Muhammadu Fari, State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe, said fishermen recovered corpses of two boys from River Nguru on Wednesday.Mr. Muhammad told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Damaturu on Thursday that the boys were likely aged between 13 and 14 years, and that investigation was in progress to ascertain […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have agreed to dialogue with the federal government to resolve the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region. Ballantyne Agiri, spokesman for the dialogue group, said this in a signed statement on Wednesday. Agiri said that the NDA had constituted contact and a dialogue group to engage the federal government […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Air Force says its attention has been drawn to the latest video released by the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group, alleging the killing of some of the abducted Chibok girls by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. Read Full statement, plus video: It is pertinent to state that the video is not only a […]
Continue ReadingArmed robbers reportedly attacked a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, at Hawan Kibo, along Jos – Abuja road on Tuesday, killing two policemen in the process. It was gathered that the bullion vans and their convoy of armed mobile police escorts had left Jos in the early hours […]
Continue Reading“The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB), at its emergency meeting held on Thursday 11th August, 2016, approved the dismissal of 3 senior Prisons officers serving in Kuje Medium Security prison and 3 other senior officers serving in Koton Karfe prison for their complicity in the escape of prisoners from the respective […]
Continue ReadingBY PRNIGERIA The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says it is examining the latest video from Boko Haram group purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.Some girls wearing headscarves, in the video, were seen behind a Boko Haram militant who demanded the release of fighters in return for freeing the girls. The militant also claimed […]
Continue ReadingTo strengthen existing emergency alerts system, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has begun to install a modern equipment at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) under a partnership to further increase efficiency in response to emergency situations in the country. The new equipment which is based on the latest technology in Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication […]
Continue ReadingAs revealed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, information provided by an arrested suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Lawan Abbai, led troops on Operation LAFIYA DOLE to carry out mine and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) clearance yesterday morning at Gombori which was along the troops main supply route. The troops located and […]
Continue ReadingArmed robbers on Thursday invaded the Jos Zonal office of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), broke all the offices and carted away valuable items. The robbers, who scaled the office’s fence around 3.30 a.m., tied the security man on duty before carrying out their operations. Among the items stolen were NAN’s official camera, a […]
Continue ReadingA classified document revealed that the Nigerian Army has uncovered plots by Boko Haram terrorists to attack Lagos, Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi, Bauchi, Katsina, Imo, Yobe and Borno states as well as the Federal Capital Territory. The intelligence document indicates that terrorists’ targets include markets, schools, police stations and formations, prison facilities and the just re-opened […]
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