According to the NSCDC, the workshop which is expected to have 500 security personnel in attendance, will be held at the Nasarawa State Government House, Lafia, the state capital, on Thursday.

The Commander, National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, CSC Tersoo Shaapera, disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday in the Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

He explained that the attacks on many schools across the country necessitated the Federal Government to launch the programme, adding that the NSCDC will be collaborating with the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police Force, the Department of State Services, and private security organisations for the safe schools’ drive.

Shaapera mentioned the functions of the NSSRCC to include formulating school-host community engagement programmes for information gathering and security alert; advocacy, capacity development and creating awareness on safe schools approach; provide forensic evidence-based response, amongst others.

“The challenge cuts across all geo-political zones though with differences in its manifestation. Terrorism and insurgency has resulted in the worrisome kidnap and abduction of students and teachers with the destruction of physical structures of schools.

“The willingness and ability to end attacks on schools which has been overwhelmingly supported by the government, has today resulted in the establishment of the NSSRCC. The existence of the centre which is just 10 to 11 months is heartwarming,” Shaapera said.

The commander added, “For me as the Commander of the centre, the establishment of NSSRCC has come as a serious and strategic intervention to address the menace of insecurity in schools, and gladly, different measures have been taken as panacea to ending the problem.

“With the support and collaboration of all and sundry, I believe the goal is realisable. All we need to do is to demonstrate the willingness to support what the Federal Government has started. We must all unite against anything that will affect the teaching and learning process in any school, both the ones in urban, semi-urban and rural areas.”

Earlier, while welcoming Shaapera and his entourage to the state, the Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Abbas Bappa-Muhammed, pledged the total commitment of all personnel of the command to ensure the protection of schools across the 13 LGAs of the state.

Also, at the exercise held within the premises of Ataoja School of Science, Osogbo, the trainees were engaged in the area of inter-agencies relations, to better position them for the task of assisting in crime prevention.

Addressing the participants at the closing session of the training on Monday, the National Provost, NHFSS, Kehinde Ogunlade, harped on the importance of training for security volunteers to keep them abreast of their duties.

Speaking in a similar vein, Osun Commander of the NHFSS, Ahmed Nureni, said the participants were trained by officers from the Osun State Command of Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Security, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Immigration Service.

Nureni further said, “We have 1,200 hunters that came from all parts of Osun State for the 4-day training. Officers of the Nigeria Police Osun State Command, NSCDC, DSS, and the Immigration Service were here to train our men on their responsibilities.

“The participants were separated into different groups and the trainers took them through different aspects of our job.

“More importantly, they were trained on how to relate with conventional security organizations to achieve maximum results in keeping the environment safe for residents of the state. We also had training on intelligence gathering.

“We hope to keep doing this regularly. It is part of our plans for hunters in this state. We know every part of the state and the forests around. We have resolved to contribute our quota by assisting conventional security organizations but we can’t do it without acquiring relevant knowledge.”

The Director,  Army Public Relations,  Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday, said the security operatives carried out a sting operation on the site after an intelligence report.

He added that “the vigilant troops on storming the illegal refining site, discovered 35 modular ovens used for illegal refining of crude oil, three fabricated reservoirs, 30 dug-out reservoirs, and 75 galvanised pipes.”

Onyema said,  “In a sustained effort to deny oil thieves freedom of action in the  South-South Nigeria and protect the oil sector from economic sabotage, troops of 181 Amphibious battalion of the Nigerian Army, operating in 6 Division Area of Responsibility, in conjunction with operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, as well as operatives of Tantita Security, have uncovered a major illegal oil refining site at Owahwa community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

“The combined team of anti-oil theft troops discovered on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in a sting operation following a surveillance report on the illicit activities of illegal oil refiners in the area.”

Abraham disclosed that those deployed would maintain safety before, during and after this year’s Eid el-Fitr celebration in Gombe.

The Commandant’s announcement was contained in a press statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, DSC Buhari Sa’ad.

Abraham stressed that personnel would be deployed on major roads, patrol teams and surveillance squads to cover critical national assets, worship centres, recreation centres, marketplaces, motor parks, shopping centres and black spots across the state for adequate security of lives and properties.

The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, Achir Abraham, on Thursday, announced the deployment of 780 personnel for robust security arrangements and crime prevention.

Abraham disclosed that those deployed would maintain safety before, during and after this year’s Eid el-Fitr celebration in Gombe.

The Commandant’s announcement was contained in a press statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, DSC Buhari Sa’ad.

Abraham stressed that personnel would be deployed on major roads, patrol teams and surveillance squads to cover critical national assets, worship centres, recreation centres, marketplaces, motor parks, shopping centres and black spots across the state for adequate security of lives and properties.

The accident reportedly occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. The vehicle was also carrying operatives of the NSCDC to Lagos.

In a video on social media, people are seen rendering helping to pick up papers suspected to be electoral materials littered on the ground.

A man who spoke in the video said some of the passengers were injured adding that one of them sustained a head injury.

He however added that some senior officials of the NSCDC were moved to a different location.

He said, “When the accident happened the people at the back hit the wood and one person in front had a cut on the head. I don’t know if he will be able to survive. We then called for help. But some of the senior officers were moved to Gwarindada.”

As at the time of filling this report it was unclear whether there were any casualties or not.

Jibia said this during a visit on Tuesday to the NSCDC Command Headquarters in Ilorin.

He noted that the NSCDC had been contributing to the security well-being of the country since its establishment.

The Commander, who recently assumed duty, explained that the visit was to seek the cooperation of NSCDC, saying that no security agency can succeed in isolation.

“As the Chief of Defence Staff stated recently, the country is bleeding, security-wise, and we are in a very challenging situation.

“We believe there is a need for all the security agencies to come together and through this collaborative effort, we can be result-oriented,” he said.

Jibia added that over the years NSCDC had played major roles in the security of the country.

He said that it had become imperative to seek collaborative effort of the corps in order to achieve set out goals and objectives.

The commander explained that the 303 Medium Airlift Group of the NAF was established to provide all the medium airlifting requirements of the Nigeria Air Force.

He said that it would assist the force to accomplish its own security mandate across the country.

Responding, the state Commandant of NSCDC, Makinde Ayinla, said that it had become imperative for the security operatives to collaborate and work together.

The commandant recalled the working relationship between NSCDC and the Nigeria Army since when the Corps was established and assured the Air Force commander of the NSCDC readiness to parley with Air Force.

A member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, had recently introduced a bill in the green chamber proposing to scrap the Corps and merge it with the Nigeria Police Force.

He further directed state corps commandants to work closely with the Nigerian Correctional Service to fortify prison facilities that had come under attack in recent times

Addressing senior officers at a quarterly meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, the CG also demanded the timely submission of security and intelligence reports by state commandants, warning that anyone who failed to do so would be removed.

Audi stated, “The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has given us a marching order to protect all custodial facilities. So, I am directing you to work closely with the correctional service to provide security at all custodial facilities in your states. Attackers of prisons should be spoken to in the language they understand. Anyone who attacked custodial facilities should be dealt with by every means at your disposal.”

The CG disclosed that the corps in synergy with other agencies arrested 40 suspected oil thieves, and recovered 10 trucks, nine boats, 69 jerry cans/drums, 100 petroleum pipes and 83 sacks filled with suspected adulterated petroleum products in different parts of Rivers State.

Other recovered items, according to him, include seven pumping machines, seven units of 40HP Yamaha engines, one 90HP Yamaha engine and several hoses used for syphoning diesel. Audi explained that in the last 12 months, the corps has arrested 503 suspects, while 481 were being prosecuted and 122 were convicted, noting that 79 illegal refineries were destroyed.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and made available to newsmen in Kano on Sunday.

The statement explained that the Commandant of the NSCDC, Abu Tambuwal, who approved the deployment, assured that the command had expanded its intelligence network with a view to nip in the bud any security threat in the state during the festive period.

He said the Corps is on alert and poised to deal decisively with miscreants who might wish to cause trouble and disrupt public peace in whatever guise before, during and after Sallah.

The statement added. “The general public are to be calm as all efforts are being made by the Corps and indeed all other security agencies for a hitch free Eid-el Kabir celebrations in Kano,”

More than two million Nigerians applied for vacancies in the two Agencies under the Ministry of Interior.

According to a statement issued by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Alhaji Mohammed Manga, the exercise would be conducted in collaboration with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Manga said the conduct of the forthcoming Computer-Based Aptitude Test for recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was aimed at ensuring transparency, equity and justice in the recruitment process.

He said the partnership would provide all eligible and qualified Nigerians who applied for various posts in the Services equal opportunity to be employed in line with the present administration’s policy thrust of ensuring transparency in the conduct of government business.

On Monday, a mob stormed the warehouse and carted away the palliatives. A video that made the rounds on social media, showed the officer grabbing his own palliative.

In a statement released on Tuesday night October 27, Ekunola Gbenga who is the Media Assistant to the Commandant General NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, said Ibrahim was dismissed for joining the hoodlums in looting Covid-19 palliatives discovered in a warehouse in Gwagwalada, Abuja.

Ekunola said “The recommendation was given after the officer was charged under the public service rule which is related to unbecoming conduct of officers. This disciplinary measure was taken after a series of investigations and deliberations by the junior disciplinary committee and recommendations were made to the management. The CG appreciates officers and men of the Corps including members of the public for providing useful information that has continued to assist the Corps in identifying unfit individuals within the ranks for appropriate action. He tasked the personnel to remain committed, resolute and firm in the discharge of their duties”