Banditry, Kidnapping, Cultism: NEC Sets Up Security, Policing Committee
The National Economic
Council, NEC sets up a Security and Policing Committee to address the
challenges of banditry, kidnapping, cultism and other security issues
confronting the country.The Inspector-General
of...
Peace/Security: Olonisakin Urges ECOWAS Defence Chiefs To Strengthen Collaborations
The meeting of the
Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of
Defence Staff ended with a call on member states to strengthen...
Cyber crimes: NCC Establishes Code To Curb Imminent Threats From Attackers
The Nigerian Communication Commission
on Thursday, said it had established an Internet Industry Code of Practice for
internet service providers in the country to secure the...
Human Rights: Commission Trains Troops On Protection
The
National Human Rights Commission on Thursday began training of front-line
troops on accountability and respect for human rights during counter-terrorism
operations.The
Executive Secretary of NHRC, Tony Ojukwu,...
Crime: 60 In Police Net Over Kidnapping, Armed Robbery
The Nigeria Police Force has said that sixty persons had been arrested over various crimes including kidnapping, armed robbery and cattle rustling.
The Force spokesman...
Boko Haram Resurgence: PDP, SERAP, CDHR Attack Buratai For Shifting Blaming
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has come under attack for blaming poor commitment of troops on the front-line of the...
Security Challenges: Defence Chief Advocates Intensified Intelligence, Joint Operations
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin has called for intensified intelligence gathering as well as joint and combined operations to combat security...
Petroluem Products: Navy Destroys Illegal Refineries In Warri, Port Harcourt
The Nigerian Navy has destroyed some illegal
refineries tucked in the hard to reach areas of the Niger-Delta creeks.In the latest operations, the navy destroyed...
Inferno: Fire Destroys Benue Biggest Market
A raging inferno has consumed a section of the main
market in Markurdi, Benue State with about many shops and goods worth millions
of naira destroyed.Benue...
Security: Buratai Says Soldiers’ Inadequate Commitment Affecting Insurgency War
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has said that some officers and men’s insufficient commitment is affecting the success of the...
Air Safety: NCAA Begins Demolition Of 8,805 Masts
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA says it will commence the demolition of telecommunication masts in different locations within the country, immediately.
The NCAA, said...
Fighting Insurgency: NAF Destroys Bandits’ Camp In Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI, has degraded a camp and neutralised scores of bandits in air strikes...
North-East Congo: UN Agency Says More Than 300,000 Flee From New...
United Nation refugee agency UNHCR
said on today that more than 300,000 people had reportedly fled their homes in
North-East Congo since early June as violence...
Niger Delta: Synergy Btw Media, Security Agencies Can Improve Security Nationwide...
The Joint Military Task Force in
Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, on today said that close collaboration
between security agencies and the media could go a...
Boko Haram: Insurgents Raid Nigeria Military Base
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have
overrun a military base and looted a nearby town in northeast.A Nigeria security sources and
residents said today the latest such...
Contraband: Customs Confiscate Smuggled Goods Valued At N226m
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’
of Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna today, said it made 106 seizures in two
months.The Comptroller of the command,
Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi, who...
Crude Oil: Navy Seizes 6 Ships, 80 Wooden Boats, Seeks Speedy...
The Naval operatives attached to the
Nigerian Navy Ship Delta, has seized six ships and 80 large wooden boats used
by criminals to syphon crude oil...
Security: Buratai Attributes Operational Setbacks To Commanders Unwillingness To Perform Tasks
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant
General Tukur Buratai has attributed operational setbacks suffered by the
Nigerian army in recent time to insufficient willingness and commitment...
Crimes: Report Says Herdsmen, Bandits Killed 10,665 In 2018
The French Institute for Research in Africa, IFRA, has said that about ten thousand six hundred Nigerians died from herdsmen clashes, banditry, Boko Haram...
Naira Notes Sale: Police Arrest 4 Suspects In Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested four persons accused of illicit trading in naira notes.The state’s Police Commissioner Aji Ali Janga who was...
