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FG Admits Security Personnel In N’Delta Conniving With Criminals To Steal Oil

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva
Says Elumelu wasn’t speaking for the oil industry about 95% losses Ramps of monitoring of agents deployed in fight against menace The federal government yesterday admitted that some security personnelRead More

Five Feared Killed As Herdsmen Attack Edo Community

Fulani herdsmen attack
The agrarian community of Odiguetue in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State was in turmoil on Thursday, as armed herdsmen attacked the village, killing at least fiveRead More

School Foils Kidnap Attempt In Lagos

Kidnapping in Nigeria
As part of efforts to promote the safety of schools, the need for security to be beefed up has once again come to the fore especially with security personnel attachedRead More

CSOs Decry Banning Of Activities Of Volunteers In Katsina

Katsina State
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Katsina State, has described the banning of the activities of volunteers (Yan-sakai) group by the state government as another way of worseningRead More

Stop Petroleum Products Smuggling, Senate Tasks Customs, DSS, Others

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, yesterday met with heads of security and paramilitary agencies and tasked them to do more to checkmate smuggling of petroleum products outRead More

Gov Ortom: Herdsmen from Libya, Mali, Others Still Killing Benue People

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
Buhari: I will crush terrorists before I hand over in 2023 *ACF seeks urgent action against criminal acts in schools Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos and John Shiklam in Kaduna BenueRead More

Police, DSS Beef Up Security At APC Secretariat Over Planned Protest Against Buni

All Progressives Congress (APC)
We acted on security report, explains Akpanudoedehe Says party won’t join issues with Marafa Men of the Nigeria Police and officers from the Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, beefedRead More

Despite Ban, Open Grazing Persists In Southern States

Open Grazing
Stakeholders demand legal backing for proscription Despite the ban on open grazing of cattle by Southern governors, the practice has continued to flourish in the 17 states of the regionRead More

Analysts Express Outrage as Police Deploy 144 Personnel To Tackle Insecurity In Somalia

Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba
Mission, global best practice, says police spokesman Two killed in attack on Enugu police station Bandits kill one, abduct Kaduna private university students Security analysts yesterday expressed outrage over theRead More

Prisoners Allegedly Freed As Gunmen Attack Owerri Prison, Set It Ablaze

Several prisoners were allegedly set free, as gunmen stormed and attack Owerri prison in Imo State, and subsequently set it on fire.
Unidentified gunmen set the correctional facility in Owerri, Imo State, on fire, freeing prisoners. The fire broke out in the early hours of Monday, April 5. The attack on theRead More