The Nigeria Police Force has refuted claims that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, paid N2 billion for tenure extension, describing the allegations as untrue, unfounded, defamatory and libelous. Reacting to the story, the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, in a statement issued in Abuja and made...
Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo has promised a total reengineering of the Service to meet emerging security challenges. He made this promise on the occasion of the handover/takeover ceremony, held at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. He also pledged to "leverage on all factors of national location technology,...
Worried by the spate of civil strife, ethnic violence, kidnapping, armed banditry and general unrest across the country, leaders of the National Consultative Front, NCF, a frontline political pressure group have concluded arrangements to convoke what they term the people’s National Conference. Slated to hold come May, the conference will...
Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 3, 2021 arrested one Edidiong Emmanuel Inyang, a fake medical doctor who specializes in employment scam. He was arrested along Ritman University Road, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. TheFact Nigeria gathered that Inyang met his...
The Acting Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Hilary Kelechi Madu  has directed all Zonal commanders and State Commandants to ensure optimal enforcement and general compliance of Corona virus Disease (Covid-19) Health Protection Regulations 2021 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in their various...
Residents of four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Borno State have been forced to flee their homes due to incessant attacks staged by Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs). According to the Yobe State Police Command, the LGAs are Gubio, Magumeri, Kaga and Konduga. TheFact gathered from a statement on Thursday from the Public...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of IGP Mohammed Adamu, by three months. This was announced Thursday by Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Maigari Dingyadi. TheFact had earlier reported that Adamu was to hand over the reins of the Force on 1 February, having served in the Force for 35...
Nigerian Troops have besieged the stronghold of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the Sambisa Forest, known as the Timbuktu Triangle. Once described as “impenetrable”, the Timbuktu Triangle comprises Buk, Talala and Gorgi in the dreaded Sambisa Forest, including areas around the Lake Chad axis. The notorious Timbuktu triangle straddling Borno and...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the green light to arrest Mr. Richard Laing, Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria. Justice Okon Abang on Friday January 29, 2021 granted the Commission’s application for a Bench Warrant to arrest the managing director of the international...
The Police Service Commission has expressed sentiments of concern to President Muhammadu Buhari over the delay in the appointment of a new Police Force boss. Their concerns stem from the fact that the president's delay in appointing a new Inspector General of Police (IGP), poses a contravention to the provisions...