A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna Wednesday ordered that a 34-year-old businessman, Yakubu Aminu, who allegedly kidnapped a five-year-old boy be remanded in a correctional facility pending legal advice. Magistrate Umar Ibrahim, did not take […]
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said that the ministry will work with the Zamfara state government to provide support and lasting solutions to thousands of displaced […]
Oluwaleke Atolagbe is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrator and Assistant Counsel, International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague, the Netherlands. In this interview with KEHINDE OSASONA, he speaks on a number of contemporary issues […]
Gunmen have killed the village head of Rumache in Kukoki ward of Shiroro local government area of Niger state, Malam Ahmad Yakubu Rumache, and kidnapped 17 villagers in four other communities in the local government […]
The home of the Director General of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, was at the wee hour of Wednesday raided by armed men. The armed men numbering about five break into […]
The Taraba state command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Wednesday paraded five suspended criminals for attempting to murder one Samaila in Kona, in Jalingo local government area of the state. Briefing […]
Oyo state Police Commissioner, Mr Shina Olukolu Tuesday stated that five suspected cattle rustlers and kidnappers are now in the net of the state Police command. Also, CP Olukolu said 29 other criminals including suspected […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have taken into hostage, two teachers at Obi Primary School in Avbiosi community, Owan west local government area of Edo state. The incident reportedly occurred Monday at about 10.40am while […]
State police has almost becoming an adopted policy as many governors have devised a means of setting up pseudo-security outfits through legislation to fight insecurity in their states. ELEOJO IDACHABA takes a look at the […]
Troops of the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment, Birnin Gwari, on Thursday foiled an ambush by armed bandits at Ungwan Yako on the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road in Kaduna. This was contained in a statement […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Zakariah Nyampa, has enjoined the authorities to beef up security in Michika to avert recurrence of another attack by the Boko Haram insurgents. Zakariah who represents Michika/Madagali federal […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the killing of about 23 innocent Nigerians by suspected marauders in Tawari community in Kogi state, describing it as dastardly and unacceptable. The party in a statement issued […]
Troops of Defence headquarters Operation Thunder Strike have handed over seven persons arrested during their raid on suspected kidnappers’ hideout around Kuyeri Mountain, Kagarko local government, to Kaduna state government. The persons suspected to be […]
Barr Nwannukwu Nnamdi Cyprian is the ninth substantive Commandant Abia state Command of Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). In this interview with SAM OBINNA IBE, he reassures of a crime-free yuletide in Abia […]
The speaker Jigawa state House of Assembly, Honourable Idris Garba Kareka, has called on security operatives in the country to frontally confront all security challenges with a view to curbing criminal activities. The speaker made […]
The launch last week of the National Security Strategy 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari underscores the commitment of the federal government to achieve its three pillars of the change agenda anchored on the fight against […]
The new Commissioner of Police in charge of Jigawa state, Usman Sule Gwamna, has promised to rid the state of criminals. The CP who said this while addressing journalist in his office on Tuesday in […]
Men of Nigeria Police in an operation led by the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc, have rescued one Onyiwara Chinwe Faith, a Corp member serving at ABC Farm, Ilamija Nla Village. […]
When Governor Bello Muhammad (Matawallen Maradun) took the mantle of Leadership in Zamfara state, he met on ground a daunting task of piecing together a fragmented society bedeviled with unprecedented security situation as it was. […]
The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has thumbs-down governors and ministers over the inability of Nigerians to access potable water and the rising insecurity across the country. She said the rising insecurity which was as […]
Ebonyi state government Monday debunked allegations that it formed a vigilante group called ‘Bakassi Boys’ that it will use to fight the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IBOP). A group, The Biafra Restoration Voice (TBRV) […]
The nexus of campus crimes, insecurity and the management at Beyero University, Kano (BUK), has been described over time as a locus of pain and a plague with severe consequences. It has received different classifications […]
Following the spate of insecurity experienced across the country, a non governmental organisation, Neighbourhood Enlightenment and Safety Organisation (NESO), has held a three day capacity building worship for its officers. The training held Thursday in […]
Chairman, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA), Tony Elumelu, says the lack of employment opportunities serves as a recruiting tool for those benefitting from insecurity and terrorism which has ravaged Northern part of Nigeria and […]
The governors of Kebbi, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; Imo, Emeka Ihedioha; Zamfara, Bello Matawalle; and Kogi, Yahaya Bello, are among the dignitaries billed to receive this year’s security excellence award. The programme which is being organised […]
Copyright © 2019 | Blueprint Newspapers Limited