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By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu With the year inching to a close, Commissioner of Police (CP), Enugu State Command, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, held a strategic conference with senior police officers as part of measures to strengthen security and public safety during the so-called'ember' months and the approaching festive period. In a statement by the Police Public Relations officer (PPRO) of the State Command, Daniel Ndukwe, the CP explained that the conference was to review the Command’s security strategies and ensure effective coordination of policing operations across the State. Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), Area Commanders, Divisional…

By our reporter “Well, I don’t know if unhappy is an issue. I think if there’s anything worse than unhappy, we can never be happy with somebody who has deliberately planned for the killing of our people." These were pain-filled words from Defence Minister, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, as he reflected on the administration of now-detained former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai was Governor from 2015-2023. General Musa made the allegation while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday (yesterday). General Musa spoke in response to questions fired at him during the programme. The…

*It's A Money-Spinning Business, He Says By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Profiteers from the misery and death of others. That was the claim of Borno-based cleric and activist, Rev. Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, who alleged that some unidentified politicians in Borno State, elders and elites are complicit in prolonging the Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgency because it has become a “money-spinning business.” In a statement issued on 2 September, 2026, Dikwa, who is also the Director General (DG), Centre For Justice On Religious And Ethnicity In Nigeria, claimed that the conflict, which has reportedly cost thousands of lives and displaced many…

*Suspects In Custody Police crackdown on criminals and suspects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been unrelenting with detectives arresting two suspected child traffickers and rescuing a four-year-old girl in Kuje, a satellite town located about 33km from Abuja, the nation's capital. In a statement, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the FCT Police Command, Superintendent (SP) Josephine Adeh, identified the suspects as Rose Daniel and Blessing John. Adeh stated that they were apprehended on 27 August, 2026, while allegedly attempting to flee with the child, Ummi Mariam Abdullah. According to Adeh, the arrests followed a tip-off provided by a…