OVER 160 ECWA MEMBERS HELD HOSTAGE IN KADUNA, KOGI AMID RISING INSECURITY – CHURCH LEADERS WARN
No fewer than 160 members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) are currently in captivity across Kaduna and Kogi states, with their families facing...
PSC PROMOTES OFFICER TO DIG, ELEVATES TWO CPS, 26,119 INSPECTORS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Funsho Adegboye to the rank of...
IGP EGBETOKUN, TARABA GOVERNOR HOLD TALKS ON REGIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
By: Fasasi Hammad The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has received the Executive Governor of Taraba State, His Excellency, Dr. Agbu...
FG TO STOP IMPORTATION OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
HOTJIST NEWS With intentions to develop all necessary assets locally within the next two to five years, the Federal Government has stated that it is laying the groundwork to stop importing defense and security equipment. Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defense, made this statement on Thursday in Abuja during the launching of a number of Nigerian-made civilian armored vehicles as well as the DICON X-Shield light tactical armored vehicle. Major General Babatunde Alaya, the Director-General of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, attended the event on behalf of Matawalle, who stated that the current initiatives in indigenous defense manufacturing were merely the beginning of a larger plan to produce all military and security equipment locally. "This is only the start. We will take additional steps to guarantee that all necessary defense and security equipment is manufactured domestically, and in two to five years there will not be any more imports," he stated. He said the future of Nigeria’s defence and security capability would be built locally through indigenous innovation and...
HEAVY GUNFIRE ERUPTS NEAR NIAMEY’S AIRPORT IN NIGER
[caption id="attachment_104826" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Federal Government has repatriated 150 Nigerians who were trapped in Niamey, Niger Republic.[/caption] A burst of heavy gunfire and explosions...
KANO MAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING MOTHER, ILLEGAL FIREARM POSSESSION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Ididiong James, for allegedly assaulting his mother and unlawfully possessing a...
OYO POLICE ARREST TWO SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS, RECOVER MULTIPLE STOLEN VEHICLES
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered several stolen vehicles following an intelligence-led operation in...
POLICE UNCOVER N7.7BN TELECOMS FRAUD, ARREST SIX SUSPECTS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigeria Police Force has uncovered a ₦7.7 billion cyber-enabled telecommunications fraud involving the illegal diversion of airtime and data resources,...
BREAKING: KWARA MIYETTI ALLAH PRESIDENT, LEADERS ARRESTED OVER KIDNAPPING, BANDITRY
By: Fasasi Hammad Leaders of the Kwara State chapter of Miyetti Allah, including their President, Idris Abubakar, have been arrested for alleged involvement in kidnapping...
AKPABIO SUSPENDS DEBATE OVER US AIRSTRIKES AMID INSECURITY CONCERNS
By: Fasasi Hammad The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday postponed an open discussion on the December 25 US airstrikes on suspected terrorist camps in Sokoto State....
