NIGERIAN ARMY ASSURES ON IMPROVED SECURITY IN 2022
By Sumaila Ogbaje
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Friday, assured Nigerians of visible signs of improved security across the country in the coming year.
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Nigerian News Leader First with details then facts By Sumaila Ogbaje
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Friday, assured Nigerians of visible signs of improved security across the country in the coming year.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the establishment of a Special Desk for Persons with Disability in all the Police Zonal and State Commands across the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
An Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Garba Baba Umar, the Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Nigeria, has been elected the Vice President (Africa) and Executive Committee Member of the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO) - INTERPOL.
By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)
President Muhammadu Buhari went livid on Wednesday over the trending news of the alleged killing of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos.
* Recovers 19 AK47 Rifles, 10 Other Sophisticated Firearms, 453 Live Ammunition, 17 Stolen Cars
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Special Tactical Squad have arrested a total of thirty-two (32) notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, trading in illicit drugs, trans-border car theft, rape, amongst others.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North-Central, in Minna)
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Niger state Council has criticized the Governor Abubakar Sani Bello led administration for not doing enough to dislodge the joint forces of Boko-Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) that has established their presence in two Local Government Areas of the state.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
The Sokoto State Government, on Wednesday, commiserated with victims of the Gidan Bawa incident where terrorists were said to have burnt a vehicle conveying passengers from Sabon Birni enroute to other regions of the country.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
The police in Niger state has arrested a 50 years old Umar Samaila of Gussasu village, Maikunkele, Bosso Local Government Area of the state who serves as ‘spiritual adviser’ to notorious inter-state kidnappers operating between Niger and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
A 20 year-old boy, Yashua'u Shehu of Atakwanyo village in Kware local government area of Sokoto state has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 3 years old girl (name withheld) in Sokoto without option of fine.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Simon Asamber Lough, the Head of Chambers, Legal Section of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has been conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
Niger state government has lamented that its landmass which used to be a blessing is now becoming a source of pain, as an appreciable number of combined forces of Boko-Haram and the ISWAP are in the state and openly operating in Borgu and Shiroro Loca Government Areas.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Deputy Inspector General of Police, David Femi Oyebanji Folawiyo, on Wednesday November 23, 2021, bowed out of service of the Nigeria Police Force after a successful completion of his statutory years of service to the nation.