Security

BENIN CITY-The Edo State Police Commissioner CP Lawan Jimeta Tanko has charged officers of the command to always observe all the precautions emplaced at preventing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The police boss also urged operatives of the state command to take the lead in enforcing the federal, state and local governments …

Abuja – The Federal Government says it is considering stopping inter-state and inter-town travels, except for essential services, among measures to stop spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing to give update on the …

Benin City – In defiance to the police authorities directive, ordering its men to ensure that bail is free, police at Okhoro divisional headquarters in Benin City, Edo state capital last week Monday collected ₦20,000 to release detained mother and her 14 Year Old daughter. The mother and daughter who …

Abuja – Nigeria has placed restriction on travellers from 13 major countries affected by the coronavirus, according to Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to Government of the Federation. Mustapha announced the placement of the restriction at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The 13 countries include China, Italy, Iran, South …

OLOGBO-The Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom Chief Johnson Atselege JP has said that the Bini and Itsekiri ethnic groups in Ologbo would continue to coexist peacefully if the Enogie of Ologbo HRH Jason Owen Akenzua respects the various ancestral agreements between the two parties. Chief Atselege also noted that the ongoing …

ABUJA – The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, says the National Assembly (NASS) has commenced the process of creating alternative sources of fund for the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Gbajabiamila disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at the opening of a two-day Capacity Building Workshop/Retreat organised by …

ASABA – Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called on the Federal Government to adopt a more proactive meachures in addressing the issue of farmers/ herders clash to avoid the massive Killings of Nigerians Okowa, at the 2020 Quarterly Media interaction with Journalists in Asaba on Thursday said he …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and other South-South State governors have set in motion machinery that would see to the establishment of a regional security outfit. Obaseki, who disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with the governors in …

ASABA – The South South Governors met on Thursday in Asaba to unford plans to establish security outfits to over come the serious security challenges confronting the region. The Governors who met in close door for about two hours are to replicate Amotekun in the South-South with a view to …

LAGOS – Lagos state Assembly has passed Amotekun corps bill into an existing law on the Neighbourhood Safety Corps to accommodate Amotekun. The house on Tuesday, March 3, passed the bill on Amotekun after it scaled the third reading by the lawmakers. Earlier passing the bill, the speaker Mudashiru Obasa …