Category: Security / Safety
Smuggling: FG Uncovers 32 Illegal Routes
The Federal Government has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, made the revelation on Tuesday while presenting his address at a conference on Public Wealth Management held in Abuja....
Scrap NSCDC, FRSC, Enang Tells Tinubu
To successfully establish State Police, Senator in the 7th National Assembly, Senator Ita Enang, has advised President Bola Tinubu to abolish the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and incorporate the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with the Nig...
PDP Govs Insist On State Police
State Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation. The governors who spoke in Abuja also decried the free fall...
How Bandits Killed Our Driver, Abduct Abuja-Bound Passengers, By GUO Transport
Long-distance luxury and minibus transport company, GUO Transport Co, has confirmed that one of its Hiace buses that left Lagos on Friday for Abuja, was attacked by bandits who killed the driver and abducted the passengers. GUO Transport said in...
ABC Transport Reiterates Commitment To Safety, Security
The management of ABC Transport Plc has thanked all stakeholders for their support, solidarity and prayers during the abduction of its passengers and driver, “who have now regained their freedom”. A statement by the head, Innovation and Stra...
Abducted Passengers Of GIG, ABC Transport Buses Regain Freedom
All the 14 passengers of God Is Good (GIG) Motors and ABC Transport on Thursday finally regained freedom from their abductors in Kogi. SP Williams Ovye-Aya, Kogi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, who confirmed their release to the News Agency...
Tin Can Island Customs Intercepts Cocaine, Colorado Worth N4.27b
The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Command has intercepted four containers laden with illicit drugs, arms and ammunition imported from South Africa and Canada.Comptroller General of the Service, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this while addressing journali...
Osun To Establish State Security Trust Fund
As part of efforts to secure lives and property of residents in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the establishment of a State Security Trust Fund as a matter of urgency. In response to logistic and operational needs of...
FRSC: 5,081 Persons Died In Road Crashes Nationwide In 2023
No fewer than 5,01 people were killed in Road Traffic Crashes in 2023 nationwide, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has disclosed. According to FRSC, this is against 6,456 in 2022, representing 21 per cent reduction. The Corps Marshal, Dauda...
NSC Decries Rail Tracks Vandalism
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has expressed concern over the vandalism and theft of railway tracks connecting inland ports across the country. The council’s Executive Secretary, Pius Akutah, raised the concern on Tuesday while inspecting the Funtua ...
Tin Can Customs Targets N1.130Trilion In 2024
For the year 2024 fiscal year, the Tin Can Island Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has set a revenue target of N1.130tillion. Meanwhile, the Command has announced a revenue generation of N716bn for last year as against 801bn target it...
Archbishop Martins Decries Renewed Plateau Killings, Kidnappings
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has said that the renewed wave of killings and kidnappings in Plateau State and other parts of the country by terrorists suggests that the government is gradually losing the battle...
NDLEA Intercepts Hard Drugs From US
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of ‘Colorado’, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, ...