NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari has accused the elites in Nigeria of doing so much to promote insecurity and banditry. Speaking the inauguration of some projects in Imo state on Tuesday, the president said those should be speaking about the achievements of his administration are not doing so. He said considering the available resources when […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrested of Tukur Mamu ‘the self-acclaimed Kaduna Train hostage negotiator’, who is also the publisher of Desert Herald. Recall that Mamu, who has been involved in negotiations for the release of persons abducted during an attack on a train in Kaduna, was arrested in Kano on Wednesday. According to a […]
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The Nigeria Immigration Service has raised an alarm over plans by suspected foreign insurgents to attack the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs. Reports had it that the NIS made this known in a letter dated December 23, 2021, signed by the Land Border Patrol Commander, Edirin Okoto, on behalf of the Acting Comptroller General […]
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Not less than 569 people — including 337 soldiers — have been killed in various forms of ambush launched by insurgents since 2019, according to a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence. The research organisation, SBM intelligence, compiled and analysed data about happenings in the country, identifying 62 attacks perpetrated by insurgents in the period […]
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The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) of Nigeria says some items used for locally-manufactured improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are collected by scavengers who move round homes. This disclosure was made by Friday Okolie, a commodore, who on Monday when he represented the agency at a public hearing organised by the house of representatives committee on national security and […]
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By Sumaila Ogbaje The newly appointed Director Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, has solicited the support of the Nigerian media in projecting the image of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) positively. Sawyerr made the call when he paid a familiarisation visit to the Voice of Nigeria (VON) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria […]
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The Zamfara Command of the Nigeria Police Force, says security operatives have rescued 100 abducted persons from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru LGA of the state. Muhammad Shehu, Zamfara police spokesman, disclosed this in a statement in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday. Shehu said the rescue was done in collaboration with the state […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has given assurance that his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The president stated this at a Presidential Dinner with the 469 members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, […]
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The outspoken governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, says it is wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari to abandon his constitutional responsibility of securing Nigerians for governors. Recall that during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, Buhari said he told two south-west governors, who came to meet him in Abuja, to return to their states and […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, offered security tips to Major-General Faruk Yahaya, the newly appointed chief of army staff. Recall that major-general Yahaya, was recently named the new army chief, following the death of Ibrahim Attahiru who had spent four months in office. Yahaya, who met with the president formally on Monday, was in the company of […]
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