The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), in a statement at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, said it has reached a final date for the commencement of implementation of speed-limiting device on commercial vehicles in the country. Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, said he was happy to formally announce the commencement […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has charged the new Commissioner of Police, Mu’azu Zubair Haliru to device new ways and ideas on how to ensure security of lives and property in the state. Governor Sani Bello stated this when he received the new Commissioner of Police in Government House, Minna Governor Sani Bello […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday ordered the immediate closure of the damaged Apapa bridge for emergency maintenance work to begin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 40-year-old bridge links Nigeria’s premier port to both the Lagos Mainland and Island. Addressing a stakeholder’s meeting in Lagos, […]
Continue ReadingAccording to information from Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, following covert surveillance and intelligence reports on the activities of some gun runners and armed bandits in Kopa, Dagma and Gagaw villages of Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State, troops of 31 Artillery Brigade, 1 Division Nigerian Army, in conjunction with Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingFollowing intense rainfall and rises in water level, the National Emergency Management Agency has advised communities along the river Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground over the likelihood of floods that may occur at any moment from now.Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi who gave the advice said the agency has received alerts […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday at the graduation ceremony of Course 24 at the National Defence College in Abuja, says he has mandated security agencies to deal decisively with all acts of banditry and criminality perpetrated in the name of herdsmen-farmers clashes. “On the matter of herdsmen/farmers’ clashes, I wish to state that this administration […]
Continue ReadingThe United States department of state has urged its citizens not to visit any of the 20 Nigerian states deemed insecure, stating that any American citizen who travels to any of the listed states does so at the detriment of his/her security. As revealed in the travel warning, the states deemed insecure include; Adamawa, Borno, […]
Continue ReadingThe office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), in an audit of explosive magazines and quarries in the Niger Delta region discovered the diversion of weapons for illegal use, leading to the arrest of five security operatives.Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday. “Let me also use this […]
Continue ReadingArmed robbers attacked Delta Government House Annexe in Warri on Thursday, killing one person. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Charles Aniagwu, confirmed the incident when reached for comment. “It was actually a group of armed robbers who were chasing a driver from the Government House Annex that went to the bank. “They […]
Continue ReadingThe attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn to media report on apprehension and panic by members of the public living around the area of ongoing air operations at AREPO and its environs.Thus, it has become necessary to allay the fear of the people with a view to sustaining public confidence and […]
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