Police on Monday fired teargas canisters to disperse members of the Yoruba nation movement who gathered in the Ojota area of Lagos for a rally. TheCable understands that the Yoruba nation agitators gathered around the Gani Fawehinmi freedom park, at the Ojota axis for a “mega rally” to demand what they described as a separate…
The crack team of the Borno State Police Command has clashed with Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, losing a personnel along the Maiduguri/Damaturu road. The policeman was killed, while the crack team repelled the terrorists at the check-point of Auno village, 25 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the state capital. Auno was severally torched…
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested five suspects for kidnappings with the rescue of one other person in the state. The arrests were made in the suspects’ hideouts in Fika, Potiskum and Gujba Local Government Areas. Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, yesterday (Sunday), in Damaturu, disclosed that four other members of the…
Ahead of Saturday’s by-elections in the Ogoja/ Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency of Cross River State, Commissioner of Police, Alhassan Aminu has warned that anyone or group of persons planning to disrupt the exercise will be decisively dealt with. Addressing newsmen Thursday, shortly after the state security meeting, Aminu said security agents are…
Sokoto state Police command has confirmed the attack on three villages in Sabon Birni local government area by suspected marauding bandits. The command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Abubakar Sanusi told TVC News that nine persons were killed in the separate attacks that took place between 15th, 16th, and 17th of November 2021….
Towards the restoration of civil authority by the Nigerian Police in Malam-Fatori in the shores of Lake Chad, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has ordered nine armored personnel carriers for police operations, some of which have arrived. Malam-Fatori, which came under Boko Haram occupation in 2014, is headquarters of Abadam local government area in northern Borno…
The Sokoto state police command says bandits did not impose new heads and fines on residents of Sabon Birni community. Sabon Birni LGA has come under a series of attacks by gunmen recently. In a statement on Monday, Sanusi Abubakar, police spokesperson, said investigations revealed that the claim is not true. According to the spokesperson,…
The Nigerian Police Force have reaffirmed the readiness of the country’s lead security agencies to ensure the November 6 Anambra state governorship election is peaceful, credible and violent free. The Deputy Inspector of Police Zaki Ahmed gave the assurance at a media parley with journalists in Awka, said the personnel will be professional enough to…
Police and other security agents have taken over Taraba’s All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat following the court ban of the party’s state congress. The court injunction from Federal High court Jalingo,restrained the party from going ahead with today’s scheduled congress. The security action is to forestall any act that may lead to breakdown of law…
