Security officials avert masquerades, Hausa bloody clash in Ondo
By Olu AJAYI NIGERIA: MEN of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army and the State Security Service have averted what could have resulted in a bloodbath between masquerade worshippers and some suspected Hausas in Akure. GatewayMail gathered that despite the intervention, at the end of the Sunday evening free for all between the Hausa […]
Ogun trains 430 vigilante officers to tackle kidnapping
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: NO fewer than 430 officers of the Vigilante Service of Ogun State (VSO) have been trained to tackle kidnapping and other violent crimes in the society. The five-day special training programme, which was organised by the state security agency in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command […]
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 […]
Ambode gets OPS, others’ N1bn for Lagos security, judicial reforms
NIGERIA: OVER N1 billion has been raised by the Lagos State government as donations to aid the proposed reforms in the security and judicial sectors of the state. The donations were made by individuals and various corporate organisations, just as many others, too, pledged to provide security patrol vehicles and gadgets, and technical support. The […]
