Category: Defence/Security

There is currently unrest among junior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) due to the authorities’ failure to provide them with the new service uniform for free, as was done for their senior colleagues. These officers have also raised concerns about the requirement to wear the new uniform to participate in a promotion examination…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has successfully rescued a 63-year-old retired Shell Petroleum Company worker and killed a suspected kidnapper during a gun battle. The incident was confirmed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, in a statement released on Monday, June 24. According to the release, the police rescue team…

By Aaior Comfort In Gwoza Local Government Area, troops executed an ambush targeting terrorist staging areas around Pulka and Ashagashiya. During the operation, the troops engaged the terrorists, killing one, while the others fled, leaving behind their belongings. The rescued individuals include seven women and nine children. The troops also recovered a submachine gun, three…

According to SP Bright Edafe, the command’s spokesman, the incident took place on Thursday near the Adjekota-Ogor communities in Ughelli North. The police, acting on credible intelligence and deployed by Commissioner of Police Olufemi Abaniwonda, intercepted and engaged the kidnappers. During the shootout, one gang member was fatally wounded, while others managed to escape. Edafe…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has advocated more appreciation for the sacrifices of the security agencies, including the Nigerian Army, saying the military has played important roles to support civilian authorities at all times, including at a time when the country was under intense pressure from hostile non-state actors. The Governor…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Nigerian Army is to conduct recruitment exercise for 87 regular recruits intake in Kwara State between (today) June 20th and July 3rd, 2024. The Nigerian Army announced this in a statement issued by its Army Headquarters Directorate of Recruitment and Manning in Abuja, adding that thenexercise would hold at Sobi Barracks…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has initiated an investigation into the alleged brutalisation of civilian workers by soldiers at Command Secondary School Iyana Ipaja, Lagos. This action comes in response to concerns raised by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and a protest staged by the civilian…

On Tuesday morning, two police officers on duty were shot dead by gunmen in Akabo, located in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State. Eyewitnesses reported that the assailants also shot a passer-by at a checkpoint in Ama-John junction, Akabo, along the Owerri-Okigwe-Enugu road. The attackers, who struck early in the morning, caught the…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep sorrow over the recent ambush by bandits in Katsina State, which resulted in the deaths of security personnel and residents. Naija News reports that the attack, confirmed by the state police command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, claimed approximately 20 lives, including four police officers and…

From Lateef Taiwo The Nigerian Legion, has said that it will soon change its name to Veterans Federation of Nigeria, VFN. Major General A.M. Jubril, Rtd, the National Chairman disclosed this during the 60th National Council Meeting cum Anniversary held in Abuja, Thursday, according to a statement signed by NL’s Assistant Information Officer, Henry David,…