Reps demand establishment of military formation in Oron
Following the high level of kidnapping and armed robbery within Oron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung Uko/Urueoffong Oruko Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, the House of Representatives has...
Troops apprehend female kidnapper picking ransom in Taraba
Troops from 93 Battalion under 6 Bridget of the Nigerian Army have apprehended a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom in Taraba...
Police kill kidnappers terrorizing Abuja, neighboring states
The Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force has killed some notorious kidnappers and gun runners terrorizing Abuja, Kaduna, Kogi, and Nasarawa states.
In...
Army rescues18 female kidnapped victims in Katsina
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina...
Reps summon Wike, NSA, Security Chiefs over insecurity in FCT
The House of Representatives has invited Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT; Nuhu Ribadu, National Securiy Adviser, NSA; and security chiefs...
Senate, security chiefs meet again Tuesday
The Senate will be meeting with the nation’s security chiefs again next Tuesday.
The Senate had scheduled a meeting with the security chiefs for today...
Police bust kidnappers den in Abuja, kill bandits’ leader, Isa Dei-Dei
The Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force has smashed a notorious bandit group in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, led by one...
Police rescue 9 abducted PDP members in Edo
The Edo State Police Command said it has rescued nine members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who were kidnapped during last Sunday’s Ward...
Oba Killings: Groups call for police posting to affected Ekiti communities
A pan-Yoruba group, Alliance of Yoruba Democratic Movements, AYDM, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to create police stations in Ekiti...
Wanted kidnap kingpin arrested in Abuja hotel
The police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have arrested suspected notorious kidnappers, one Fatima Abdullahi, and five other members of the syndicate in...
Zamfara 8: NYSC secures release of more kidnapped corps members
The National Youth Service Corps said it has secured the release of kidnapped corps members with the combined effort of the military.
It was reported...
Police nab 1 over alleged kidnapping, recover 55 cows in Kano
The Kano State Police Command has apprehended a suspected notorious kidnapper and cattle rustler, recovering 55 cows from him in Karaye Local Government Area,...
NYSC stops posting corps members to ‘very unsafe states’
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, says the scheme has stopped posting corps members to states deemed unsafe as a result of the worsening...
NSCDC trains vigilantes to secure 821,000 vulnerable schools
In a bid to secure schools and schoolchildren, the National Safe School Response Coordination Centre at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said...
By-Election: Enugu govt restricts movement in three LGAs
Enugu State Government has restricted vehicular movement in three local government areas ahead of Saturday’s rerun election to be conducted by the Independent National...
New FCT Police Commissioner resumes duty amid security crisis
The new Federal Capital Territory, FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth C. Igweh has assumed duty as the 31st CP in the nation’s capital city...
Kidnapping epidemic: Police beef up security in Imo LG
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has increased police presence in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state.
This is to...
Monarchs’ killing: Police deploy helicopter, armoured carriers to Ekiti
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed helicopter and armoured personnel carriers to Ekiti State following the recent killing of two first class traditional rulers.
The...
Rerun election: Police restrict movement in Bauchi
Bauchi Police Command has imposed restrictions on movement for the Saturday, February 2024, rerun election to be held in three local government areas of...
Enugu re-run: Security beefed up in Igboeze North/Udenu
Security has been beefed up in Igboeze North and Udenu Federal Constituency of Enugu State ahead of the scheduled re-run election on Saturday, February...