Tag: Security Agencies
Ajimobi inaugurates 33 patrol vans, assures on peace
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has assured that all necessary measures have been…
#BringBackOurGirls decries attacks by DSS spokesperson, security agencies
The #BringBackOurGirls movement which has been campaigning for a more urgent action on the part of government to rescue over…
NURTW calls for collaboration with security agencies
Najeem Yasin, President, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has called for strengthened collaboration between the union and security…
FG should adopt modern approach in fighting insurgents – Sokoto Speaker
Malam Lawali Zaiyana, Speaker, Sokoto State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to adopt advanced security approach in…
Police confirm attack in Kano
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 1, Mr. David Olufemi Omojola, Thursday told…
Kidnappers Free Commissioner, Capture Another
There appears to be an unending kidnap drama in the south-south geo-political region of Nigeria. Just when the kidnapped Delta…
Killings: HRW Slams Nigeria’s security agencies, Boko Haram
Eromosele Ebhomele The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blamed the Nigerian security agencies and the Boko Haram sect for the…
As Kidnappers Go For High Profile Victims
Barely a week after a hotelier, Segun Oyebolu, was abducted in Ogun State and his captors demanded for N400 million…
A Few Good Men (2)
One of my cries to the government is to stop keeping minor offenders in the same prison with those that…
Insecurity: Which Way Out?
By Isaac Asabor That the current state of insecurity is unprecedented should not be in doubt. What should actually be…
NATIONAL SECURITY: Fashola Advocates Adequate Attention To Small Crimes
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday called on security agencies in the country to pay more attention to…
Labour Shelves Street Protest In Maiduguri
The NLC said on Monday in Maiduguri that it had shelved street protest in the ongoing fuel subsidy strike following…
Jonathan Urged Not To Heat Up Polity
Politician and Elder statesman, Senator Anthony Adefuye, has warned the President Jonathan administration against heating up the polity by curbing…
Lagos Donates 30 Patrol Vehicles To Police
The Lagos Security Trust Fund in line with its objective to improve the operational capacity of the Police and other…
Don’t Allow Boko Haram Into Lagos, Market Leader Urges Govt
A market leader in Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Alhaji Hassan Akerele, has called on the state…
Interpol’s Red Notices Used To Punish Political Opponents —ICIJ Report
A new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has revealed that aside from helping several security agencies…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Blasts PDP Over Violence
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted security agencies and all lovers of democracy to the use of violence…
Police Bar Oyo Lawmakers
The police and personnel of other security agencies today barred members of the Oyo State House of Assembly from sitting.…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Rivers Police Uncover Plans To Disrupt Gov Election
Less than 24 hours to the governorship election, the Rivers State Police Command and other security agencies have been put…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
APRIL 2 POLLS: Ekiti ALGON Commends Security Agencies
Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Ekiti State has given kudos to security agencies that participated in the…
Students Block Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Students of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, Lagos, South-West Nigeria, this morning barricaded the Lagos-Badagry expressway while protesting the…
President Jonathan orders IG TO Rescue Abducted Children
President Goodluck Jonathan has described yesterday’s kidnap of 15 nursery and primary schools pupils in a bus near Aba, Abia…
EFCC Head Of Forensic Unit Killed In Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has confirmed that its head of forensic unit, Abdullahi Muazu was killed in…
‘Ember Months’: Akpoyibo Assures Lagosians Of Security
As the nation enters the last four months of the year, popularly termed “Ember Monthsâ€, the Lagos State Police Commissioner,…