ENUGU — The once perceived docile Ebube Agu security outfit has lifted the spirits of the South Easterners when in active duty they uncovered a ploy by two women who hid stolen infants in bags. The suspects, Imaobong Achibong from Akwa Ibom and Blessing Akpan from Cross Rivers State had successfully beat several security checkpoints while travelling from Cross Rivers state but ran out of luck when they got to Abaomege, a community in Onicha...

KAURA NAMODA, (Zamfara) — Zamfara state police commissioner, Ayuba Elkana says police have succeeded in rescuing 24 kidnapped victims in Shinkafi and Tsafe Local Government Areas of the State. Elkana while briefing Journalists in Gusau said four of the victims are secondary school students abducted while writing their WAEC examination in Shinkafi and a student of Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda. Mr. Elkana said thirteen of those were rescued in Shinkafi local government area, while the...

YOLA — With the upsurge of insecurity in some parts of the country, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state Monday confers with Lamido Adamawa Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa on modalities to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. Speaking to newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the royal father, Fintiri said the visit was to intimate the monarch on the security situation in the state. “The meeting centred on the general security...

LAFIA , (NASARAWA) — The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has foiled the abduction of Nasarawa South Zonal Chairman of People Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Nasiru-Black. Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lafia. Nansel further explained that in a bid to escape, the hoodlums hit the said Umar Nasiru Black, with a stick on his forehead. He said that they...

YOLA — Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state on Thursday says lack of cohesion and integration are major threats to peace and security which undermine the capacity for sustainable development. He stated this while declaring a summit tagged “Citizens Summit on Integration, Peace and Security held at Admiral Nyako Conference hall, state secretariat Yola organized by the Adamawa state chapter of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). Fintiri stated that his administration since...

ENUGU — The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Enugu State, Mr. Sam Ujogu has raised concern over the security of corps members in the state. Ujogu disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during the NYSC Corps Employers’ Workshop. He said that the security of corps members in all the local government areas of the state was an issue that must always receive adequate attention.  “We have to deliberate on practical means of protecting...

ILORIN — The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled a final-year student, Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa of the Department of Microbiology after being found guilty of assaulting a female lecturer, Mrs. Rahmat Zakariyau, of the same Department. A statement by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the verdict was handed down by the Student Disciplinary Committee where Salaudeen was arraigned on Monday, adding that “he has 48 days to...