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Boko Haram Funding: Brobe UAE’s Findings – Gov. Zulum Asks FG

10Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Security

Boko Haram Funding: Brobe UAE’s Findings – Gov. Zulum Asks FG

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has commended the alleged conviction of some Nigerians on charges bothering on sponsorship of the activities of terrorist sect, Boko Haram. The governor in a statement titled, ‘Zulum hails UAE on Boko haram sponsors’, asks FG to deploy a mult-stakeholder team to follow up, expand searchlight,’ released on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau asked the Federal Government to follow up the revelations of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the convicts. An Abu Dhabi appeal court had upheld the conviction of some Nigerians for allegedly bankrolling Boko Haram to the tune of almost N300m. According to the court, the convicts allegedly sent $782,000 to Boko Haram through bureau de change operations in 17 different transfers from Dubai to Nige...

#EndSARS: Police Didn’t Abdicate Duties in Ekiti – Commissioner of Police

7Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence, Youths

#EndSARS: Police Didn’t Abdicate Duties in Ekiti – Commissioner of Police

Ekiti State Police Command has stated that the protests that rocked the state during the agitation against the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) did not in any way force its operatives to abandon their duty posts in the state. This was disclosed by the State Police Commissioner, Mobayo Babatunde on Saturday. Speaking via telephone conversation with newsmen in Ado Ekiti, on Saturday, the CP, who spoke through the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, assured the people of the state that police will protect them while urging them not to entertain any fear. “We are fully on ground, we have not abandoned our duties in spite of the tensed atmosphere and killings of our police officers in some other states and burning of police stations here in Ekiti...

EndSARS: Anambra Police Commissioner Visits Vandalised Police Formations, Urges Officers to Remain Steadfast

7Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, News, Nigeria, Security

EndSARS: Anambra Police Commissioner Visits Vandalised Police Formations, Urges Officers to Remain Steadfast

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr John Abang has visited the different police offices destroyed by hooligans during the violent era of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country. CP Abang who went on the visits with high ranking members of the police force in Anambra State, urged the affected police officers not to play into the hands of the hoodlums by losing hope and to also know that their services to their host communities and the nation at large remain invaluable. The Police Commissioner stated that while ñary operational base would be immediately set up in affected Area Commands, as directed by the Inspector General of Police, stating that work must continue despite the recorded tragedies. He said that the force would remain committed to its security responsibi...

#EndSARS: Social Media Responsible for Escalation of Protests – IGP

5Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence, Youths

#EndSARS: Social Media Responsible for Escalation of Protests – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Muhammad Abubakar Adamu on Thursday said social media was the a vital weapon used in escalating the #EndSars protests that rocked the states of the federation. The IGP made the statement when he paid a courtesy visit to the state Governor Hope Uzodimma to check the level of damage done to both Government and private facilities in the course of the protest. “I came specifically to visit vandalized properties and to see the level of damage done to police facilities in Imo”, he said. He stated that the protests were not targeted at the SARS or Police, but an avenue for hoodlums to cause civil unrest and loot properties. He called on Nigerians not to experience what the country passed through during the protest again. The IGP commended Poli...

#EndSARS Protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi Appeals to Police Officers to Return to Duty Posts

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

#EndSARS Protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi Appeals to Police Officers to Return to Duty Posts

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, passionately appealed to men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to fully renew their ultimate commitment towards the provision of security of lives and property by returning to their duty posts across the state. Gov. Ugwuanyi made the appeal when he visited the Senior Police Officers Mess, Agbani Road, Enugu, to address and commiserate with the members of the Enugu State Police Command, over loss of lives of private citizens and security personnel, grievous bodily injuries as well as destruction of private and public properties including security infrastructure. The governor who described the mayhem unleashed by miscreants and hoodlums that hijacked the hitherto peaceful #EndSARS protests as “an unusual and challengi...

3Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Lagos News, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

#EndSARS: IGP Visits Sanwo-Olu

The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, visited Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the State House in Marina. Adamu during the visit lamented the degree of the damage caused by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests against police brutality last month. Briefing reporters, the IGP said he was in the state for an assessment of the police assets vandalised after the protest and to commiserate with residents. According to the government, six police officers were lynched in Lagos, 36 critically injured, while 46 police stations were torched. In a statement titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu Receives Police IG Over Coordinated Arson In Lagos’, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said his principal commiserated with the police chief over the mob ...

Police Release 11-year-old Boy Detained for Alleged Involvement in Edo Police Attack

1Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence, Youths

Police Release 11-year-old Boy Detained for Alleged Involvement in Edo Police Attack

The Police force in Edo State has freed an 11-year-old boy identified as Gift Osayuhi who was arrested last week over alleged involvement in the attack of a police station in the state. Osayuhi was arrested for taking part in the attack of Oba Market Police Station at Evbuotubu area of Benin City by hoodlums. He was accused to have put on the uniform of a police sergeant and proclaimed the Inspector-General of Police after the attack on the police station. Kola Edokpayi, coordinator of a Benin-based human rights group, Talakawa Parliament, who secured the released of the minor said they were disturbed when the police paraded the boy. Edokpayi said Osayuhi’s aspiration was to join the Nigeria Police and eventually rise to the position of the Inspector-General of Police in the fu...

Lekki Tollgate Shooting: Why We Won’t Disclose Identity of Soldiers Deployed – Army

1Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Lekki Tollgate Shooting: Why We Won’t Disclose Identity of Soldiers Deployed – Army

The Nigerian Army has said that it will reveal the identities of its personnel who were deployed in Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. This was disclosed by acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 81 Division’s spokesperson, Major Osoba Olaniyi. Amnesty international and other groups have claimed varied number of casualties resulting from the Lekki toll gate area shooting though the Lagos State government claim only one person was killed. The admission followed an earlier statement that no life was lost in the shooting. The Nigerian army had initially denied involvement in the shootings through a series of tweets. However, the army later stated that its personnel were the ones who carried out the operation, noting that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State ...

US Forces Rescue Kidnapped American in Nigeria

31Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Africa, Armed Forces, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, United States of America

US Forces Rescue Kidnapped American in Nigeria

US military forces has rescued an American citizen in Nigeria, the Pentagon stated on Saturday, days after he was kidnapped by gunmen in the south of neighbouring Niger and apparently taken across the border. The hostage, Philip Walton, was kidnapped on Monday night at Massalata, a village about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border with Nigeria. Walton is safe and in the care of the US State Department, the Pentagon said in a statement released on Saturday. US forces did not suffer any casualties in the rescue operation, it added. “The United States is committed to the safe return of all US citizens taken captive,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a separate statement. “We delivered on that commitment late last night in Nigeria, where some of our bravest and most ski...

What Happened at the Lekki Toll that Night – Accounts from Eye Witnesses and Investigations (Videos)

31Oct

By adminNo Comments

Crime, Human Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

What Happened at the Lekki Toll that Night – Accounts from Eye Witnesses and Investigations (Videos)

What happened at the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of 20th October 2020? There have been tales and counter tales from the protesters, the government and the military. Questions are being asked and no answers are being provided. Rather it appears that the government is trying hard to spin a narrative that exonerates the government and the armed forces. This is an investigative post written by Premium Times investigative reporters. ***********THIS IS AN INVESTIGATIVE PIECE PUBLISHED BY PREMIUM TIMES*********** At about 6:45 p.m. on October 20, men in military uniform arrived at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos in three Toyota Hilux vans and almost immediately began shooting into a crowd of peaceful protesters gathered there waving the Nigerian green-and-white flag and reciting the nation...