Eastern Security News Today

  Between October 28, 2019 and April 25, 2024, fewer than 6,356 inmates escaped from Nigerian Correctional Service Centres in a series of successful jailbreaks. This amounts to 13 in number, a report by WikkiTimes said. Recently, Nigeria has experienced several jailbreaks, posing a threat to public safety. These incidents have raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of security measures within the country’s prison system and also highlighted the need for reforms.  

The spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday

Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State with frequent attacks by armed persons.

The General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of Nigeria Army, Major General Taiwo Dada, has called on leaders, stakeholders and indigenes

By Egungwu Chukwuka Benjamin As we all know, everything that has an advantage also has a disadvantage. State Policing has become one of the most controversial topics still under deliberation by Nigerian lawmakers. The bill which was proposed by Rep. Benjamin Kalu and other 15 law makers has been passed for a second reading. When

Armed persons had attacked the Owerri Correctional Centre and freed a total of 1,844 prisoners in April 2021.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, disclosed these in a statement he made available to newsmen.

The Imo State Police Command has arrested the alleged kidnapper of an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Sabinus Ugwuebu, and former Eze Imo, HRH

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Our correspondents, who were at the Mobolaji Johnson, Lagos, and Abuja stations, confirmed that a train, designed to accommodate 648 passengers, recorded a surplus leading to some individuals standing without seats.