Category: Defence/Security
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Police in Imo seek residents’ support to arrest assailants who burnt police station
Police in Imo on Friday in Owerri appealed to residents to assist with information that could lead to the arrest of those who attacked Isiala Mbano police station on Thursday. Assailants went to the station in five cars and three motorcycles at about 6 p.m. on Thursday and threw petrol bombs at the building. The…
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Police rescue kidnap victim in Delta
Police Delta have rescued a kidnap victim in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the rescue in a statement issued in Warri, Delta on Wednesday. Edafe named the victim as Oghenero Iboyitete and said that he was rescued by the operatives of the…
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Skill acquisition: NAOWA begins training of widows of fallen soldiers
The Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA), has commenced training of 50 widows of fallen soldiers and youths at Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt. NAOWA’s National President, Mrs Salamatu Yayaya declared the training open during the inauguration of NAOWA’s Secretariat Complex, Wellness Centre, Skill Acquisition Centre and Library at the division’s headquarters in Port…
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Army War College conducts “Exercise Star Ride” for course participants
The Army War College Nigeria (AWCN) says it is set for the conduct of its final exercise for participants of Course 5/2021 tagged “Exercise Star Ride” in Abuja. The Commandant, AWCN, Maj.-Gen. Solomon Uduonwa, disclosed this in a statement by the college Public Relations Officer, Maj. Mohammed Maidawa, on Wednesday in Abuja. Uduonwa said the…
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Kano police arrest suspected fuel suppliers to bandits in Katsina state –PPRO
The Police Command in Kano state has arrested two persons for allegedly supplying fuel to bandits in Katsina state, from Kano, the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Kano. He identified the suspects as Musbahu Rabi’u, 31, and Jamilu Abdullahi, 37, all residents of Jibiya local government…
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Army operations have helped to return farming activities in Kebbi – Gov. Bagudu
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the anti-banditry operations of the Nigerian Army have increasingly enabled farmers in the state access to their farms without threats. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the governor made the observation when he received the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya…
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Imo area council did not inform police about meeting where two traditional rulers were killed – Police
Njaba Local Government Council in Imo did not inform the police about its Tuesday’s meeting with traditional rulers where gunmen killed two of the rulers. This assertion was made in Owerri on Wednesday by the Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Rabiu Hussaini. Police spokesman in Imo, CSP Mike Abattam, said in a statement that:…