Pandemonium is the word that aptly describes the scene in the Chibok local government area of Borno state on Sunday after a staff sergeant identified as Silas Ninyo killed one K. Mani, his superior, and injured four residents of the area before taking his own life. Mani was reportedly killed in the process of disarming […]
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The Nigerian army said that it cleared 13 Boko Haram hideouts inside the Sambisa Forest in one week, losing three soldiers in the process. This information was made public by the Deputy Director Public Relations 7 Division of the Army, Col. Kinsley Samuel. While giving out the information in Maiduguri on Sunday, Samuel said that […]
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According to the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been rated the worst in the world. The WISPI was released by two bodies – the International Police Science Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace. The report measured the ability of the police to address internal security issues. […]
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Peace Corps of Nigeria has defeated the Nigerian police as the court orders the Nigerian authorities to pay N12.5 million compensation to peace corps. The court also ordered the police to re-open the headquarters office of the Peace Corps of Nigeria which was shut down since February 28. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday […]
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The Yahaya Bello government of Kogi state has declared a 24-hour curfew in the five local government areas of Kogi central senatorial district. As contained in the announcement, the affected local government areas are Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okene, Okehi and Ogori/Magongo. Petra Akinti Onyegbule, chief press secretary to Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, disclosed this […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) of refusing to honour its summon concerning the arms deal probe. It also described as “specious” reports that it summoned the DSS operatives as a revenge for the indictment of Ibrahim Magu, the commission’s acting chairman. In a […]
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) will deploy 11, 000 personnel and 30 special duty dogs for the conduct of the Nov.18 Governorship election in Anambra. Mr John Ahwen, the Commandant of the NSCDC in Anambra, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. […]
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Chief of naval staff (CNS), Ibok-Ete Ibas, says the Nigerian navy is fully prepared to deal with any group trying to vandalise the nation’s assets. Ibas said this on Monday when he visited the Nigerian Navy Engineering College in Sapele, Delta. His statement comes two days after the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant group in […]
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One British hostage kidnapped in Nigeria has been killed in the Niger Delta, while three others have returned home safely, the Foreign Office in London announced Monday. The four, who were working with a Christian medical charity providing free health treatment in southern Nigeria’s Delta state, were kidnapped on October 13. Ian Squire was killed, […]
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Less than 24 hours after a letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari was published online, Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has said the two months’ allowances owed soldiers involved in Operation Lafiya Dole, would be paid this week. In a statement issued on his behalf by Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai said the release […]
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