The Nigeria Police Force is partly incapacitated in combatting national insecurity, as their tracking equipment vital for the apprehension of suspected criminals has not been functional since January 2021. According to PUNCH, at least 2,943 people have been kidnapped across Nigeria between January and June. Most of the abductions have happened in the North while […]
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered all night clubs in the state to close daily operations by 12 midnight. Akeredolu, who expressed concerns over rising cases of insecurity in the state especially Akure, said noticeable cases are traceable to activities of cult groups and ancillary circumstances. The Governor, who spoke in a statement by Commissioner […]
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the National Assembly have thrown their weights behind the recent resolutions of the Southern governors. The governors had met in Lagos on Monday and demanded the inclusion of the electronic transfer of results in the 2010 Electoral Act amendment Bill 2021 and the inclusion of the state police […]
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow creation of state police and legalise regional security outfits. The current police system will be decentralised by moving police from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigerian Army to be proactive and develop new strategies to win the hearts of the citizens. The President, represented by the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd), made this call to the Army during the grand finale of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration. This was made known […]
Apprehension on Thursday enveloped Asaba and lllah community, Oshimili South and North Local Government Area of Delta State as a helicopter hovered around the area, bombing suspected settlements of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB. The helicopter which conveyed a combined team of Airforce, police, Army, and Navy, the Vanguard gathered was combing the area for […]
Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, says the force is working on efforts to provide better security in the country. Advertisement Baba stated this on Wednesday when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on police affairs. According to the IGP, the police under his watch will ensure that Nigerians sleep with their “two eyes […]
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged Northerners to be on their guard to stem moves from any group agitating for restructuring, a Biafra State, resource control and the Oduduwa Republic. The BoT Chairman, Ambassador Shehu Malami, while addressing the 2nd meeting of the board on Wednesday in Kaduna, […]
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval of the amount followed the presentation of the harmonised report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs on the floor at plenary. Chairman Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Haliru […]
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya has said that the force is building a professional army to accomplish its mission of defending the territorial environment of the country. He stated this at the opening of the Combined Directorate of Army Physical Training Officers Conference and Maiden Seminar of the Army School […]
