The presidency says no state has been issued authorisation to procure automatic weapons for its security outfits. In a statement on Tuesday, the presidency said the illegal possession of automatic weapons and AK-47 remains illegal in the country. “The Presidency wishes to strongly assert that there is no state, not Katsina, not any other […]

  Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has insisted that state security outfits in the country, backed by law must have access to sophisticated weapons to fight back against marauders committing crimes against humanity. Akeredolu, said this in Akure, the state capital, during the Passing-Out Parade of Courses 3 and 4 of the State Amotekun Corps. […]

  Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has scored the Federal Government high in tackling insecurity, saying the challenges met in 2015 have been largely solved. Bello stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight, a pre-recorded show which airs every Monday, adding that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not failed to deliver […]

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has licensed over 1,200 Private Guard Companies (PGCs) and de-registered over 100 nationwide since last year February. The Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, made the disclosure while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. According to Audi, the […]

  The Police Service Commission has extended the deadline for the on-going 2022 Constables Recruitment application by one month. The Commission’s Recruitment portal originally scheduled to be closed on Monday, September 26th, 2022 will remain open to applicants until the 26th of October 2022 to give enough time and accommodate all interested applicants. A statement […]

  Police officers attached to the Ikorodu Division in Lagos State have intercepted two commercial buses loaded with a large cache of live cartridges, three dismantled motorcycles, and some personal effects. They were intercepted at Poromope Estate, Ijede Road, Ikorodu, Lagos State, the spokesman of the state’s police command Benjamin Hundeyin said in a statement […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that insecurity, especially kidnapping and banditry will seize to exist before the end of this year. Speaking at the 2022 Olojo festival on Saturday, President Buhari urged Nigerians to be security conscious and should not leave policing the country to security operatives alone. Represented by the Minister of […]

  Abia State Police Command, has appealed to members of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the hoodlums who attacked its personnel on a roadblock Wednesday in Umuahia to volunteer same.   The Command said that such information would assist it recover the ruffles stolen by the attacker. Police Public Relations Officer, […]

  The Paramount Ruler of the Atyap Chiefdom, Agwatyap, Sir Dominic Yahaya, has raised alarm that 245 locals have been allegedly killed and 623 houses completely burnt down in an attack by Fulanis living within his domain, in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The monarch stated this on Wednesday, at the Kaduna Catholic […]