSIEND in a statement issued by the National Vice-President, Comrade Thompson Fuoye on Thursday, …

By Mateen Badru Lagos, May 14, 2021 Police operatives attached to the Lagos Command on Friday rescued a one -month-old abandoned baby at Orile area of Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that the female child was rescued at 8am …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, May 14, 2021 The 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Obinze, near Owerri, Imo State, has begun the demolition of unserviceable ammunition and explosives. The exercise is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Owerri by the Acting Assistant Director of Army Public …