NO fewer than three persons involved in illegal mining activities have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State. Our correspondent reports that they were arrested at a site in the Gamawa community in Akko LGA, operating in …
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NSCDC: Owie Condemns Attempt to Appoint a Non-Career CG
FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Rowland Owie, has expressed deep concern over the proposed appointment of a non-career personnel as the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) by President Bola Tinubu. Reacting to reports that the appointment of an ‘outsider’ as Commandant-General …
Read More »NSCDC Arrests Suspected Bandit, Fake Medical Doctor In Bauchi
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bauchi State Command, said its personnel have arrested one suspected kidnapper and a fake medical doctor. This was contained in a statement by DSC Ibrahim Abubakar Garko, Public Relation Officer, Bauchi State Command According to the statement, the arrest of the kidnapper …
Read More »NSCDC Arrest 100 For Alleged Energy Theft In Osun
THE Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it arrested at least 100 persons for alleged energy theft in the past seven months in different parts of the state. Sunday Agboola, the commandant of Osun NSCDC, said the suspects were arrested during a joint …
Read More »Gunmen Kill Civil Defence Personnel, Abduct One Person In Bauchi
GUNMEN have killed a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The gunmen also attacked a Fulani settlement known as Rawul close to Gamji village where they abducted one person. The incident was said to …
Read More »Trader Remanded For Allegedly Defiling Minor In Kaduna
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 28-year-old trader, Ham Ishaya, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. Ishaya was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with rape, contrary to Section 258 of the Kaduna State Penal …
Read More »NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspected illegal Miners In Akwa Ibom
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Akwa Ibom State Command said it has apprehended 12 illegal miners and impounded six trucks used for the operations. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, disclosed this to newsmen in press briefing at the Command headquarters in Uyo on Wednesday. …
Read More »Jigawa Governor Raises Concern Over Exclusion In NSCDC Recruitment Exercise
Malam Umar Namadi Danmodi, the Governor of Jigawa State, has expressed his deep concern over the recent recruitment exercise conducted by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), in which the state was allegedly denied its fair share of positions. A press statement posted on the Facebook timeline of …
Read More »FCT NSCDC Gets New Commandant
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has announced the redeployment of the Corps spokesperson, Commandant Olusola Odumosu as the new helmsman for the FCT Command. Audi disclosed this in a statement signed by the new Spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Friday. The CG directed …
Read More »JTF Hands Over Suspected Oil Thieves To NSCDC In Delta
THE Joint Task Force JTF), Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) of the Nigeria Army, has handed over 12 suspected oil thieves to the Delta Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for prosecution. At the ceremony on Saturday in Asaba, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 63 Brigade, …
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