By Eze Jude. O

Since last week, goodwill messages have been pouring in for the newly decorated police chief, Usman Alkali Baba. His predecessor, Mohammed Adamu's removal while on official tour seems to be a sad and ignoble end to a successful career. Yet it was avoidable if he had said no to an illegal extension.

By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief South East) and Gloria Acholonu (Imo State Correspondent)

After several months of intense deliberations on the appropriate modalities and form a new regional security outfit for the South East Zone would take, governors in the five states of Igboland met in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Sunday, April 11, 2021, to unveil Ebube Agu (the glory of a Lion), a security body that would tackle the security challenges in the zone

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11

The authorities of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has refuted a trending social media report claiming that the Academy has suspended the use of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 73 Regular Course.

• * Says 12 Soldiers On Peace Mission Were Murdered In The Area

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11

Claims of massive killings and destruction of houses and properties by troops in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State have been debunked by the Defence Headquarters of the Nigerian Army.

By Joseph Tapgun (Plateau State Correspondent)

Governors of the Northern zones have advised the new Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to urgently adopt proactive measures to arrest the rising crime wave in the country.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11

The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Faruk Yahaya, had called on the media to support the ongoing operation to rout Boko Haram terrorists in the country.

• * Says NISS Always Advertise Its Events On The Institute's Website

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) has denied that the institute is holding any award ceremony today, Saturday, April.10, 2021, or anytime soon.

• * Evolve New Strategies And Responses To Tackle Security Threats

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The new Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, NPM, psc (+), FDC has met with Police Strategic Commanders – Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, Commissioners of Police and Deputy Commissioners of Police (Operations) – in the South-South and the South-Eastern States of the country.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Department of State Services (DSS) denies the misleading news by www.saharareporters.com that it tortured Sa'idu Afaka, the President’s official driver to death.

• * 'They're Plotting To Bring Down Buhari's Govt'

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has blamed the recent attack on security facilities in the state on aggrieved politicians, saying their aim was to destabilize his government and that of President Muhammadu Buhari.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Nigeria's Police Affairs Minister, Maigari Dingyadi, has said the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following the completion of the selection process for a new Inspector General.

• * As Former IGP Muhammed Adamu Retires From Service

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The new Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, assumed duty as the Inspector General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.