GOMBE State Governor , Muhammadu Yahaya , has tasked southern governors , as well as residents within the geographical area to be patient with herders. Yahaya stated this on Tuesday in an interview with journalists shortly after declaring open the state wide vaccination campaign against Contagious Bovine Pleuro- pneumonia ( CBPP ) in cattle and […]
In a bid to further advance the community policing arrangement of the Federal Government, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, in collaboration with the chairman of Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Mr. Patrick Agha Mba, has established a security outfit to combat crime in the commercial nerve centre of the […]
Panic engulfed Imo State on Tuesday morning as Irete youths razed the Ihitte/Uboma Local Government Area Divisional Police headquarters situated at Ishinweke town . Our correspondent gathered that the setting ablaze of the police station was an offshoot of the alleged killing of a youth in the area by a police officer . Our correspondent […]
Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), says the law permits him to remain in office until either 2023 or 2024 Adamu, who was appointed in 2019, clocked the mandatory 35 years in service on February 1, and was expected to have been replaced by the president. But, on February 4, President Muhammadu Buhari extended Adamu’s […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that Nigeria sharing more than 1,400 kilometres of border with the Republic of Niger, the country should be concerned about the stability of its northern neighbour. Speaking while receiving a report on the elections in the country from former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, who is ECOWAS Head of Mission […]
There was confusion when the authorities of 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, retrieved the uniforms and identity cards of 145 soldiers replaced at Marte town in Borno State. The incident happened a few hours after seven soldiers killed in an encounter with insurgents on February 14, 2021, were buried. During the attack, the […]
THE Jigawa State government has enacted a law to tackle cyber crime, social media and other digital crimes against the state or individual. This was discussed by the state’s attorney general and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu while giving a brief overview of the recent law signed by the state governor on Violence […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Adeyemi Abayomi, alleged to have unleashed his dogs on a team of policemen who had gone to his apartment at 115 Itire road, Surulere, Tuesday, to invite him to the station. One of them, a policewoman, Inspector Atim Umoh, who was bitten by the dogs, is still […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders and “ensure that criminal elements don’t find Nigeria as a safe haven to hide and perpetrate their criminality.” He made the declaration in a speech at the virtual commissioning ceremony of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) […]
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi , has said attacks by bandits have lessened since he and others started engagements with the criminals . He stated this on Wednesday evening while featuring on Arise TV ’ s ‘ News Night ’ programme monitored by The PUNCH . Sheikh Gumi said , “ Attacks have lessened […]
