Gunmen have again attacked Catholic’s Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School, Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, kidnapping three students in the process. The incident reportedly occurred on Thursday night, at about 9 pm. The daredevil hoodlums who unleashed terror, killed an operative of the Nigerian Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), attached to…
No fewer than two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have lost their lives when a joint security patrol team was ambushed by armed men at Udei in Guma Local Council of Benue State. At least three other officers have been missing since the incident, which happened on Tuesday. It was…
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) on Monday, June 23, announced that recruitment into the four agencies under the ministry of interior has officially started. According to a statement issued by the Federal Fire Service (FFS) headquarters’ public relations unit, applications will be accepted for Nigerians interested in working with the…
A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, Adam Imam Yusuf, has been arrested over the alleged diversion of more than ₦3 billion. Yusuf was arrested by officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). ICPC disclosed this in a statement on its website,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Sokoto State Command, has apprehended three suspects connected to the abduction and gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, Amina Abdullahi, in Gantsare village, the Wammako Local Government Area of the state. This is according to a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the command’s…
Some hoodlums have allegedly beaten a yet-to-be identified female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to stupor in Kwara State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred during the turbaning of a newly appointed traditional title holder in Ilọrin. According to eyewitnesses, the hoodlums swam on the female officer, a mother of…
A 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, has been docked by operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC for allegedly killing her eight months old daughter with rat poison in Kafanchan area of Kaduna State. Michael, was arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday on charges bordering on culpable homicide,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara Command has detained for prosecution a suspected 19-year-old kidnapper, Abu-Umar. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Umar Mohammed confirmed his detention at a news conference on Monday, in Ilorin. Mohammed said the suspect allegedly planned the abduction of a mother and her two children. “The suspect was…
Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been confirmed dead following an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents during an inspection tour of the national grid installations in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on November 18, 2024. The attack, which occurred near the boundary between Niger and Kaduna states,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command has arrested eight teenagers for alleged conspiracy, sexual abuse and unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl at the Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects are Matthew Omotayo, age 17 Mojeeb Solomon, 16 years; Olamilekan Adefuye, 18 years; Damilola…