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The Anambra State Police Command, Monday, confirmed arrest of three suspected armed men following attacks on Neni and Aguata divisional headquarters late January 13. According to a statement from Mr …
Police kill 1, arrest 3 as gunmen attack two divisional police headquarters in Anambra Read More
Following an unlawful killing and setting ablaze of two suspected ritualists in Oja Odan area of Ogun state over the weekend, the Ogun state police command has warned that such …
Ogun: Police condemn jungle justice on 2 suspected ritualists Read More
The Nigeria Police Force, Saturday, announced that the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CP Frank Mba, has handed over the duties and responsibilities of the Force Public Relations Department to his …
Frank Mba out, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in as new Force spokesman Read More
A rights group, Northern Youth Network (NYN), has said the decisive offensives carried out by the Nigeria Airforce with support of ground troops on terrorists, and bandits in the northern …
Decisive offensives against terrorists yielding results – CSO Read More
Barely 24 hours after terrorists attacked Bakori-Funtua axis in Katsina state, the criminal elements struck again in Magama, Jibia local government area of the state, killing the Divisional Police Officer …
Katsina: Terrorists kill Jibia DPO, 2 others, abduct housewife Read More
The FCT Police Command has vowed to enforce restriction of movement on Area council elections scheduled for Saturday February 12, 2022. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, DSP …
Council polls: FCT Police restricts movement, boasts security deployment Read More
Gunmen suspected to be militias have allegedly killed four people and razed down Sabon Kaura village in Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state. The attack …
Gunmen kill 4, raze Southern Kaduna community Read More
The House of Representatives has asked the executive arm of the Federal Government to declare a national emergency on the rising cases of ritual killings in Nigeria. While also calling …
Reps ask FG to declare emergency against ritual killings Read MoreThe Imo Police command has vowed to investigate and arrest an alleged escapee of the Nigeria Correctional Centre Owerri who has been going about killing people in Egbema in Ohaji …
Police on red alert as lone Bandit wreck havoc in Imo Read More
Four days after killing at least 12 persons in Daraga, residents of the village Tuesday said the terrorists have stopped them from evacuating the bodies for burial. Daraga is in Maru …
Bandits stopping us from burying our dead – Zamfara residents Read More
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed murder of a traffic officer at Ekwulobia community, Aguata local government area by unknown gunmen. The deceased, Mr Chinedu Onwuka, a staff of …
Police confirm murder of traffic officer in Anambra Read More
Less than 24 hours after he was kidnapped at St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Ikulu Parish, Kauru local government of Kaduna state, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari, has regained his freedom. …
Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic priest regains freedom Read More
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s order for military action against terrorists in Niger state, the hoodlums have continued to make incursions into more villages prompting Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to plead with the military to decisively carry out …
Insecurity: Niger imposes curfew on Shiroro, Rafi LGAs as gunmen kidnap Kaduna Catholic priest Read More
Troops on Sunday rescued seven people from the clutches of bandits at Ungwan Garama near Maraban Rido in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, the state government has said. …
Troops foil attack, rescue 7 persons in Kaduna community Read More
The Nigerian Army has announced that 104 terrorist believed to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered to the troops of 25 …
Pictures: 104 ISWAP terrorists, families surrender in Borno Read More
A former presidential candidate, and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has urged the federal hovernment to heed to Governor Babagana Zulum’s warning on threats posed by …
Insecurity: Heed call, trigger immediate action on ISWAP threats, ex-presidential candidate tells FG Read More
The Kwara state police command Sunday said it had arrested three suspected cultists following Saturday clash by rival cult groups which left at least one person dead. The command said …
Kwara police arrests 3 suspected cultists, one killed in rival groups’ clash Read More
The federal government Thursday said the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria. It also said from an analysis of tax evasion and tax avoidance linked …
FG uncovers 96 Boko Haram sponsors, 424 associates Read More
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state said Thursday that over $6 billion has been lost in the last 13 years as a result of insurgency in the north-eastern part …
North-east has lost over $6.9 bn to insurgency – Zulum Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration was embarking on a revised approach to addressing the 13-year conflict and insurgency in the North East. President Buhari, who also …
16 months to end of tenure: We‘ll use revised approach to address insurgency in North-east – Buhari Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday evening spoke with Umaro Sissoco Embalo, shortly after the Guinea-Bissau leader survived a military attempt to overthrow his government. President Buhari congratulated Embalo on surviving the coup attempt …
Buhari speaks to Guinea Bissau’s President, condemns abortive coup plot Read More
Nigerians in the North East will, in the coming months, witness a change from the protracted insurgency to peace and development in their respective communities, President Muhammadu Buhari pledged on …
Insecurity: Buhari tells Nigerians what to expect in coming months Read More
The Senate has urged the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, send fighter jets to flush out terrorists in their hideouts who are behind the kidnappings and killings …
Send fighter jets to flush out terrorists from hideouts, Senate beckons FG Read More
Two students of DS Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori in Ogun state have been reportedly abducted, Wednesday, by some suspected gunmen. It was reported that the unknown gunmen had attacked one …
Protest rocks Lagos-Abeokuta highway as gunmen abduct 2 students Read More
Suspected terrorists, Tuesday night, stormed the residence of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Gusau (FUG) branch, Malam Abdulrahman Adamu, and kidnapped five members of his family in …
Breaking: Bandits invade ASUU chairman’s residence, kidnap family members Read More