The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed 115 personnel from its various commands across Nigeria in what officials describe as part of ongoing reforms within the nation’s intelligence agency. A top security source confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday night, disclosing that the move followed an internal review aimed at strengthening discipline and…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has handed over 63 patrol vehicles to security agencies in a bid to reinforce security and improve response operations in Maiduguri and its environs. The vehicles were distributed among several security outfits, with 30 going to the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), 16 to the Rapid Response and Anti-Social…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has cautioned political thugs and party loyalists against disrupting the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election, warning that security agencies will deal decisively with offenders. Egbetokun, represented by Acting Commissioner of Police Umar Hadejia, issued the warning on Tuesday in Abuja during the Cleen Foundation’s Security Threat Assessment (STA)…
The National Economic Council (NEC) Committee on Overhaul of Security Training Institutions, chaired by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, commenced its fieldwork on Tuesday with an inspection of the Police Training College in Ikeja, Lagos. President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the committee on 23 October during the 152nd NEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, giving…
Nigeria’s security agencies have deployed over 60,000 personnel across Anambra State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the poll, Abayomi Shogunle, has confirmed. In a statement released by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra, Shogunle said the security operation would cover all 5,720 polling units with additional…
Nigerian troops attached to the Joint Task Force, Operation MESA, have thwarted an attack by armed bandits in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, in a confrontation that left 19 suspects dead. The 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, which led the operation, said it acted on a tip-off about the movement of the assailants in…
Police authorities in Nigeria’s Ebonyi State say they are pursuing armed assailants who killed two people during an attack in Oriuzor, a community in Ezza North Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Joshua Ukandu confirmed the killings to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, noting that the incident occurred on 1 November. Ukandu…
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has lauded the Lagos State Police Command for the arrest of a taxi driver accused of repeatedly raping and defiling female passengers. In a statement on Sunday via its official X handle, @Lagosdsva, the agency said it is collaborating with the police to ensure that the…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory used for the production of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis, inside a residential apartment in Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos State. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the…
The Imo State Police Command has rejected claims circulating on social media that operatives of its Anti-Kidnapping Unit (Tiger Base) tortured a detained terror suspect, Magnus Ejiogu, to death. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, said in a statement on Sunday that the allegations were “false and malicious,” insisting that the suspect died of natural…
