The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), command in Kano State has deployed 1,926 personnel for the Jan.16, local government council poll in the state.Abu Tambuwal, the state NSCDC Commandant said this in a statement by the spokesman of the Corps, ASC Ibrahim Abdullahi, on Thursday in Kano. Tambuwal said the personnel drawn from various departments, divisions and units of the Corps were deployed to provide adequate security as well as to ensure crowd control in 8,084 polling units, wards and collation centres across the state. “We will ensure…
Read MoreTag: NSCDC
Savings: NSCDC Kaduna Command gets new members of Co-operative society.
By; Sani Magaji Muhammed, Kaduna. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps NSCDC Kaduna Command dissolved the executives of its co-operative society and inaugurated new members. Of cause, saving culture is a difficult one, especially in a clime like ours where the take home pay cannot take some home. Hence the introduction of Cooperative Societies by some organisations to aid their staff. After the inauguration of the new members, the Commandant Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kaduna State Command, Nuruddeen Abdullahi who is also the patron of the co-operative society…
Read MoreNSCDC deploys 2,100 personnel in Plateau
The Plateau State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had deployed 2,100 personnel to ensure peaceful and hitch-free Christmas and New Year celebrations in the State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Jos, yesterday. According to Tanimola, some of the personnel will conduct routine patrols, while others will be stationed in flashpoints to curtail any situation that will breed violence. He quoted the Commandant of the corps in the state, Stephen Jiyason, as appealing…
Read More191,000 job applicants write exams to fill 9,460 vacancies
About 191,000 job applicants are being tested today by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to fill 9,460 vacancies in the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, Yakmut Alhassan Saleh, said the computer-based exam is taking place simultaneously in 126 centres across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He said, “All over the country, we have almost 190,000 candidates out of which 113,000 are Civil Defence, and 78,000…
Read MoreOndo Guber: NSCDC deploys 7,079 personnel, 60 dogs
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has deployed no fewer than 7,079 personnel and 60 sniffer dogs to provide adequate security for the Oct. 10 Ondo State governorship election. Hillary Madu, Deputy Commander-General, DCG, in charge of Operations disclosed this known while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Akure. Mr Madu, who explained that the personnel were drawn from seven commands in the country said that four Assistant Commander-Generals, ACG, and seven Commandants were also deployed. He explained that the deployment was part of the plans…
Read MoreNSCDC deploys 7,079 personnel, 60 dogs for Ondo governorship election
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) says it has deployed no fewer than 7,079 personnel and 60 sniffer dogs to provide adequate security for the Oct. 10 Ondo State governorship election. Mr Hillary Madu, Deputy Commander-General(DCG) in charge of Operations disclosed this known while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Akure. Madu, who explained that the personnel were drawn from seven commands in the country said that four Assistant Commander-Generals (ACG) and seven Commandants were also deployed. He explained that the deployment was part of the plans of the…
Read MoreNSCDC arrests 19 suspected rapists in Kaduna
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kaduna State Command, has arrested 19 suspected rapists in the state between August and September. PRO Orndiir Terzungwe made the disclosure in a media briefing at the command’s headquarters on Friday in Kaduna. The suspects were arrested for allegedly defiling and raping minors. Terzungwe said, “in a bid to control increasing incidences of child defilement and rape, we in the NSCDC, Kaduna state command, have arrested no fewer than 19 suspected rapists from August to date. “You may wish to note that…
Read More