4 Kidnapped Victims Rescued In Enugu by Joint Effort of Police, Neighborhood Watch

Police Operatives serving in Iwollo Division of the Enugu State Police Command collaborating with Neighborhood Watch personnel and Forest Guards on Saturday rescued 4 kidnapped persons in the state. The victims, 3 males and 1 female were kidnapped along 9th-Mile/Eke/Akama-Oghe Road, on Friday the 23rd of December, 2022 at about 8pm. According to the Enugu State Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, they were rescued at about 10am on Saturday 24th December, 2022 in...

IGP Baba Promises Protective Gears And More To Enugu Police Operatives

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has promised to equip the Police Command in Enugu State effectively in the fight against insecurity in the state. Responding to the requests of the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for bulletproof vests, helmets, Armored Personnel Carriers and other protective equipment to help Police operatives in the state to confront and contain unrepentant criminal elements, IGP Baba promised to make available the equipment immediately after the Christmas...

Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Pledge to Reform the Police Sector Over Killing of Lawyer by Cop

The three leading presidential candidates in the forthcoming general elections, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) have pledged to reform the Nigerian Police Force following the killing of Bolanle Raheem by a police officer in Lagos State. Raheem, a Lagos-based female lawyer, was shot dead by a police officer from Ajiwe Police station under the Ajah Bridge...

Borno Police Command Records Over 600 Crimes In 2022

The Borno state Police Command recorded over 600 cases of various crimes between January and December 2022 and secured 314 convictions within the period. The State Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar disclosed this during a media parley at the Command headquarters in Maiduguri, adding that 503 suspects were arrested and prosecuted 372 suspects for committing various offenses. Umar said out of that number, 102 were cases of rape, 200 cases of terrorism, 30 cases of...

Gunmen abduct Catholic priest in Benue

Mark Ojotu, a Catholic priest of Otukpo diocese in Benue state was abducted by gunmen on Thursday evening. Ojotu is the chaplain of St. Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga in Okpokwu LGA. He was abducted along Okpoga-Ojapo road. Joseph Itodo, chancellor of the diocesan secretariat, confirmed the abduction in a letter addressed to priests and religious faithful. “We write to notify you of the kidnap of one of our priests, Rev. Fr. Mark Ojotu,” the letter reads....

NGO Records 150 Cases Of Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Bauchi

Attah Sisters Helping Hands Foundation (ASHHF) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) says it recorded 150 cases of different forms of domestic violence 2022 in Bauchi State. The Executive Director of the organization, Mrs Comfort Attah disclosed this during a monthly meeting of the Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) management committee on Thursday in Bauchi. Represented by Mr Kingsley Yallings Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, the Executive Director said the foundation handled and treated 150 different cases of...

Troops Kill Over 130 Terrorists In Three Weeks In North-East and North–West

Troops of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daj have killed no fewer than 130 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province terrorists in the last three weeks at separate destinations in the North-East and North–West. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, also said troops apprehended four terrorist commanders and 12 logistics suppliers. Maj.-Gen. Danmadami added that 423 terrorists and members of their families comprising 41...

IGP assures adequate security for Nigerians, commissions new police station in Anambra

In response to the security threat to the 2023 general elections in the country as well as the planned census for next year, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has announced that officers and men of the police would ensure adequate security of the lives of politicians, election officers and the electorate during the voting proper. Baba further described the criminal activities of agitators in the South East under the guise of...

How bandits effort  to enforce control is driving violence in Kebbi state

Vicious attacks and kidnapping in Kebbi state surged in the last few months as criminal groups in the state strive to create camps and grab lands from helpless villagers, WAP can report. According to residents who spoke with a correspondent, Bandits’ pursuit of more camps in sedentary border zone villages under is one of the reasons behind the surge in attacks perpetrated by the terrorist group. In Zuru emirate, Kebbi state, there is an increasing...

Nigerian Airforce Rescue Seven Kidnap Chinese Nationals

The seven Chinese nationals who were believed to have been kidnapped by bandits in June 2022 have been rescued by the Nigerian Airforce. The Chinese Nationals were kidnapped while working on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area Niger State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement said the Special Forces under the 271 NAF detachment in Birnin Gwari in...

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