Security

Nov
19
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Nigerian Army Gets First Professor As NDA Promotes A Lt. Colonel

Nigerian Army Gets First Professor As NDA Promotes A Lt. Colonel

Education, News Flash, Security
Nigerian Army Gets First Professor As NDA Promotes Lt. Colonel The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna has announced the promotion of Lt. Col. Abubakar-Surajo Imam to the rank of Professor of Mechatronics Engineering. Imam is said to be the first professor from among serving personnel in the history of the Nigerian Army. The Registrar of the Academy, Brig.-Gen. AM Tukur announced the promotion in a statement on Friday in Kaduna. He said that the promotion was ratified during the NDA Council Meeting in September, and took effect from Oct. 1, 2022. The registrar said that the council’s decision was a…
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Nov
19
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects

EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects

Crime, News Flash, Security
EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects According to a release by EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the “intruders are; four Air Force personnel: Lawal Abdullahi, Chukwuma Chidi Christian, Alfa Suleiman and Emmanuel Ekwozor, and two students of Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT: Chidera Anuba and Joseph Tokula.” The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday narrated how some personnel of the Nigerian Air Force invaded its Kaduna State zonal office to release some military personnel who were arrested for internet-related fraud. According to a…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Abia Up-To-Date With Payment Of Security Agents In Operation Crush

Abia Up-To-Date With Payment Of Security Agents In Operation Crush

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security
ABIA UP-TO-DATE WITH PAYMENT OF SECURITY AGENTS IN OPERATION CRUSH My attention has been drawn to a misleading report on the social media, alleging that the Abia State Government is owing soldiers attached to the multi-agency security task force, codenamed Operation Crush. The General public is advised to disregard this falsehood as the state government is up-to-date in meeting its obligations to the anti-crime task force, which has been instrumental in dealing with incidents of violent crimes and dislodging the kidnapping ring around the Umunneochi-Uturu-Okigwe axis, especially on the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway. It is worthy of note that the Government…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official

Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official

Crime, News Flash, Security
Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official Isaac Bature Gbaja, an assistant manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Lafia, the capital of Nassarawa State, has been abducted by unidentified gunmen. The incident took place on Monday, November 13, 2023, at around 8:00 p.m., when Gbaja and two other individuals were taken hostage. On Thursday, the kidnappers contacted Gbaja’s family, demanding a ransom of N10 million. Further investigation revealed that Gbaja was kidnapped near MACFES Royal Suites, in Tudun Gwandara, Lafia, Nasarawa State, where he was with his wife. This event occurred less than a day after the release of…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Straight From The Heart: Is Security In The Country Getting Worse? – By David Uma

Straight From The Heart: Is Security In The Country Getting Worse? – By David Uma

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security
IS INSECURITY IN THE COUNTY GETTING WORSE? The above question calls for sober reflection. The new administration seems not have found the magic wand in tackling the persistent insecurity in the Country. The blame game continues. The kidnapping of Rtd Major General Richard Duru a high profile military personnel took place sometime in the recent past in Owerri North. Within Abuja metropolis, kidnapping, and other related criminal activities have assumed a dangerous and worrisome dimension. It happens on daily basis, and has therefore, become a reoccurring decimal. It's no longer news that, the last administration ran a deliberate policy of…
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Nov
15
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Just-In: Court Fines IGP, Five Others N200 Million For Unlawful Arrest

Just-In: Court Fines IGP, Five Others N200 Million For Unlawful Arrest

Crime, News Flash, Security
Court Fines IG, Five Others N200 Million For Unlawful Arrest An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, the Police Service Commission and four others to pay one Peace Robert, a housewife and a mother of two, the sum of N200m as damages for her unlawful arrest and detention. The presiding judge, Justice Ntong Ntong gave the order on Tuesday, in a judgment he delivered in a case of enforcement of fundamental rights brought by the applicant. According to the particulars of the case, one Ifenyinwa Olua approached the applicant,…
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Nov
10
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
IGP Redeploys 14 AIGs And 26 Commissioners Of Police To Reflect The Current Promotions

IGP Redeploys 14 AIGs And 26 Commissioners Of Police To Reflect The Current Promotions

Abuja, News Flash, Security
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of 40 senior police officers, comprising 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 26 Commissioners of Police. They were posted to various commands and formations across the country to reflect the new status of senior officers recently elevated to their next ranks. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, listed the AIGs as follows: i. Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Joshua Ayodeji ii. Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Ogon Edung iii. Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Banji Lawal, mni iv. Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew…
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Nov
09
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Report Policemen Who Forcefully Collect Your Phone – FPRO Advises Nigerians

Report Policemen Who Forcefully Collect Your Phone – FPRO Advises Nigerians

Crime, Abuja, News Flash, Security
Report Policemen Who Forcefully Collect Your Phone – FPRO Advises Nigerians The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has advised Nigerians to report any policeman who forcefully collects or searches their phones. Adejobi made this known on his X page on Tuesday. He wrote, “Report any policeman who forcefully collects and searches your phones or electronic equipment. It’s not proper, not professional. “They can only scrutinise your phone when such is subject to an investigation and already marked exhibit, and such is not done on the road. “So, any policeman who searches the phone on the road is deviant and…
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Nov
06
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Three Blind Men Arrested By NDLEA For Drugs Peddling

Three Blind Men Arrested By NDLEA For Drugs Peddling

Crime, News Flash, Security
NDLEA Arrests Three Blind Men Peddling Drugs Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano. The NDLEA disclosed this in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agency’s Facebook page Sunday. Babafemi said the lid was blown off the group following the arrest of a blind suspect, Adamu Hassan, 40, along Gwagwalada expressway Abuja with 12kgs of skunk on his way from Lagos to Kano on Saturday 28th, October. Investigations, however, established that he was totally…
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Nov
05
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Kidnappers Abduct Two Wives Of LG Chairman In Broad Day Light.

Kidnappers Abduct Two Wives Of LG Chairman In Broad Day Light.

Crime, Security
Kidnappers Abduct Two Wives Of LG Chairman Two wives of Alhaji Nasiru Ahmad, the chairman of Kiyawa local government in Jigawa state, were reportedly abducted by unknown individuals suspected to be kidnappers. Reports from the state indicate that the criminals invaded Kiyawa town, the headquarters of the Kiyawa local government area, forcibly gaining entrance to the chairman’s residence and then kidnapping the two wives. The suspected abductors allegedly fired shots into the air, causing panic and confusion in the town as everyone scrambled for safety. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Lawal Shisu Adam, stated…
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