Category: Security
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RIVERS POLICE BUST CAR THEFT RING, NAB TWO SUSPECTS AND RECOVER HILUX, COROLLA
Rivers State Police just scored a big win against car snatchers, arresting two key suspects and seizing a Toyota Hilux and Corolla with fake plates—proving intelligence-led ops are paying off big time. On November 20 around 6pm, the C4I Intelligence Unit tracked down 43-year-old Abubakar Abdulsalam and 35-year-old Shagari Shehu using solid tips, nabbing them…
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TINUBU VOWS TO SMOKE OUT BANDITS AND RESTORE PEACE NATIONWIDE
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fired a strong warning to criminals during a memorial for Kogi’s late Prince Abubakar Audu: his government will hunt bandits and terrorists “wherever they hide” until peace returns to every corner of Nigeria. Declaring a State of Emergency on security, Tinubu—via Minister Mohammed Idris—called it a full-scale war on insecurity, backed…
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OJIBARA OF BAYAGAN ABDUCTED, N150 MILLION RANSOM DEMANDED
Residents of Bayagan in Kwara State are reeling after the Ojibara of Bayagan, Oba Kamilu Salami, was kidnapped on his farm by masked gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles. The abduction happened Friday morning around 9:30 am when the attackers, who had been trailing the monarch for days, stormed his farm and took him away on…
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ARMY CHIEF PROMISES TOP CARE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has personally assured soldiers injured on duty that they will receive the best medical treatment available, emphasizing that their sacrifices will never be forgotten. During a visit to the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Isah Abdullahi, the Army’s Chief of Administration, delivered this message…
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NIS GRIEVES 3 BRAVE OFFICERS SLAIN BY LAKURAWA IN KEBBI BORDER AMBUSH
Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap condemned a savage midnight Thursday raid by Lakurawa terrorists on the Bakin Ruwa checkpoint under Tuga Border Patrol in Kebbi’s Bagudo LGA—Maje axis—where unidentified gunmen stormed around 10pm, gunning down three officers on routine duty, torching their patrol vehicle, operational shelter, and assets before vanishing into bushes. Nandap mourned the selfless border…
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NAFDAC CRACKS DOWN ON KADUNA’S FILTHY DEPOT & SHADY DRINKS FACTORY
NAFDAC Kaduna State Coordinator Nasiru Mato unleashed a no-holds-barred raid on Saturday after a hot tip, slamming shut a grimy depot packed with yoghurt and flavoured drinks stored in deplorable sanitary conditions—prime for deadly contamination and breaching every quality-safety rule in the book. In the same intel-driven sweep, they slapped a hold on a sachet…
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KOGI HEROES: ARMY RESCUES 21 HOSTAGES IN BLOODY BANDIT HIGHWAY AMBUSH
Troops from 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, alongside Quick Response Units, NSCDC, vigilantes, and hunters, stormed bandits who hit a convoy of six vehicles on Kabba-Obajana road Thursday around 2pm—freeing 21 passengers including Moses Oladimeji, Adele Jacob, the Ajayi couple, 9-day-old Rachael & Deborah Enenche with mum Paulina, and drivers of a Dangote cement truck (900…
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JONATHAN CALLS GUINEA-BISSAU CHAOS A “CEREMONIAL COUP” – NOT REAL TAKEOVER
Former President Goodluck Jonathan dropped bombshells in Abuja, labeling Guinea-Bissau’s Nov 26 upheaval a bizarre “ceremonial coup” after returning safely from observing the tense Nov 23 polls between Umaro Sissoco Embaló and Fernando Dias. He slammed the weirdness: Embaló himself announced his “arrest” via global media while freely using his phone, before military spokesman Brig.…
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JONATHAN’S HEARTFELT THANKS AFTER GUINEA-BISSAU COUP ESCAPE
Former President Goodluck Jonathan landed safely in Abuja and poured out gratitude to Nigerians young and old who united across religion and politics in worry when he got trapped in Guinea-Bissau’s explosive military coup on Nov 26. Leading the West African Elders Forum to observe the Nov 23 presidential polls between incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embaló…
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NAF GRADS AVIATION ACES: WORLD-CLASS SKILLS UNLOCKED
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sunday Aneke hailed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s (NCAA) top-tier standards at the Air Traffic Services Training Centre (ATSTC) graduation in Kaduna, affirming grads are ready for global skies. Represented by AVM Ahmed Dari, he celebrated completers of three key courses: Standard Flight Dispatch Ops 1/2025, Air Traffic Control…
