Peace and Security

The Kaduna State Police Command has summoned the immediate past governor of the state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, along with several key members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), for questioning …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO). Hundeyin, a …

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria has warned against the Federal Government’s proposed creation of state police, branding it a “misplaced priority” that would do little to reform the nation’s …

The Kano State Hisbah Command has arrested a suspected human trafficker caught with 12 women at a motor park along Zaria Road while attempting to transport them to Lagos. Deputy …

Musa Na-Allah, Sokoto The wave of banditry sweeping through Sokoto State has escalated to alarming levels, with armed groups now controlling 16 out of the state’s 23 local government areas. …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has arrested six suspects for allegedly vandalizing and stealing electricity equipment at Hayin Da’e in Hotoro, Tarauni Local Government …

The Nigeria Police Force has opened a condolence register at its Force Headquarters in Abuja to honour the memory of the late Solomon Arase. Arase, the 18th Indigenous Inspector-General of …

The Kaduna State Government has issued a stern warning to former Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai over what it described as his deliberate attempts to incite violence and plunge the state …

The Kano State Police Command has apprehended 107 criminal suspects, seized 473 dangerous weapons as well as large quantity of illicit drugs through “Operation Kukan Kura” in which communities engage …

The Päijät-Häme district court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator, to six years in prison after finding him guilty of multiple terrorism-related offences. In a judgment delivered …