Category: Security
137 Abducted Kaduna Schoolchildren Rescued On Zamfara -DHQ
The Defence Headquarters, on Sunday, said troops rescued the abducted pupils and teachers of LEA School Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna within Zamfara State. On March 7, 2024, about 287 pupils and teachers of the school were abducted by suspected terrorists who took them into the…
Smoke Out Illegal Miners, FG Tells 2,200 New Mining Marshals
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Solid Development Minerals has secured the services of 2,220 security personnel under a new security architecture with the mandate to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws. It also charged the new operatives to stem theft and…
NAPTIP Seeks Public Assistance To Locate Family of 8-Year-Old Kano Girl Rescued In Abuja
NAPTIP seeks public assistance to locate family of 8-year-old Kano girl rescued in Abuja The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) is seeking public assistance to locate the family of an 8-year-old girl rescued in Abuja. ‘ The agency in a statement on Monday, March 18,…
DHQ Releases Names, Photos Of Soldiers Killed In Delta Attack
The identities of the Nigerian Army commander, three officers, and 12 soldiers who were killed by attackers in Delta community have been revealed. The Defence Headquarters shared their photos and names on X account on Monday. The fallen soldiers, serving with the 181 Amphibious Battalion, were on a peace-keeping mission…
Kidnapped Kaduna Students Are Being Held In Locations That Are Difficult To Get To – Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters has said that the 287 students of a school in Kuriga, Kaduna State, who were kidnapped last week are being held in locations that are difficult to get to. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who spoke to newsmen on Thursday, March 14,…
Troops Bust Kidnappers’ Den In Taraba, Rescue 3 Kidnapped Victims, Recover 8 Corpses
Troops of the troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued three victims and recovered eight bodies from a kidnappers’ den in Taraba State. The Nigerian Army disclosed in a statement on Thursday, March 14, 2024, said that one of the recovered corpses…
Border Reopening: Immigration Directs Personnel To Resume Duty
The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap, has directed all personnel deployed to the Nigeria-Niger border to resume work. Nandap gave the directive in a statement signed by the Acting Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Kure, on Thursday in Abuja. The order follows an earlier order by the Federal Government…
FG Begins Vocational Training For Inmates
The Federal Government has commenced vocational training to empower inmates in Nigeria’s 241 correctional facilities and prepare them for life after incarceration. This was disclosed at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education, Abiola Arogundade. Arogundade,…
How CBN Awarded Contracts To Emefiele’s Wife, in-law – EFCC
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Agboro Omowera, on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama that 10 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, including the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, minuted on the documents for the award of multi-million contracts to April…