The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone Six, Jonathan Towuru, has disclosed that the current insecurity narrative in parts of the country will soon be reversed. In an interview in his office, where he decorated 10 newly promoted Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Towuru said everyone will see the turnaround as police hierarchy and…
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said security agencies would chart modalities for securing Nigeria’s natural resources. Alake made this disclosure at a news conference, shortly after the meeting of the Presidential Inter-Ministerial Committee on Securing Nigeria’s Natural Resources on Thursday in Abuja. He said the move was aimed at preventing a…
The Ogun State Police has warned motorists to desist from using vehicles that do not have a digitalised Central Motor Registry, an information service designed to curb car theft. The spokesperson for the command, Odutola Omolola, in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, said the command would begin to arrest drivers and confiscate vehicles without…
The Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Federal Capital Territory, Dr Rufus Ebegba, has charged security agencies on adoption of contemporary approaches to address the upsurge of insecurity in the FCT and environs. Dr Ebegba made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja following several security threats in the FCT. He asked for…
Bandits have again kidnapped a director, Centre for Research of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State, Bello Janbako. Janbako, who is also a senior lecturer at the university’s Department of Islamic Studies, was kidnapped in his residence in Damba Gusau, the state capital on Wednesday. A resident of the area, Nasamu Garba told newsmen…
Yet another community of Budel in the Tangur district of Bokkos Local Government in Plateau state came under attack on Thursday night. This is barely a few days after armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning on the same Local Government. The Transition Committee Chairman of Bokkos, Monday Kassah disclosed that marauders…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has decorated 790 promoted officers in the command. According to a statement by the state NSCDC spokesperson, DSC Abolurin Oluwaseun, on Friday, the decoration was done on Thursday at the state command’s headquarters, in Alausa, Ikeja. Oluwaseun said the State Commandant, Usman Alfadarai, advised the…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has banned the sale and use of fireworks in the state during the yuletide. Mr Umar Nadada, the state Commissioner of Police, said this in a statement signed by DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer on Thursday in Lafia. Nadada directed divisional police officers to ensure full compliance…
The 1 Division Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops have killed a bandit and recovered arms and ammunition in Sabon Birni, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the report, the Division’s Acting Deputy Director, Public Relations, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, the incident occurred on Dec. 17, when troops ambushed some bandits in…
The new Director-General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Alex Badeh has promised to work with relevant agencies to prioritise safety and zero-accident in air, land and water transportation in the country. Badeh made this known on Monday when he formally took over from his predecessor, Akin Olateru in Abuja. He said his vision, among…