Ogun commandant praises Obasanjo over defence corps
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Commander Ayodele Olusola Phillips, has commended ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, on his administration’s bold initiative to recognise and give legal teeth to the corps. Phillips showered the praises on Obasanjo when he paid courtesy call on the […]
Ogun NSCDC to deploy 2,500 personnel for Eid-el-Kabir festival
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is set to deploy 2,500 personnel to provide additional security in and around the state during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Dyke Ogbonnaya, said in a news release that the personnel would be […]
College Provost bans unionism, cultism, warns maiden students
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Provost of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) College of Security Management, Ogun State Command, Commandant Rachael Oluwafunmi Awosusi, has read riot acts to the maiden students of the college. Awosusi warned the students, who will obtain Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Security Operations and Management at […]
Ogun NSCDC probes alleged detention, torture of surveyor by officer
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced investigation into allegation of detention and torture levelled against one of its officers, Sobayo Onajole. The Command Public Relations Officer, Kareem Olanrewaju, told GatewayMail on Wednesday, that action had commenced to find out what […]
NSCDC arrests ‘Jesus the kidnapper’ in Ogun
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a man, who called himself ‘Jesus’, for alleged kidnapping. The 29-year-old man simply identified as Chukwuemeka, an indigene of Umuhia Local Government Area of Abia State, was arrested last Tuesday in Akinale, Ewekoro North […]
Obasanjo laments low number of women in positions of power
NIGERIA: FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo is not happy that a large number of women are not in position of authorities – both in the government and private organisations. The ex-President made the lamentation when he received the first female Commandant of the Civil Defence College of Security Management, Ogun State Command, Rachael Awonusi who […]
NSCDC begins demolition of houses, shops in Ogun
NIGERIA: TO prevent danger and ensure safety of the people, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun State has commenced demolition of houses and shops erected on pipelines. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kareem Olanrewaju, who confirmed this to GatewayMail at the weekend said that the exercise began last Friday […]
Fuel: NSCDC men attack station manager, four others in Abeokuta
NIGERIA: MEN of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDS) Ogun State Command at the weekend allegedly injured five persons in their desperate attempt to force their way into a fuel station in Abeokuta. The incident occurred last Friday at the MRS fuel station at Isale-Igbein area of the state capital. The station […]
