The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Edo and Ondo states Commissioners of Police (CPs) to rejig preparations ahead of the governorship elections coming up in the states.The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.He said the order was to accommodate and…
Unimpressed with the worsening security situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari says he will soon carry out a total re-engineering of the nation’s security apparatuses. But in the meantime, Buhari has directed the Service Chiefs to strategize towards winning the terror fight. The National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, disclosed this onTuesday while briefing…
The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association will proceed on a sit-at-home strike from 6pm on Wednesday.This is as a result of alleged cases of harassments and intimidation of doctors and other health-workers by Officers and Men of the Lagos State Police command.In a statement made available to our Correspondent on Wednesday, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the meeting of the National Security Council with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha in attendance. Also in attendance are security and service chiefs as well as some cabinet members, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama….
– Recover 21 stolen cars of different makes, arms and ammunitionThe Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) has smashed a two-man car stealing gang led by one Bashir Isiaku, aged 34, notorious for stealing cars from the car park of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). The arrest of Bashir, a graduate of one…
Rivers Governor Nyesome Wike has warned criminal elements in the state that nothing will deter his administration’s battle against kidnappers and other hoodlums. The governor gave the warning on Monday when he inspected over 3,000 assorted arms and ammunition recovered from hoodlums in Ogu-Bolo local government area of the state. He expressed surprise at the…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State Monday told visiting Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. T. Y. Buratai that Herders and farmers clashes, coupled with incessant kidnapping were major security challenges the state is grappling with.Governor Okowa therefore charged the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in the state to come up with effective security…
National Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd) has cautioned the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang against speaking on security matters.Enang had stated that regional security outfit was a threat to Nigeria’s security and cautioned those planning for it to be careful…
Former Head of state and Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port Harcourt, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has expressed worry over the heightening insecurity in the country . General Abdulsalami Abubakar who spoke in Port Harcourt on Monday at the First Founders Day Ceremony of PAMO University of Medical Science called on all Nigerians to…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will jet out of Abuja to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday (tomorrow). A State House statement by his media aide, Mr Garba Shehu, said on Thursday that Buhari would be attending the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union. The theme of…
