Security

 By: Oluwakemi Kindness   Ahead of the planned nationwide protest, Organisers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide demonstrations slated for August have rejected the proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, during a meeting with the organisers on Tuesday, suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies. “Egbetokun cautioned that it is not advisable to […]

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria police has arrested a 34-year-old TikToker, Suleiman Yakubu, resident of Jos North, for instigating violence. His arrest follows a recent viral video on TikTok, where an individual incited violence against state critical infrastructures, law enforcement agencies, and private individuals in Plateau State, in connection with the planned nationwide protest. Parading the suspect in Abuja on Tuesday, the Force Public Relations officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said after […]

The Nigerian Police, FCT Command has vowed to resist violence during the planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh in Abuja on Friday, said the FCT Command has also deployed a total of four thousand two hundred police officers to curb any form of violence that might arise during the protest. The command was reacting in anticipation of the planned nationwide […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), says the planned nationwide protest has the potential of degenerating into anarchy, and reign of terror based on the situational analysis by the military high command. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba made this statement in Thursday while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja. Buba said the military had thoroughly examined several factors such as whether or not the […]

President Bola Tinubu, has pledged to empower the Nigeria Police Force with more weapons, training and personnel to boost its capacity to fight crimes. The President made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF-NCCC) and the Nigeria Police Force Resource Centre. Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy Dr. Bosun Tijani said the pledge […]

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, has called on residents and indigenes not to partake in the nationwide protest. Some groups and citizens had scheduled a nationwide protest for August 1 in response to the economic hardship in the country. However, the FCT CP, while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, urged residents to shun the protest. He stated that the police have made significant efforts to ensure […]

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Thursday denied allegations that the military and police provide security for illegal mining sites and miners in the country. They made this denial at a hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Mineral Resources, chaired by Jonathan Gaza, The CDS who was represented by the Director of Operations Defence Headquarters, […]