The four remaining abducted female students of the Federal University Dustinma in Katsina State have been rescued after seventy-three days in captivity. The university’s Vice Chancellor, Profẹssor Armaya’u Bichi disclosed this to newsmen in Dustsinma shortly after the rescue operation by a combined team of security agencies. Professor Bichi explained that the students were on…
By Aanuoluwapo Fasoyin The joint technical committee on security for Oyo and Ogun states has assured residents and motorists of adequate security strategies to ensure safety of lives and properties during this Yuletide season particularly border areas and highways of both states. The committee gave the assurance during a special critical security meeting held along…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital for a one-day visit. The president is in the state for the week-long Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference. According to the report, this is the first time President Bola Tinubu is visiting any state in the North-East region since his swearing-in in May this…
The House of Representatives says it will monitor the investigation into the military drone attack that killed over 80 Nigerians in Kaduna State on November 3. The Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, gave the assurance in a statement titled “Tudun Biri tragedy elicits profound sorrow” in Abuja on Saturday. He expressed…
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has knocked the Nigerian military the accidental bombing that killed over 85 villagers and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The rights group described as “unacceptable”, the “persistent unlawful killings of civilians” by military air strikes. Amnesty accused the Nigerian…
The State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, Edwin Osuala, has ordered a probe into the alleged assault on an online journalist, Izunna Okafor, by men of the state command. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Sunday by the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Okadigbo Edwin,…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two Public Affairs Analysts, Comrade Jare Ajayi and Dr Raymond Adegboyega have called on President Bola Tinubu to issue an executive order to allow states with security threats to establish state policing. Comrade Ajayi and Dr Adegboyega made this known while speaking on Pensioners’ FM political programmes, “The Searchlight”. According to Comrade…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it has deployed fully armed tactical personnel to secure the Nigerian borders with the Niger Republic, through Katsina State. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Jamilu Indabawa, disclosed this when he received the new Katsina Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Muhammad…
The General Officer Commanding 3 Division Nigerian Army, Major General AE Abubakar, has pledged to ensure the security and safety of National Youth Service Corps members serving in Plateau State. Speaking during a visit to the NYSC orientation camp in Jos, Abubakar outlined efforts by his command and the military’s Operation Safe Haven to maintain…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it has deployed fully armed tactical personnel to secure the Nigerian borders with the Niger Republic, through Katsina State. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Jamilu Indabawa, disclosed this when he received the new Katsina Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Muhammad…