Security

  The Katsina State Police Command has announced the deployment of comprehensive security arrangements to safeguard lives and property during and after the forthcoming Eid El-Kabir celebrations across the state.   This was disclosed in a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, made available to ...

  The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has revealed that Nigeria is steadily moving from dependence on foreign military procurement to local production.   In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday by Mati Ali, the Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, Badaru stated that “this ...

  The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has donated N20 million to victims of the flooding disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area in Niger State.   Obi made the donation on Monday when he paid a visit to the state, and he promised to personally visit the families of ...

  Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have successfully averted mob justice against a 37-year-old man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting his 15-year-old stepdaughter.   According to the Command, officers attached to Operation Restore Peace, led by CSP Kim Abert, acted on credible intelligence, intervening in a mob action ...

  The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a robbery gang, who specialise in dispossessing residents of their belongings, especially vehicles, at gun point.   In a statement released on Monday, the spokesman for the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspects were arrested based ...

    The Kano State Censorship Board has announced a ban on vulgar content displayed on tricycles, popularly known as Adaidaita Sahu, in a renewed effort to safeguard public morality and enforce state regulations.   A statement issued on Saturday by the Board’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, said the decision ...

  President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three Nigerian Navy Ships – NNS SHERE, NNS FARO, and NNS IKOGOSI, and three AW109 Trekker helicopters: 501, 502, and 503 into the Nigerian Navy fleet.   Tinubu, speaking at the inauguration on Saturday in Lagos, said that the addition of the three Fast ...

  Pro-democracy group, the Take It Back Movement, on Saturday, criticised the Federal Government over its invitation to Amnesty International Nigeria following the release of the human rights group’s report on insecurity in the country.   The PUNCH reports that the Office of the National Security Adviser, led by Nuhu ...

  The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has disclosed that there has been significant improvement in the state, as his administration has invested heavily in security to ensure lasting peace.   According to a statement issued to journalists on Saturday by the governor’s media aide, Sulaiman Idris, Lawal made the ...

  The number of corpses recovered so far from the flood that ravaged Niger State communities in Mokwa Local Government Area has risen to 151 with 3,018 persons displaced.   The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, made this known on Saturday morning in a terse statement in which it said ...