Showing posts with label Insecurity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insecurity. Show all posts
Saturday, 14 November 2015

How Ikorodu Became Crime Capital of Lagos State

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Ikorodu, a sprawling neighbourhood in the “Centre of Excellence” is fast becoming a refuge for daredevil robbers. In recent times, th...
Thursday, 13 November 2014

Insecurity: Nigeria Police To Screen, Monitor Vigilante Groups

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The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Thursday, directed all commissioners of police to ensure the adequate screening of v...
Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Gunmen Abduct Octogenarian Uncle of Former Governor Sylva in Bayelsa State

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The spate of kidnapping of relatives of top political office holders in Bayelsa state continued Monday as gunmen stormed the country home of...
Saturday, 26 July 2014

Aftermath of Bomb Attack on Buhari: FG Ramps Up Security Cordon Around Former Leaders

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Sequel to the bomb attack on former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, a massive security cordon has been reportedly thrown around for...

Sultan of Sokoto To Boko Haram: It's Delusional To Kill & Expect Paradise, Says Boko Haram Now a 'Franchise'

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Sultan of Sokoto and president-general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar (III) has declared that life is sa...
Monday, 7 July 2014

Nigerian Government Would Soon End Terrorism- Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Minimah

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The chief of army staff gave the assurance during an Inter-Denominational Church Service which was used to mark the 2014 Nigerian Army Day C...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Insecurity: Fed Govt Introduces Machine Readable Cards at Airports

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The Federal Government has introduced machine-readable cards at the country’s five international airports for passengers. The airport are i...
Friday, 30 May 2014

90-year Old Mother-In-Law Of Bayelsa Speaker Kidnapped By Gunmen

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Madam Ogboro Dark, 90, the mother-in-law of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson, has been kidnapped by arme...
Thursday, 29 May 2014

BREAKING NEWS: Explosion Rocks Abuja Outskirt, Residents Panic

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A loud explosion occurred on Thursday morning in Kurudu, a community on the outskirts of Abuja. The cause of the explosion is still unclear...
Sunday, 25 May 2014

Nigerian Immigration Officer Confesses To Being High Profile Boko Haram Member, Names Other Security Personnel

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An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ahmed Grema Mohammed, has confessed to being a high profile member of the Islamist extr...

Football Viewing Centre In Jos (Plateau State) Narrowly Missed in Fresh Bombing

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Barely five days after an explosion rocked the ever busy Jos Main Market and its environs, there has been another explosion. The nature of ...

Soldiers Intercept Arms in Nsukka Bound For Boko Haram, Arrest Retired DSP, Corporal

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Three persons, including a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, and a corporal, Abu Haruna, Solomon, respectively have been arreste...
Saturday, 24 May 2014

Boko Haram Not Islamic Sect, Says Sultan of Sokoto

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The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Abubakar Sa’ad, on Friday, urged Nigerians to be unit...

Nigerian Army Denies Purported Second Mutiny In Maimalari Barracks

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Director, Defence Information in the Army, Major-General Chris Olukolade, in a press statement on Friday said “the online report titled ‘Sec...

Presidency, Military Authorities Bar Soldiers From Escorting Politicians

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The Federal Government has decided to stop the use of soldiers and other personnel of the Armed Forces as escorts by political office holder...

Bomb Scare in Kubwa, Abuja Cause Panic

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The Police in Kubwa, one of the most populated  satellite towns in Abuja, yesterday afternoon, foiled a bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram ...
Friday, 23 May 2014

United Nations Security Council Brands Boko Haram a Terror Group, Slam Sanctions on Sect

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The U.N. Security Council has officially declared Boko Haram a terrorist group linked to al-Qaida on Thursday and imposed sanctions against ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Hundreds Killed in Jos, Plateau State Multiple Explosion

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There was a loud explosion in Jos, the Plateau State capital at about 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The explosion, believed to have been caused by ...
Friday, 16 May 2014

President Jonathan Cancels Planned Visit To Chibok

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirl...
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Wednesday, 14 May 2014

'Mutinous' Nigerian Troops 'fire at their GOC'

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Soldiers from the newly formed 7th Division of the Nigerian Army today mutinied in their barracks against Major General Abubakar Mohammed, t...