Security

Duplication Of Duties: IGP Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged With Police

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security

Duplication Of Duties: IGP Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged With Police The Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has advised the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with the police for effectiveness. Egbetokun said this at the National Dialogue on State Policing, organised by the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja with the theme “Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria”. The IG, represented by the Assistant Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr Ben Okoro, said that the NSCDC and the FRSC were a duplication of…

Apr

2024

State Policing: Shettima, Jonathan, Abubakar, Others Attend Dialogue

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security

Shettima, Jonathan, Abubakar, Others Attend Dialogue On State Police Many political and traditional leaders across the country have converged on Abuja to deliberate on state policing. Some of the leaders in attendance at the Continental Hotels in Abuja include; Vice President Kashim Shattima, who represented President Bola Tinubu; Former President Goodluck Jonathan; former military ruler Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar; Ooni of Ife Enitan Adewusi; Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, AbdulFatah Ahmed; the Minister of Police, Ibrahim Gaidam and others. The dialogue, organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review…

Apr

2024

Army Dismisses Soldiers Who Stole Armoured Cables At Dangote Refinery

Army Dismisses Soldiers Who Stole Armoured Cables At Dangote Refinery The authorities of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, dismissed two of its soldiers who were caught for vandalising and stealing armoured cables at Dangote refinery in Lagos, Lagos State. Dangote Refinery, an investment said to worth over $19 billion, is owned by Dangote Groups of company was inaugurated on the 22nd of May 2023 in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. With the full operation of the refinery, it is expected to have the capacity to process about 650,000 barrels per day of crude oil, making it the largest single-train…

Apr

2024

Unknown Gunmen Kill Babcock Professor, Abduct 2 Others

Unknown Gunmen Kill Babcock Professor, Abduct Two Others Some unknown gunmen have killed Professor Yinka Olomojobi of the Department of Law at Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, for allegedly refusing to be taken away. It was gathered that while the professor was shot dead, two residents were kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination by the gunmen. Residents say gunshots were heard at the Ajadeh Event Centre on Sagamu Road, in the Iperu area in Ogun State. Eyewitnesses said eight men dressed in black, and armed with guns emerged from an unknown place, went into the relaxing lounge, and opened…

Apr

2024

Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell, Made Shocking Revelations

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security

Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has made shocking revelations. He said, “At the time President Tinubu was forming this government, he said the North was very dear to his heart that he would do everything to address its challenges. “This is why he appointed northerners into key offices. He handed over security and Defence to the North. He gave us both ministers for Agriculture and Education. He also gave us the Minister of Health and Foreign Affairs in his quest to turn around the fortune of the region. “He gave us a chance. Now the rest…

Apr

2024

FG Orders Yahaya Bello To Submit Himself For EFCC Probe

FG Orders Yahaya Bello To Submit Himself For EFCC Probe The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to follow the path of decency and submit himself for probe. Bello is being wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corrupt practices while in office as governor of Kogi State Recall that in the last 24 hours, there have been dramas and hide and seek game between both parties over the move to arrest the former governor for arraignment this…

Apr

2024

Yahaya Bello Absent In Court, EFCC Mulls Military’s Help To Fish Him Out

Yahaya Bello Absent In Court, EFCC Mulls Military’s Help To Fish Him Out Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, has adjourned the suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to April 23rd. The adjournment is for substituted service and possible arraignment of Bello for alleged N84bn money laundering. At the resumed sitting, Counsel for the EFCC, Kemi Phinro, told the court that the immediate past governor of Kogi State was absent from court for his arraignment because he was being protected by someone with…

Apr

2024

Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl, Lydia Simon In Borno

Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl, Lydia Simon In Borno Another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operstion Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai. She was rescued along with her three children by the troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Ngoza LGA, on Wednesday April 17, 2024. Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, that Lydia who was on serial number 68 among the abducted missing girls escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity…

Apr

2024

EFCC Declares Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello Wanted