Tag: Insecurity in Nigeria

The anger over insecurity in many parts of the country under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is boiling over. Late July, the ...

The Police Command in Katsina says its operatives have successfully rescued six kidnapped victims at Unguwan Dako, Tandama village, Danja Local Government Area ...

Two expatriates, two drivers and two Police Inspectors working with royal ceramic company limited in Ajaokuta local government area of Kogi state were ...

The Imo state Police Command on Saturday said hoodlums suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, armed group the ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million each on Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV, TelCom Satellite Limited ...

Irked by terrorist attacks on schools in the country, the federal government may be considering the deployment of armed guard across high-risk states ...

The Federal Government has urged Google to deny IPOB and others using using its platform for acts of violence and destabilization. This is ...

The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one ...

Mukhtar Shuaibu, one of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked on March 28, has narrated how he was accidentally shot by ...

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has extended the enforcement of compulsory installation of Close Circuit Television, CCTV, devices in all public places in ...

Katsina State Government has organised a special prayer session for Allah’s blessings, bounties and intervention on the current insecurity bedeviling the state and ...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have ambushed and killed three Policemen and five local vigilante members on Saturday in Ajaokuta area of Kogi ...

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has ordered the immediate suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, Alhaji Musa ...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Airforce, Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, has commended the Nigerian Airforce for effective deployment of the Super Tucanos ...

Bad news they say, spreads like wildfire and so was the news of the plan by terrorists to abduct Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari ...

The Commissioner of police in Kwara state, Mr Tuesday Assayomo has dismissed reports that some forests in the state have been occupied by ...

Gunmen on Thursday allegedly abducted a hotelier and a staff member in Ogbomosho area of Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

The federal government says it will sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing documentaries that allegedly glorify and fuel terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was not aware of bandits’ threats to abduct him. “This is why ...

Nasarawa State Government has ordered the immediate closure of both public and private schools across the state as a proactive step to safeguard ...

Senators across party lines on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. Some set of ...

The State Security Service (SSS) forwarded 44 security reports to the Muhammadu Buhari regime before the July 5 attack on Kuje prison. Deputy ...

Niger State Government is set to ban activities of commercial sex workers in Minna as part of efforts in tackling insecurity. Hajiya Kaltum ...

Following the escalating security in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja Inspector General of Police IGP Usman Alkali have ordered deployment of additional personnel ...

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari on Tuesday has taken the responsibilities of sponsoring the education of children of the late Dutsinma Police ...

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education has ordered immediate closure of one of its unity schools the Federal Government College, ...

Gunmen reportedly attacked a Police station in the early hours of Monday in Akure, Ondo state capital and killed a police inspector, Temenu ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, met with stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), telling them that the ...

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, said that the plan by the president Mohammadu Buhari led Federal Government to ban commercial motorcycle otherwise called ‘okada’ ...

The Nigerian Police Force, Niger State command has confirmed the invasion of Kuchi village by bandits at the midnight on Friday. Confirming the ...

Security operatives attached to a Special Security Outfits, ‘OP MESA’, yesterday, killed an SS 2 student of Unity High School, Ago Ika area ...

Kano State government has restricted the movement of commercial tricycle operators, called Keke NAPEP, after 10:00 p.m with effective from Thursday, July 21. ...

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has barred Wmirs in the state from awarding chieftaincy titles without the state government’s approval. ...

The 7th Anambra State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, hold a valedictory session in honour of its member, the late Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that it has conducted a major analytical operation that was focused on individuals financing the Boko Haram terrorist ...

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Kwara state command has naabed a 40 year old suspected kidnapper, Boodo Abdullahi Alhaji, who allegedly ...

Zamfara State Government has dissociated itself from the turbaning of a notorious bandit, Ada Aleru, by the Emir of Birnin Yandoto in Tsafe ...

In the bid to boost security in Ondo State, the government has distributed fifty operational vehicles to security agencies. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu while ...

The National Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria, Prof. Dickson Akoh, has advised security agencies to sustain intelligence gathering and sharing to decimate the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed disappointment with the intelligence system at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja. Buhari, who visited the prison ...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the advance convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. This was confirmed by the Senior ...

The Kwara State Police command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, identified as Inspector Adebayo Adeforiti and the abduction of ...

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has begun training for a newly-established security outfit, Community Protection Guard (CPG) to tackle banditry and kidnaping in ...

Abubakar Aliyu, the minister of power, claimed on Wednesday that terrorists who target difficult-to-reach locations, particularly in the northeast, are thwarting efforts to ...

In two separate attacks in the last three days, gunmen, commonly referred to as bandits in the Nigerian press, kidnapped three medical staff ...

Operatives of Kaduna state police command on Wednesday killed four bandits following exchange of gunfire and arrested a suspected female gunrunner, while recovering ...

In the face of security challenges in the country, the police and officials of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) today Tuesday tasked ...

Gunmen have been reportedly kidnapped the Anglican Bishop of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Rt. Rev. Oluwaseun Aderogba, his wife and driver. The victims ...

Following the recent attack on the church in Owo, Ondo State by yet to apprehend terrorists, the Kwara State Police Commissioner, CP Tuesday ...

Insecurity in the North-West, especially in Kaduna state has assumed a worse dimension with the confirmation that no fewer than 360 persons lost ...

As part of efforts to curb the insecurity bedeviling the country, the federal government has launched the Nigeria Internal Security and Public Safety ...

The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has expressed Nigeria’s readiness to seek more support and partnership of the Global Coalition ...

The Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has called for more involvement of religious leaders in tackling security challenges facing the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims that he has a favoured candidate for the 2023 elections, saying he will hand over to whoever Nigerians elect. ...

Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office has described the statement issued earlier today by the Buhari Media Office (BMO) to downplay the role the ...

Zamfara Government has dethroned the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of Dansadau, Alhaji Hussaini Umar, on Wednesday for their alleged ...

Imo State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Declan Emelumba on Tuesday described operators of illegal refineries and bunkering in the state as “seasoned criminals ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the public to what it said as plans to return Nigeria to pre-2015 kind of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says no responsive government can ignore the role of religious and traditional rulers in tackling insecurity in the country. Speaking ...

Twenty four hours after accusing President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of dividing Nigerians and causing hardship on the country, the presidency has reacted that ...