2023: INEC Says Attack On Offices Distort Early Preparation

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the attacks on some of its offices might impede the preparations for the 2023 election. Speaking in an interview with Channels TV on Monday, the commission spokesperson, Festus Okoye admitted that the electoral body is disturbed as the recent events might disrupt early preparation for the general election. Over the past few weeks,  INEC offices across the country were invaded and burnt down several times by gunmen....

Gunmen Kidnapped UNIJOS Lecturer, Her Husband

JOS — Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Monday morning kidnapped a Professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe alongside her husband. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Ubah Gabriel Ogaba who confirmed the abduction said the Command has deployed operatives to ensure the victims are rescued. “The Command received a report of kidnapping of a man and his wife, behind...

Attempt To Raze Down INEC Headquarters Enugu Fails, CP Orders Security Emplacement Round Vicinity

ENUGU —The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has called on law-abiding citizens of the State to remain vigilant and promptly volunteer useful information that will help the Police investigation on the failed attempt to burn down the Independence National Electoral Commission headquarters in Enugu. In a statement released by the State Command on behalf of the Commissioner, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe revealed that at about 8.30 pm...

Police In Kaduna Apprehends Five Railway Track Vandals

KADUNA — Kaduna State Police Command said it has arrested five suspected railway track vandals with two trucks loaded with locomotive railway sleepers. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mohammad Jalige who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, however, dismissed the rumour that the incident affected the Kaduna-Abuja train services. “The Kaduna Police Command had on the 13th May 2021 acted on reliable information and succeeded in arresting five (5) suspected rail-trail...

Nigeria’s Southern Governors Meet Over Deteriorating Security

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   In another sign of elite alarm over the deterioration of security in Nigeria, representatives from fifteen of the seventeen southern states—hailing from the South West, South South, and South East geopolitical zones—met virtually on May 4 and again on May 11 for an in-person meeting in Asaba, Delta State to “harmonise their positions.” (Representatives from Osun and Cross River states were absent from the in-person meeting, though Osun State’s governor was present at the virtual meeting.)...

Federal Government To Resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami says the Federal Government will soon resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu on Thursday in Abuja said the move is geared towards the Federal Government’s commitment to end insecurity in the country. The statement in part read that “The Federal Government is committed to ending insecurity in the country, and...

Insecurity: I Expect Nigerians to Be More Understanding – Buhari

With the federal government struggling to wave down the growing security challenges in Nigeria, President Muhammed Buhari has urged citizens to show some sense of understanding of the situation. The President, highlighting the “long” military process involved in controlling the challenge, asked Nigerians to make an attempt towards understanding the military. “The elite should make the attempt to understand the military. If we order weapons and armored vehicles, it takes time for the manufacturers. It...

Use Politicians Salaries To Fight Insecurity In Nigeria-Ndume

ABUJA — The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army Senator Ali Ndume has urged the Buhari-led administration to stop salaries of politicians and use the money to fight insecurity in the country. Ndume, who spoke with Journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, said the President should make the issue of security a priority and source funds for security the same way it did to fund infrastructure and other developmental projects in Nigeria. “They should stop paying salaries...

Kidnapped Female Journalist In Adamawa Regains Freedom

The kidnapped female Journalist in Adamawa who spent eight days in captivity has regained her Freedom Wednesday morning. Mrs. Amra Ahmed Diska, a nursing mother and News Editor with Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola was kidnapped on Tuesday night 4th May 2021 at her residence in Yola. The release of Amra has brought joy and happiness from her colleagues, family, and well-wishers who have been conducting prayers for her safe release since the day of the...

Lagos CP Attributes High Rate of Crime to Hoodlums On Motorcycle

LAGOS — The police command in Lagos State says statistics have shown that armed hoodlums who operate on motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, are responsible for greater percentage of crime in the state. Hakeem Odumosu, the state Commissioner of Police made this known while appraising the security situation in the state at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Ikeja. Odumosu said that this was so because the hoodlums had found motorcycles as a veritable means...

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