The Benue Police Command on Thursday said unknown gunmen killed a Police Officer and a motorcyclist in Ado Local Government Area of the State. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the officers were ambushed by bandits during their routine patrol. Anene […]
There was panic at the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan on Thursday as soldiers attached to Operation Burst, a Joint Security Task Force, and some members of the Agbekoya clashed at the entrance of the secretariat. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened around 11:30 am when a leader of the Agbekoya, popularly known as […]
Five bandits were killed by security forces Tuesday morning when they ( bandits ) in their large numbers attacked Tsaskiya community in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State . The bandits were said to have kidnapped three women during the gun battle while retreating to the forest . Sources said the bandits who were […]
The Kubwa Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Abdullahi Bello, on Tuesday, said the hoodlums who looted the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa almost stabbed him while trying to safeguard the facility. Bello, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said he and his men had to retreat to avoid […]
The Senator who represented Kogi West in the 8th National Assembly, Dino Melaye , said on Tuesday that his people rallied him to save his house in his home town, Aiyetoro-Gbede, from being burnt by hired thugs . Melaye, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone , said the thugs were sighted at Obajana […]
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Scores of armed hoodlums on Tuesday invaded the National Youth Service Corps NYSC Orientation Camp in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, carting away mattresses, utensils, electronics and other items. The development came as Kuje town, headquarters of the Kuje Area Council in Abuja was also thrown into pandemonium as hoodlums, […]
GUNMEN suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed three persons , including a businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Spool and Waterbodies Limited , Adeniyi Odunlami. The 42-year – old Odunlami from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State was said to have left his house in Abuja on Sunday , October 18, 2020, for the Kainji […]
Remains of three police officers and a soldier killed and burnt by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra last week have been recovered by the Rivers State Police Command. The state Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, disclosed this when he led heads of other security agencies to Afam in Oyigbo and other places […]
Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has sacked one of his security aides and three grassroot coordinators over the recent destruction of police stations and other properties in their domains A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Ugbala, on Sunday said the Special Assistant on Security and Utility(Urban), Saint Nchekwube Aniakor and three Development […]
