The Acting Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of Commissioner of Police Abutu Yaro to Imo as the new CP in charge. The posting of the new CP, Baba said, is in furtherance of efforts Read more…
Category: Security
Hundreds of protesters including the parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Kaduna State on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly demanding the immediate unconditional release of the remaining students. The protesters who also included Read more…
Chief Goddy Uwazuruike, former President of Aka Ikenga, an Igbo intelligentsia group says the South East security outfit Ebubeagu was established in response to the advice of Minister of Defence that people should defend themselves. He says some forces within and Read more…
Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Animal Husbandry, Alhaji Shehu Tambaya has again stressed that Benue would not repeal its grazing law no matter the intimidation. Tambaya was reacting against the backdrop of recent spate of Herdsmen attacks Read more…
Not fewer than 11 persons were reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen in Tse Amgbem village close to Aondoana town , in Gwer West local Government area in Benue state . He said they shot sporadically, forcing villagers to run helter- Read more…
Security operatives have arrested a businessman believed to be one of the sponsors of the hoodlums responsible for the mayhem in Imo State. He was identified as 42-year-old Nnamdi Okafor from Amanachi community in Orsu council area. He was allegedly Read more…
Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma has disclosed security agencies have identified those behind the recent disturbances in Imo State. Uzodimma said in few days their names would be unveiled with what they did so that they can face justice. Addressing the Read more…
The District Head of Dangunni (Hakimi Dangunni) in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Musa Sarkin Mohammed has raised the alarm over yet another attack by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in the area. Dangunni said that Read more…
Gunmen have killed a Commissioner in the Kogi State Pension Board, Mr Solomon Akeweje, and abducted the Chairman of Yagba West Local Government, Mr Pius Kolawole. Spokesman of the state police command, DSP William Aya, who confirmed the incident told Read more…
The Biden administration has disclosed a set of rules secretly issued by President Donald Trump in 2017 for counterterrorism “direct action” operations — like drone strikes and commando raids outside conventional war zones — which the White House has suspended Read more…
Worried by the insecurity situation in the Southeast region and Anambra State in particular, the president-general of the Anambra State Towns (People) Association (ASTPA) FCT Abuja chapter, Arinze Anadu, has said that the situation is a cause for concern. The Read more…
The Councilor representing Agbashi Electoral Ward in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Mr. Jibrin Ede, has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Member of the State House of Assembly representing Doma South Constituency, John Osewu, who is also Read more…