The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, said there are no more Boko Haram camps in the Northeast. Col. Usman spoke with reporters at the inauguration of Strategic Communication Course for senior officers at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information, Bonny Camp, Lagos. Usman, while assuring Nigerians that the military […]
Continue ReadingIn furtherance to ongoing tactical operations to degrade the capabilities and hide-outs of criminal gangs/ syndicates across the Federation, this Service wish to apprise the general public of recent successful progress recorded so far in the drive.2. On 21st July, 2016, one Jones ABIRI aka General Akotebe DARIKORO was arrested by this Service in Yenagoa, […]
Continue ReadingA socio-political organisation in the South-West of Nigeria, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), has condemned in strong terms, the abduction of the Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni, and two other residents of Iba, which occurred on Saturday, in Iba local council development area of Lagos state. The chairman of the group, Olawale Oshun, in a […]
Continue ReadingDuring the weekend, the minister for youths and sports, Solomon Dalung, talked about his meeting with the leadership of the Niger Delta Avengers, in Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta state, where he also met with stakeholders in the community. The minister said the militants gave him a sealed letter to hand over to President Muhammadu […]
Continue ReadingThere was pandemonium in Bokkos local government area of Plateau state on Monday, following the killing of Lawrence Agaie, the Saf Ron-Kuelere and paramount ruler of the town. Also killed were the traditional ruler’s police orderly, Sunday Wuyah, his wife, as well as his son, Shagari. NAN quoted a source as saying that the monarch was […]
Continue ReadingA militant group in Niger Delta, Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) has threatened that it would declare the Niger Delta region an independent republic on August 1, 2016. according to an online news platform, Independentnig the militant group on Sunday, gave the Nigerian government an ultimatum to withdraw all its personnel and establishment from the region […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 82 have died, with at least 100 sustaining injuries after a truck driver ran into a crowd in the French city of Nice. The truck reportedly ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day, a national holiday.Eyewitnesses said the truck was driven in a zig-zag pattern along the popular seaside Promenade des […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has expressed concern over the delay in payment of stipends of former militants in the Niger Delta region.Boroh’s concern was conveyed in a statement signed by Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, Bayelsa Liaison Officer, Presidential Amnesty Programme and made available to the News Agency […]
Continue ReadingThe son of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, has released an audio message threatening to avenge the killing of his father by the United States. In the 21-minute speech entitled ‘We Are All Osama’, Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the global militant group’s fight against […]
Continue ReadingReports have it that armed militants have taken control of two local government areas in Cross River State, displaying virtually every civil authority in the area.The militants, generally believed to be members of Bakassi Strike Force, had been operating in the area for some time. But they recently seized control of Bakassi and Akpabuyo local […]
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