Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged the federal government to order a comprehensive simultaneous clearance operation against bandits operating in the hinterlands of Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi, and the Niger States.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, working with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested a total of eleven (11) notorious kidnapping suspects in Taraba State for their complicity and various criminal roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents in Taraba State.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
The police in Niger state said the Command’s tactical unit has successfully repelled armed bandits attempted attack at Wamba community, Mangoro and Bangi villages, in Mariga Local Government Area of the state and also recovered three abandoned motorcycles.
* Denies Alleged Maltreatment Of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB Leader
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The authorities of the Nigeria's State Security, the Department of State Services (DSS), has issued a firm warning to politicians, religious leaders, traditional rulers and all category of individuals whose utterances and actions are subverting the unity and peace of the country as well as undermining the authorities of the leadership of the country, to quietly desist from such acts or find themselves to blame.
By Sumaila Ogbaje
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Friday, assured Nigerians of visible signs of improved security across the country in the coming year.
By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)
President Muhammadu Buhari went livid on Wednesday over the trending news of the alleged killing of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
The Sokoto State Government, on Wednesday, commiserated with victims of the Gidan Bawa incident where terrorists were said to have burnt a vehicle conveying passengers from Sabon Birni enroute to other regions of the country.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Simon Asamber Lough, the Head of Chambers, Legal Section of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has been conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the establishment of a Special Desk for Persons with Disability in all the Police Zonal and State Commands across the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
* Recovers 19 AK47 Rifles, 10 Other Sophisticated Firearms, 453 Live Ammunition, 17 Stolen Cars
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Special Tactical Squad have arrested a total of thirty-two (32) notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, trading in illicit drugs, trans-border car theft, rape, amongst others.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
The police in Niger state has arrested a 50 years old Umar Samaila of Gussasu village, Maikunkele, Bosso Local Government Area of the state who serves as ‘spiritual adviser’ to notorious inter-state kidnappers operating between Niger and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
Niger state government has lamented that its landmass which used to be a blessing is now becoming a source of pain, as an appreciable number of combined forces of Boko-Haram and the ISWAP are in the state and openly operating in Borgu and Shiroro Loca Government Areas.
