As part of Exercise CROCODILE SMILE, troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army in an anti-cultism operation yesterday cleared a notorious kidnappers camp at Obiozumini near Obite in Ogbema/Ndoni/Egbema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The troops who were earlier ambushed engaged and subdued the kidnappers. One kidnap victim was rescued from the camp. The ongoing […]
Continue ReadingIn its efforts to ensure safety of lives on Nigerian roads, the Federal Government has embarked on lighting of bridges with Murtala Mohammed Bridge (MMB), in Lokoja, Kogi State. The lightening ceremony was performed by the officials from the Ministry led by the Deputy Director (Electrical and General Services), Engr. Saka Odufuwa, at the bridge […]
Continue ReadingThe Inspector General of Police IGP Ibrahim K. Idris (NPM, mni) on behalf of the Officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force heartily felicitates with Muslims faithful in Nigeria on the occasion of the 2016 Eid-El-Kabir celebration.2. In order to ensure adequate security and guarantee utmost protection of life and property during the celebration […]
Continue ReadingA report has shown that more than 80 percent of prison inmates in the country are awaiting trials, owing to unwholesome criminal justice system in the country. The report just released by the Centre for Crisis Communication(CCC) to mark its one year of dedicated service to the nation notes that the Nigerian Prisons Service sits […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has requested redeployment of some police officers attached to the state’s Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit for arresting innocent citizens.The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, said in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that the governor had sent the request to the state […]
Continue ReadingA woman, who got married two weeks ago in Adamawa, Faisa Mohammed, was killed on Tuesday in Lagos when mudslide occurred in the Agidingbi Area of Lagos State.The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said three persons, a male and two females, including Faisa, aged 24, were trapped under the mud but the other two […]
Continue ReadingSome twenty-one persons have died, with 5,300 rendered homeless in 8 local government areas of Kano State from flood, which has also destroyed about 2,017 houses. The Kano State Emergency and Rehabilitation Agency (SERA) said only eight councils were on its list. SERA’s Executive Secretary Aliyu Bashir Nukkel, who spoke in his office yesterday, said: […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed a new Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) Camp located between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in Northern Borno. Air Force said it carried out the attack during a night operation on Monday. “The new camp is about 4-6km away from the BHT location attacked earlier on 20 August […]
Continue ReadingTroops of 33 Brigade, Nigerian Army, deployed at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Toro, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have on Wednesday arrested three suspected kidnappers in the state.This is contained in a statement signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Police Force has assured that it will deploy some 23,000 personnel across the 2,627 polling units for Edo state gubernatorial election billed to hold on the 10th of September, 2016. The information was disclosed on Thursday by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Joshak Habila, who paid visit to the […]
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