By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RISING INSECURITY across the country has prompted the federal government to declare a nationwide security emergency, accompanied by the immediate expansion of police and armed forces personnel. The statement authorised by Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu urged the police to recruit an addi...
By Joyce Eyaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISING BANDITORY, terrorism, and other heinous crimes across Nigeria have prompted a major security overhaul in Ogun State, with authorities moving to strengthen law enforcement and safeguard lives and property. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed that the state government will begin documenting all undocument...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter UPDATE REPORTS indicate tense moments gripped a rural community near Kwara State after armed bandits attempted an evening incursion, but security volunteers swiftly confronted the threat and forced the attackers to retreat. Reports indicated that the incident triggered brief panic among residents before the local secur...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent REDEPLOYMENT OF police officers previously assigned to protect Nigeria’s supposed Very Important Personalities has commenced after being recalled to their bases and reassigned to routine community policing duties, as the presidency moves to bolster police presence in underserved areas. The dire...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SECURITY EFFORTS surrounding the release of 38 abducted church worshippers in Kwara State have come under clearer focus after the presidency confirmed that a non-kinetic strategy guided the operation. The disclosure followed several days of silence from government and military channels on how t...
By Joyce Eyaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter CLOSED-DOOR deliberations in Ibadan signalled a decisive shift in the security stance of the South-West Governors’ Forum (S-WGF) on Monday, as leaders of the six states jointly declared that the establishment of state police “can no longer be delayed” and unveiled a new framework for regional security coor...
By Joke Kujenya FRESH CONFIRMATION from Ilorin detailed the release of 38 worshippers abducted during the attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The announcement emerged through a statement from Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, who conv...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AGAIN, GUNMEN struck in Niger State barely one week after the Maga kidnapping of 25 girls, with armed attackers invading St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area and abducting students and members of staff in the early hours of Friday, where they made away...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia AUTHORITIES REPORTED on Tuesday that one of the 25 abducted students from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State has escaped and is safe, as joint security teams and local hunters continue a coordinated search for the remaining missing schoolgirls, according to AP News. Their confirmation came afte...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, following the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and an armed attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, Kwara State. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser ...
