Security

The Niger State Government on Monday raised a special security squad to ensure the safe return of the pupils abducted on May 30 from Islamic school – the Tegina Islamiyyah School. A statement by Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello’s Chief Press…

The Nigerian Army says its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle traveling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations,…

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the security challenges being experienced in the state was being caused because of the influx of more people and businesses to the state due to favourable policies of the state. The…

A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Oyo State, Alhaji Asebisi Olopoeyan, has absolved himself from the violence that erupted between members of the Park Management System, PMS and phone sellers at Iwo Road that led to the…

The Nigeria Police Force has tightened security as the gang war which started in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday has reportedly claimed more lives as at Friday morning. Some youths from Inalende had, together with their counterparts from…

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed two persons in attack on two communities in Akwa Ibom and Enugu, while six persons were abducted. One Sylvanus Usen was killed in Ikot Atasung in Ikot Ekpene council area of Akwa Ibom.…

The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Aliyu, has ordered the immediate rescue of Stanley Eguma, Head Coach of Rivers United FC, who was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on June 15. This order is contained in a…

Mr. Mustapha Talba, the new Jigawa Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has assumed duty in Dutse. CSC Adamu Shehu, the state NSCDC spokesperson said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 16-year-old boy, Muhammad Ghali, after drowning in an open water at Janbulo, Gwale Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday night. A statement issued on Tuesday in Kano by…

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, has expressed joy over the release of Rev. Polycarp Zongo, a pastor of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Wild Life Park Jos, who was abducted by insurgents last October. Lalong in a statement by his…