Category: Security

Lagos, Oyo, others target of religious violence – DSS

  Nationnewslead reports that There are plans to instigate religious unrest across the country, the Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm....

Police ban unauthorised use of siren, unregistered plate numbers

  Nationnewslead reports that The Police Command in Zamfara has banned unauthorised use of siren, revolving light, tinted glasses, unregistered, covered and spy...

Ekiti Police begins 24hrs patrol operation to combat kidnapping

  Nationnewslead reports that Ekiti State Police Command has said it has decentralized the Response Squad (RRS) unit of the police to increase patrol operation...

1,250 Deployed As community Policing Begins

  Nationnewslead reports that The Nigeria Police on Tuesday deployed 1,250 special constabulary police, toward boosting community policing in Lagos State Command....

Amotekun to kick off in Ogun January — Gov Abiodun

  Nationnewslead reports that Poised to tackle insecurity and enhance community policing, the Ogun State government says that the Southwest Security Network,...

Oyo: Amotekun Commander Links Hoodlums To Makinde’s Aides

  Nationnewslead reports that The Commander of Oyo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju, (retd), has said some of the aides...

Amotekun operative shoots policeman in Oyo

  Nationnewslead reports that An operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency otherwise known as Amotekun has shot a policeman, Fatai Yekini, in Oyo town. The...

Police council may nominate new IGP February

  Nationnewslead reports that There are indications that the Nigerian Police Council may nominate a new Inspector-General of Police by February. It is unclear if...

Amotekun to kick off in Ogun January — Gov Abiodun

  Nationnewslead reports that Poised to tackle insecurity and enhance community policing, the Ogun State government says that the Southwest Security Network,...

Osun command gets a new commissioner of police

  Nationnewslead reports that Following the promotion and redeployment of Undue Adie, the police authority has redeployed another Commissioner of Police to Osun...

Insecurity: State Govt Bans Use Of Motorcycles In Three LGAs

  Nationnewslead reports that Following the renewed insecurity in the Sankera axis in Benue State, the State Security Council on Tuesday banned the use of...

The dead student was an armed robber — Amotekun

  Nationnewslead reports that CONTROVERSY, yesterday, trailed the alleged killing of a suspected armed robber by operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network,...

Osun NSCDC charges residents on peace, deploy 1,565 personnel

  Nationnewslead reports that The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has called on residents of the state to maintain peace during...

Police parade 15 suspects for ‘stealing’ transformers

  Nationnewslead reports that The police in Bayelsa State have arrested 15 persons who allegedly specialise in vandalising armoured cables, solar batteries,...

Police ban carnivals as curfew begins

  Nationnewslead reports that The Lagos State Police Command has banned Christmas carnivals and street parties and night clubs, as part of efforts to contain the...

Why Amotekun Can’t Carry Firearms, Says Ex-IG Ehindero

  Nationnewslead reports that A  former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, has cautioned operatives of the South-West Security Network, codenamed...

Blasphemy: Court orders IGP to release Facebook user detained since February

  Nationnewslead reports that The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Nigeria Police Force, to...

Our boarders are more secure now — Aregbesola

  Nationnewslead reports that The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that the country’s boarders are now more secured with the deployment of...

We’re waiting for government’s permission to lead war against Boko Haram – Borno vigilance group commandant

Adamsi Tar is the Borno State Commandant, Vigilante Group of Nigeria. In this interview with DOGARA BITRUS, he laments his group’s inability to get government’s...

How we negotiated release of 344 schoolboys without military force

  Nationnewslead reports that Following the release of 344 abducted students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Masari on...