The Plateau State government has once again renewed its call for the establishment of a state policing structure to address peculiar security challenges in the state. The fresh call, made by the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rt. Hon Joyce Ramnap, Jos, re-echoed Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s continued demand for state police as a viable…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rasidi Ladoja has enjoined Mogajis (family heads) and Baales in Ibadanland to report anything that can cause security breachs to law enforcement agents on time. Ladoja also advised them to be security conscious at all times. He gave these admonitions when Mogajis and Baales in Ibadanland visited him. A…
The United States Government has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Nigeria of munitions, precision bombs, precision rockets, and related equipment valued at $346 million. The approval was contained in a statement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, dated August 13, but received via email on Thursday. The agency said it has notified the…
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested one cybercriminal, Matthias Aya, after uncovering a new fraudulent SIM registration scheme in the state. The suspect who resides at 34, Oron Road, Uyo, was arrested on July 23, 2025, at approximately 15:00 hours in Nung Udoe, Ibesikpo Local Government, according to a statement by…
The lifeless body of a 16-year-old boy identified as Lawal Wahab has been found by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command along the Old Express Road, Igbile-Ijebu. His decomposed body was found with the head, both wrists, heart, and genitals gruesomely removed. The Police Spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, in a statement obtained by newsmen, confirmed…
Troops of operation Hadin Kai in collaboration with the Air Component, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and local hunters, have intercepted several collaborators and disrupted logistics networks of terrorist groups across the North-East. Between July 15 and 22, 2025, troops arrested individuals suspected of supplying communications equipment, illicit drugs, IEDs, and arms-making materials to Boko…
The Special Envoy to the Governor of Plateau State on Peace and Security, Prof. Chris Kwaja, has called on the Federal Government to institute a panel to investigate the role of the Nigerian Army in the attack on the Jebbu Binde village of Ta-Hoss District in Riyom Local Government Area of the state, where over…
The Nigerian Air Force has disowned a viral message circulating across social media platforms claiming that it has commenced recruitment for the 2025/2026 Basic Military Training Course and Direct Short Service Commission, describing it as false and misleading. In a statement on Thursday by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame,…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested 11 students of Government Boarding Secondary School, Bichi, in connection with the killing of two fellow students. The spokesperson for the command, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrests on Thursday. Haruna said the students were being interrogated to determine their level of involvement in the incident. “Eleven students were…
The Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, has foiled five kidnap attempts in two weeks in the state. The State Commander, Amotekun Corps, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this on Wednesday in Akure while addressing newsmen. Adeleye said no ransom was paid in the five cases, while the latest attempt took place…