troops recovered 171 assorted weapons and 2,452 rounds of ammunition during the operations. “The breakdown comprised 47 AK47 rifles, one PKT gun, 18 pump action rifles, 17 locally fabricated guns, 14 dane guns, 12 locally fabricated pistols, one fabricated revolver, one hand grenade, 81mm mortar bomb, one mortar tube and ...
Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, warned traditional rulers in the state against hiding persons involved in the killing of three military officers and 13 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, saying those covering criminals are inviting trouble to themselves.The warning came as General ...
President Bola Tinubu, last night, promised that the sacrifices of the 16 soldiers killed last week in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, would not be in vain. Speaking during the breaking of Ramadan fast at State House, Abuja, with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. ...
In a tone denoting the weight of his office as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, warned that any attack on the armed forces or any of their men would be considered an attack on the nation. Tinubu said such assault was unacceptable. The assertions were contained ...
The Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State Command has rescued four kidnapped victims including a woman, who faked her kidnap, and arrested 52 other suspects for various crimes. Some of the offences included; murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, child trafficking, cultism, and fraud.The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, CP Waheed ...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, yesterday ordered the arrest and investigation of the killers of a commanding officer, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers, deployed to quell a communal crisis in Okuoma community in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State.Delta State Governor, ...
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, and some governors from the Northern states, last night, held a closed-door meeting to discuss the rising insecurity in the country.Although the agenda of the meeting was not officially disclosed, it was ...
The One Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna conducted a successful operation in Hayin Tsando, the general area of Maraban Jos, Igabi local government area, Kaduna State. Acting on credible intelligence, the troops launched a search and rescue operation. They engaged with bandits, resulting in a firefight where they ...
No fewer than 100 bandits were neutralized by the Nigerian Military Airstrikes under the joint task force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) at Danmani Forest in Zamfara State. The operation followed an intelligence report about the bandits who converged at Masada Village in Maru local government area last Tuesday and ...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari and some governors from the North Western States attended the graduation and passing out parade of the Katsina state community watch corps, on Tuesday. They were trained to augment the efforts of the security agents in Katsina in fighting banditry and other forms of criminalities bedevilling ...
