In continuation of the series of consultations with a number of leading traditional rulers in different states to help bolster security architecture in local communities and effectively tackle security challenges around the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) met with traditional rulers in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Tuesday.
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Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as Shiites, on Tuesday embarked on a fresh protest to demand for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission has called on Nigerians to provide it with useful information on corrupt individuals.
The Federal Government on Tuesday called for collective approach by the all tiers of government, all faith based organisations and all communities to address the security challenges in the country.
Benjamin Dabo told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone on Tuesday that his wife was allegedly killed at a police check point at Ovwian Aladja.
A woman, simply identified as Abidemi, has accused an Inspector of Police, Ijisakin Amos Temitope, of Adatan Police Station in Abeokuta, Ogun State of battering her.
The Police on Monday confirmed the death of Usman Umar, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, in the violent protest by members of the Shiitte movement in Abuja.
Governors in the South West Zone on Monday rose from a meeting in Akure pledging a new security architecture that would address the security challenges in the region.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sympathised with victims of banditry attack in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto state, while also promising to do everything possible to tackle insecurity in the country.
International Federation of Women Lawyers has called on Kaduna state government to change the punishment for rape and defilement from 14 years to death penalty by hanging.
A repentant Boko Haram fighter, Kyari Buguma, has called on insurgents still in the bush to lay down their arms to end insurgency and restore peace to the North-East.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered immediate take-over of investigation in the rape allegation against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly.
The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Muhammad Garba, made the disclosure during an inspection of the items in Lagos on Monday.
Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Shafa, the Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, made the disclosure during the handing over of the repentant insurgents at the Bulunkutu Rehabilitation Center, Maiduguri.
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said the nation had spent about N2 trillion on constituency projects without commensurate development at the grassroots.
A robbery suspect arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for using tricycle to rob a television presenter has disclosed that he was paid N8,000 for every obbery operation he participated in with the gang.
The Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa has declared some activities in the social media as a national, regional and continental security threat.
In an unprecedented development, Nigerians have been appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa as well as its Executive Secretary for the next one year and five years respectively.
The Kano State Police Command said it had arrested a 57-year-old man, Tijjani Yahaya, for allegedly stabbing his 20-year-old brother, Aminu Mohammad, to death.
Biu made the call at a feast organized in his honour on Saturday at the Command Guest House, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.