Category: Defence/Security
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Gov Masari inaugurates conflict resolution centre
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina on Monday inaugurated a Community Conflict and Dispute Resolution Centre to reduce the burden and workload of conventional courts in the state. Speaking during the inauguration at Dandagoro in Batagarawa Local Government Area of the state, Masari said:”the centre was established to decongest the courts and ensure justice to people. “It was…
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Police in Edo arrest 54 suspects for various crimes
The Police Command in Edo said on Monday that it had arrested 54 suspects for various crimes and offences in the last one week. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Kontongs Bello, made the disclosure in a statement made available to our correspondent in Benin. Bello said the suspects were arrested…
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Lagos CP attributes high rate of crime to hoodlums on motorcycle
The police command in Lagos State says statistics have shown that armed hoodlums who operate on motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, are responsible for greater percentage of crime in the state. Hakeem Odumosu, the state Commissioner of Police made this known while appraising the security situation in the state at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday…
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IPOB: Police clamp down on newspaper vendors, arrest 5 in Imo
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Intelligent Response Team (IRT) on Monday arrested five newspaper vendors in Owerri for allegedly promoting activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). When contacted, the Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed the arrest but added that the operatives were not from his command. One of…
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Army debunks alleged deployment of only Northern officers to S/East
The Nigerian Army on Monday dismissed an allegation that it was deploying only commanders of Northern extraction to quell tension in the Southeast. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said there was no truth in the allegation. He was reacting to an online publication entitled: “Nigerian…
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Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar denies link with bandits
Former Head of State, Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday in Minna denied having any link with bandits or terrorist groups in Niger State. Social media was replete with allegations last week that the former Nigerian leader owned a helicopter used in delivering arms and ammunitions to bandits and terrorists in the state. Some online…
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Eid el-Fitr: Police ready to provide security in Niger
The Police Command in Niger has assured the residents of the state that the police will provide adequate security before, during and after the Eid el-Fitr in the state. Commissioner of Police Adamu Usman stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Minna on Monday. He said that police and other security agencies were…
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Group condemns attacks on Policemen in Rivers
The Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), has condemned the unprovoked attacks on some police stations and posts in Rivers. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by its National Director of Mobilisation, Abubakar Brown, and Chief Security Officer, George Okitikpi, in Port Harcourt on Monday. Our correspondent…
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NSCDC arrests alleged serial rapist suspect
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Sokoto State has arrested a 30-year-old alleged serial rapist suspect.Mr Umar Musa-Bala, the state Commandant of the NSCDC in Sokoto, told newsmen on Monday that the alleged suspect, Hamza Yusuf, defiled three minors.“We received a distress call that, a serial rapist was arrested and was about…
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NDLEA arrests 100 suspected drug traffickers in Edo
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested no fewer than 100 suspected drug traffickers with a seizure of 238,168 kilogrammes of illicit drugs.Mr Buba Wakawa, State Commander of the agency, said this in Benin on Monday in an interview with our correspondent.Wakawa said the arrests were made…