Security

TRADITIONAL Rulers in Ketu communities of Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State have petitioned the Nigerian Army over alleged connivance of its officers with herdsmen to harass villagers in the state. The traditional rulers…

Amnesty International, human rights activists and some lawyers on Thursday urged federal authorities to call to order those behind Amotekun before the security outfit further degenerates into a militia group. The issues surrounding…

The 7 Division General Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a trooper, Private Azunna Mmaduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing an officer, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi. Delivering judgment yesterday, the…

The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to alert the public about plans by some elements working with external forces to incite religious violence across the country. Targeted States include Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers,…

The Commandant of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network, Colonel Olayanju Olayinka said Amotekun Corps operatives killed two young men in Tapa, Ibarapa North Local Government Area while responding to the attack from the youths of…

The Nigeria Police, on Tuesday, deployed 1,250 Special Constabulary Police, toward boosting community policing in Lagos State Command. Speaking during the passing-out ceremony in Ikeja, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged the officers to…

A member of the Oyo State Security Network (aka Amotekun Corps), identified as Ibrahim Ogundele, has been arrested for shooting a policeman in the thigh in Oyo town. The incident happened at Sanga area of the ancient town at the…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the effective supervision of the border the country shares with Niger can only be supervised by God. A statement by a presidential aide Femi Adesina quoted the President as having…

Katsina state is fast becoming a playground for armed hoodlums and bandits as police confirmed the kidnapping of 84 school children on Saturday night. This was some 72 hours after Kankara schoolboys captured 11 December by bandits were…

resident Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that the abduction of 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, was targeted at embarrassing his administration. Buhari made the statement when he met with…