The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 10, Mr Muhammad Mustapha, says the attack on Gidan Madi Police Division in Tangaza Local Government area of Sokoto State by bandits will not be left unaddressed. Mustapha, who is in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, stated this when he led a delegation […]
• ‘We’re tired of excuses by military top brass’ • ‘Our silence misconstrued because of background of service chiefs’ • Nyiam, Yakassai, others back call • ‘Their retention against military protocol Northern elite, yesterday, threw their weight behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari by North-East elders to sack the service chiefs owing to the […]
The Northern Youth Initiative for Peace and Good Governance (NYIPGG) has praised the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, describing him as a pragmatic defender and efficient security regulator of the nation’s internal security. National President of the group, Umar Lawal said the State Security Service has performed well in counter-intelligence, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Adesina said that the president in a memo dated Sept. 16, 2020, communicated his assent to the Bill to the National Assembly, through the Clerk of the legislature. […]
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of ”Operation Whirl Stroke” has recorded another success in the fight against terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements in the North Central region of the country. DHQ disclosed this a statement issued by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, on Tuesday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops […]
Dr. Obadiah Mailafia at last regained his freedom after being interrogated by the officials of the Department of State Services, DSS in their office in Jos, the Plateau State capital for over three hours. Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN was invited to appear on Monday before the DSS […]
One of the five widows of the slain notorious militia leader in Benue State , Terwase Akwaza , aka Gana, Mrs Wantor Akwaza , said on Thursday that her deceased husband was snatched by military men. Recall that the Commander of Operation Ayem A . Kpatuma , Major General Ali Gadzama , had on Tuesday […]
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has conducted the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), in Chibok Local Government, Borno State, the first time since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in the area by Boko Haram insurgents, six years ago. The 7 Division, Nigerian Army, disclosed this on Thursday. Schools in the local government […]
The Nigerian Military on Thursday disclosed that it would not join issues with the Benue State governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, and a former governor of the state, Senator Gabriel Suswan, over the killing of the most wanted criminal and militia gang leader in Benue state, Terwase Agwaza aka Gana, by Special Forces of the Nigerian […]
When last May, the South-East Governors’ Forum rejected the template of the Inspector General of Police for Community Policing, the people of the region were hopeful that a regional security outfit was in the making. This was especially after the Forum had reportedly mandated governments of the five states in the zone to commence the […]
