The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday solicited the support of the military in addressing the current security challenges in the country. Abubakar made the appeal when he paid an unscheduled visit to the Chief of Defen...
A prosecution witness, Constable Haruna Saleh, on Wednesday told an Abuja High Court that the former DPO of Garki Police Station, Othman Abdulsalam, “interfered” with investigations into the Apo six killings. The policemen standing trial fo...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday, asked an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, to stay execution of its judgment which ordered the agency to pay N25 million to the Nollywood star, Babatunde Omidina. This is pending the determination o...
Seven persons facing trial over the alleged kidnap of Pa Michael Obi, father of John Mikel Obi, Chelsea FC’s soccer star, were on Wednesday granted bail by a Federal High Court in Jos. The suspects, Sule Ibrahim, Ndubuisi Friday, Basil Chukuma, I...
Some of the ex-militants undergoing training the Amnesty Programme initiated by the federal government allegedly bombed a hotel in Osubi, in Okpe local government area of Delta State on Monday. It was gathered that the ex-militants were resident in the...
Alhaji Aminu Kofar-Soro, Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), said on Monday that it had worked out an operational order on how to confront any security threat. Kofar-Soro told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
A State Security operative was on Sunday night shot by unidentified gunmen in Damaturu, Yobe. Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the Commissioner of Police in Yobe, confirmed the incident on Monday, in a telephone interview with a NAN correspondent. He said tha...
The family of the commercial bus attendant, Mr. Rashidi Alabi, who was alleged to have been forcefully pulled down from a moving Volkswagen 14-seater commercial bus with registration number XZ 78 AGL by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management A...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Jos reiterated its resolve to put an end to the activities of the Boko Haram sect and other religious extremists. Maj.-Gen. Adamu Marwa, the GOC, 3 Armoured Division, who gave the warning in a statement, said the Divisi...
Six persons were killed on Wednesday night at Shehuri North of Maiduguri Metropolis, Bauchi State. The spokesperson of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Lt. Col. Hassan Moh'd confirmed the incident. He said investigation shows that the deceased persons m...
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers bombed a police station at Ogori, in Ogori/Magongo local government of Kogi State, killing a police corporal. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the hoodlums stormed the area in the on Tuesday night, firing sporadic ...
No fewer than five people were shot dead yesterday following a clash between two rival campus cults operating at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State. LEADERSHIP findings showed that the clash was between the Eiye Confraternity and the ...
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a private school bus driver, Mr. Godwin Etute for allegedly killing a 16-year old girl whom he attempted to rape in a school bus. Etute, 26, subsequently dumped the corpse of the victim, identified as...
Gunmen have attacked two more police stations in Kano State, killing at least two people. One of the attacks occurred at dawn on Monday, setting off a gun battle with police, residents said. On Sunday night, gunmen stormed another police station near a...
A United States citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Delta State has returned to Georgia after being held captive for a week. Tamara Lane says her brother-in-law William Gregory Ock arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning. The 50-year-old was kidnapped on Jan. ...