Residents of Ndoro community in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa state fled their homes following the alleged beheading of a security operative by militants. The murdered security official was reportedly negotiating with militants in the area to surrender their arms. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, commissioner for information and orientation, told the residents that there was no […]
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The Nigerian Army has released a statement that one of the kidnapped Chibok girls has been released. It was reported that troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno, on Thursday rescued one of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014. A statement by Col. […]
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Five people have been reported killed in a teenage suicide bomber who attacked a Mosque where his father worships in Gamboru in Gamboru –Ngala local government of Boro state. The incident occurred on Wednesday at 5: 00 am when the a teenage male bomber who had disowned his father detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue said herdsmen had killed over 20 persons between Monday and Tuesday in Guma and logo local government areas of the state. Ortom disclosed this while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Makurdi after the State Security Meeting. He said that out of the number, nine were Livestock Guards who were to […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that no fewer than 158 persons were killed in road accidents in Katsina State in 2017 as against 183 in 2016. Mr Godwin Ngueku, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Katsina. “One […]
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The Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising the Nigeria Navy, Air Force and Army, on Thursday, launched ‘Operation Jagunlabi’, to fight pipeline vandals around the creeks in Lagos. The Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Slyvanus Abbah, who flagged off the operation in Majidun, Ikorodu, told journalists that it was aimed at combating the […]
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United States (US) ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has presented Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA), to the Nigerian air force (NAF) for the planned sale of the A29 Super Tucano warplane. The presentation was made to Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff, at NAF headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. In April, the US government […]
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The federal government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1 billion for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, expressed this position at a news conference in Lagos. He said the Nigerian Governor’s Forum acted wisely […]
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Nigerian troops on Monday repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a security checkpoint few kilometres away from Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 5: 30 PM, at Moloi area, on the outskirts of the city. The insurgents were said to have torched some houses […]
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Although the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris said the embargo on roadblocks is in force, he has ordered the immediate commencement of ‘stop and search operations’ nationwide. Nigerians may surely find this order conflicting with the earlier one, but Idris said the operations are designed to prevent crimes and criminality throughout the yuletide and […]
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