In line with its tradition of organising special patrols during festive periods to avert road obstructions, crashes and deaths due to heightened traffic movement, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced 2019 Eid el fitr special patrol with deployment of 36,000 of its personnel. This was disclosed by the FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, […]
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The Sokoto State Police Command says it has arrested 20 suspects alleged to be terrorizing residents of Sabon Birni Local Government and its environs. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, who made this known at a news conference on Tuesday in Sokoto, said that the suspects were arrested in the last seven days. […]
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The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, Adbulrasheed Akanbi, has urged the federal government of Nigeria to make provision for security votes for the traditional institution to help fight insecurity. The Oluwo who spoke to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital on Monday, said the traditional rulers are closer to the grassroots and are privy […]
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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has accused some defeated politicians in the just concluded general elections of complicity in the current heightened situation in parts of the country. Buratai leveled the accusation on Wednesday in Maiduguri when he received the House Committee on Army led by its Chairman, Rep. Remande Shawulu, at […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has asked service chiefs and heads of security agencies to work towards ensuring that the security of Nigerians is guaranteed. Speaking during his second meeting with service chiefs in 48 hours, the president said Nigerians ought go to bed with their eyes closed. Ibok Ekwe Ibas, chief of naval staff, disclosed this while […]
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In a major blow to Police’s Operation Puff Adder, armed men blocked the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Monday, opened fire on some vehicles and abducted the chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Mohammad Abubakar and his daughter. Abubakar’s driver was killed. Two other persons were also injured. The attack, which punctured the claimed successes of […]
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Suspected killers of four police officers, including a pregnant woman at the Afuze police station in Owan East local government area of Edo State, were Wednesday paraded by the police in Benin. The suspects, numbering six, were alleged to have killed the officers, set the station ablaze and set free their colleagues who were arrested for […]
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The federal government has placed a ban on mining activities in Zamfara state, and has ordered foreigners within mining sites to vacate the area immediately. This development is coming at a time the federal government launched a special operation to stop bandits in the state. Mohammed Adamu, acting inspector-general of police, disclosed this while addressing […]
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No fewer than 25 suspected bandits have been killed in an operation carried out by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in continuation of its campaign against banditry. The Air Force successfully attacked and destroyed a bandits’ logistics base at Ajia and Wonaka in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara. The attacks were carried out by […]
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As part of deliberate measures aimed at curbing the excesses of criminal elements hell-bent on threatening internal security across some States of the Federation, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has today, Friday, 5thApril, 2019 launched a robust security action plan tagged ‘Operation Puff Adder’. The Operation, which is being […]
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